Williamsburg! The Musical at the Village Theatre
Williamsburg! The Musical, book by Nicola Barber, Will Brumley, Brooke Fox and Kurt Gellersted, with music by Kurt Gellersted with lyrics by Brooke Fox, at the Village Theatre from 11 - 24 Aug 2007, as part of FringeNYC.
Williamsburg! The Musical: A suicidal trust-funder encounters a disenchanted Chasidic Jew in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge. On their potholed road to love, they battle a greedy real estate agent whose diabolical plan to overtake the neighborhood spawns an army of zombie-like hipsters. Will the unlikely heroes of Williamsburg band together to save the sub-borough? Or will gentrification reign?
Directed and choreographed by Deborah Wolfson, Williamsburg! The Musical features Allison Guinn (Piper Pairs), Evan Shyler (Shlomo Zildenberg), Nicola Barber (Amina Snatch), Maranda Barskey, Roberto Carrasco, Jessica Crouch, Adam Enright, Allison Guinn, Erin Hall, Colin Israel, Anna Jayne Marquardt, Terry Palasz, Evan Shyer, Damien Deshaun Smith and Jesse Teeters.
Set design by Michael Wilson Morgan, with costumes by Jennifer Rogian, lighting by Alison May and sound by Gennaro Marletta III.
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