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R. KELLY has had an offer to bring his "hip-hopera" "Trapped in the Closet" to Broadway. There aren't many details yet . . . he doesn't even know if he'd be onstage acting in it himself.

He says, quote, "That's what's being negotiated right now because it takes a lot of time to do all of these chapters.  I'm the only one pretty much writing these chapters so it takes time to transform it into a Broadway version of it.

The latest batch of "Trapped in the Closet" will be unleashed on Friday.  They'll premiere at 9:00 P.M. on IFC, after a two-hour special featuring the original chapters.