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Follow on Google News | Glam Rock Opera Eternal Glamnation Returns to Philadelphia FringeArts Festival BarBrat Productions brings back FringeArts hit “Eternal Glamnation” on September 8 and 15 at 8:30 PM, at Underground Arts (12th and Callowhill). Enjoy a high-octane, rock-and-roll, nostalgic tribute to spandex, camp, glitter and drag.
By: Brat Productions Featuring the complete original cast and band, this Studio-54 blender cocktail mixed by Music Director Andrew Nelson tells a tale of self-realization. Come along for the ride as rockers Ben Diamond, Francis Distefano, Bobby Fabulous, Peter Gaffney, Kevin Jordan, Erik Ransom as well as Conda and Nelson -- discover the GlamRock alter egos, complete with platform heels, fake eyelashes, glitter, and glam! Caution: Eternal Glamnation made its world premiere at Underground Arts during FringeArts. This musical and visual spectacle was developed as part of Conda’s resident artist series Rock and Awe which also included A is for Anaconda, Let’s Start a War and Get Behind Me Satan. For more information on past and future shows, visit www.bratproductions.org like Brat Productions on Facebook and follow @bratproductions on Twitter. ABOUT ETERNAL GLAMNATION "a fabulously overheated showcase of camp, down-and-dirty, fuck 'n' run theater featuring trampy music from glam's masters acted and vocalized with hammy aplomb..." - AD Amorosi, City Paper "when Jess Conda belts out “You’re wonderful!” in the final refrain to her searing version of David Bowie’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide,” you gotta believe it." - Deni Kasrel, City Paper “Glitz, camp, and nostalgia reign supreme in Conda’s musical and visual extravaganza…” ABOUT JESS CONDA “Conda is a thriller whose work is as brash as she is audacious.” - Philly Inquirer “[Jess Conda's Rock & Awe] rips back the slick finish that profit-driven Broadway has put on rock 'n' roll cabaret” - Citypaper Conda has been working in Philadelphia as an actor, administrator, and teaching artist since 2003. With Brat, she has appeared onstage in Moby Dick--Rehearsed, Grease and Desist, EYE-95: Re-tarred, A 24 Hour The Bald Soprano, Haunted Poe and Carrie. She served as Production Manager for A 24 Hour The Bald Soprano and Naked Cocktail, and Stage Manager for Popsicle's Departure, 1989. Conda received a Barrymore Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble in A 24 Hour The Bald Soprano and for Pay Up with Pig Iron Theatre Company. Other acting credits include work with Shakespeare in Clark Park, Flashpoint Theatre Company, The Walnut Street Theatre, Cabaret Red Light, Revival Burlesque and The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret. Conda has a BFA from Arcadia University. ABOUT BRAT PRODUCTIONS Founded in 1996, Brat’s mission is to create new theatre-going audiences by producing theatre that breaks the rules; theatre that tests conventions; End
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