SG Radio feat. How to Survive the Apocalypse: A Burning Opera0

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This Sunday (Feb 5) on SuicideGirls Radio we’ll be learning How to Survive the Apocalypse with A Burning Opera, a musical extravaganza inspired by Burning Man, which is returning to Hollywood’s King King (Feb 21-23) after a successful run this past summer. SG Radio hosts Nicole Powers (SG’s Managing Editor) and Lacey Conner (our resident recovering reality TV star from VH1’s Rock of Love and Charm School) will be joined in-studio by Mark Nichols (The Burning Opera ’s composer), Daphne Vega (one of the LA producers), and a couple of the LA cast members.

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About How to Survive the Apocalypse: A Burning Opera

Following a successful run in Los Angeles in the summer of 2011, How to Survive the Apocalypse: A Burning Opera is returning to the metropolis for a three night extravaganza of evolution and transformation. Inspired by the origins and ongoing mutation of the notorious Burning Man festival, the show –– which LA Weekly called a “rousing, mythic rock pageant” –– follows two newbies at the desert festival. Their story unfolds through shadow-puppets, projections, dancers, and a live rock ensemble.

The origins of How to Survive the Apocalypse lie in a Porta-Potty line at Burning Man in 2006. Ron Meiners made the comment to a friend that only opera could capture the multidimensional experience of the festival. Composer Mark Nichols, in line with his singer partner Julie Lewis, overheard the remark. As a stalwart figure in the Seattle music scene who had already written a number of demented pieces of musical theatre, Nichols loved the idea. Meiners brought in lyricist Erik Davis, a cult author and journalist who had been attending and writing about Burning Man since 1994. Davis in turn brought in director Christopher Fulling. With producer and creative advisor Dana Harrison in tow, the main team was assembled and creative obsession began.

How to Survive the Apocalypse: A Burning Opera was scored by Mark Nichols, with libretto by noted counterculture writer Erik Davis. Inspired by “the Burn,” the show combines rock opera, an electronic dance party, and a pagan revival show. The workshop version premiered in early 2009 at Stage Werx in San Francisco, and the Original Cast version ran in October the same year, with nine sold-out performances at Teatro ZinZanni.

San Francisco Bay Guardian theater critic Steve Jones wrote that the show is “both engrossing musical theater in its own right and a piece of art that truly captures the feel of the event and the Zeitgeist of its attendees.” Writing about the Ghostlight Gypsies’ successful production of the show in Los Angeles this past summer, co-directed by Nichols, Stephan Hues, and Julie Lewis, the LA Weekly’s Bill Raden raved about the show’s “anarchic spirit,” and described the show’s score as “a Hair-era musical vocabulary of R&B and acid rock by way of Kurt Weill.”

Today the project continues to evolve through the vision of Ghostlight Gypsies. The latest incarnation of How To Survive the Apocalypse takes place on February 21-23, 2012 in Hollywood at King King (6555 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028). The event is 21 and over. For more info and tickets visit: www.ghostlightgypsies.com/

The Original Cast recording of How to Survive the Apocalypse: A Burning Opera is available in the form of an abridged one-disc version of the show. The album was recorded and produced shortly after the 2009 Original Cast run. For more on the Original Cast recording visit: www.burningopera.com/

About Lacey Conner

Given Lacey’s musical background, as well as her love for television entertainment, she has found a way to combine her two passions, by joining forces with Vh1. Lacey is best known for her villainous ways on Vh1’s hit tv show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, as well as her role on Vh1’s highly rated show Charm School with Sharon Osbourne.

However, Lacey has many sides to her career. She is also a singer, song-writer, and bass player, and has toured the U.S. multiple times as a singer with Lords of Acid, and with her rock band Nocturne. Lacey’s is also a dedicated supporter of animal rights and has worked tirelessly in the field of animal rescue. In May of 2007, Lacey created Heroes K9 Rescue, an organization which rescues animals who are scheduled to be euthanized at Los Angeles’ over-crowded city shelters. Lacey is also an advocate of human rights, as well as the environment, and strongly supports many organizations that are involved with these causes.

Her new single, “The Stranger,” which Lacey wrote and performed, was produced by Anthony Mysliwiec (aka “Tadpole”) and recorded by David Rieley (godaveygo.com). The accompanying video, directed by Chad Michael Ward, features Aaron Rossi (of Ministry) on drums, Brent Ashely (of Wayne Static & Orgy) on bass, Meegs Rascon (of Coal Chamber & We Are The Riot) on guitar, and Trevor Friedrich (of Combichrist & Imperative Reaction) as the “lead Wolf.” Check it out here.

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