Keitel will portray the talk-show host in "Jerry Springer -- the Opera
in Concert" for two performances, Jan. 29-30, at Carnegie Hall.

The musical production, which at one time had been announced for
Broadway, will be directed by Jason Moore, the director of "Avenue Q."
The show, written by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee, was a hit in
London for the National Theatre in 2003 and later moved to the West End.