Can you believe it? The Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding melodrama from 1994 when Kerrigan was whacked on the knee with a baton in a conspiracy spearheaded by Harding’s cohorts to oust Kerrigan from the running for Olympic Gold is now a musical rock opera.

The assault at the time prevented Kerrigan from competing at the US championships in Detroit. However, she recovered from her injury and later went on to win the silver medal during the Olympics at Lillehammer.

Tonya, as fate would have it, finished the competition out of the running.

In Tonya and Nancy: The Opera, singing actresses portray the two adversaries as both extremely conflicted but highly sympathetic characters throughout the production.

Tonya was enthusiastic about attending opening night. Kerrigan was aware of the show but wasn’t planning to attend any of the performances.

ESPN quotes Kerrigan: “I lived it,” the skater said. “What do I need to watch it for?”

Nancy went on to become a wife and mother. Tonya, whose character in the show doesn’t leaves the stage for the duration, was ultimately banned by the US Figure Skating Association from ever skating again. She later did a stint in real life as a female boxer who knocked the heck out of former Clinton accuser, Paula Jones, in the ring on TV.

ESPN writes:

The opera is a brutal expose on Harding’s home life, showing her as a victim of maternal and spousal abuse. You see her breakdown, perhaps contrived, as she warbles, “The lace is broke!” But you also see her face contort into real fear when her duet with husband Jeff Gillooly twists into a wife-beating tango.

Kerrigan also comes away tarnished. But every “Why me?” has an answer of “Why her?”

As much as I hate to quote Forrest Gump here, the adage really fits when it comes to something as incredibly inane as this rock opera: “Stupid is as stupid does.”

What’s next…? A Paris Hilton rock opera parody, “If I Only Had a Brain?”

Now that’s a show I would actually buy front row tickets to see.

I just love slap-stick comedy.