Photo Preview: Williamsburg! The Musical

TheaterLoop will present the World Premiere of Williamsburg! The Musical as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC from August 11th through 24th at the Village Theater.

Written by Nicola Barber, Will Brumley, Brooke Fox, and Kurt Gellersted, Williamsburg! The Musical features music by Gellersted and lyrics by Fox and will be directed and choreographed by Deborah Wolfson.  The cast includes Nicola Barber, Erin Hall, Maranda Barskey, Colin Israel, Roberto Carrasco, Anna Jayne Marquardt, Cyana Cook, Terry Palasz, Jessica Crouch, Evan Shyer, Adam Enright, Damien D. Smith , Allison Guinn and Jesse Teeters.

Williamsburg ! The Musical is "a hilarious pop/rock parody of Brooklyn's over-hyped hipster 'hood. A suicidal Trust-Funder encounters a disenchanted Hasidic 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?," state press materials. "With songs like 'One Stop (To Excitement),' 'Peter Luger Lullaby' and 'Million Dollar Crackhouse,' this timely roast of the Burg juxtaposes Missed Connections and "Hipstory Lessons" to comically exploit the cultural mish-mash of the coolest neighborhood in America.

Visit www.fringenyc.com or www.williamsburgthemusical.com/cast.html for tickets and more information.

Photos by Jonathan Grey

The streets of Williamburg can be tough - especially when there is a sale

The cast of Williamsburg! TheMusical

The cast

The streets of Williamsburg can be tough when they don't take credit (yet)

The streets of Williamsburg can be tough when they don't take credit (yet)

The cast

Roberto Carrasco as Jesus DeJesus

Shlomo (Evan Shyer) talks Allison Guinn (Piper) off the edge

The creative team

Terry Palasz as the Polish landlady who is "ready to feed those skinny hipsters"

The cast

The Hipster (Allison Guinn), the Chasid (Evan Shyer) and the cast of Williamsburg! The Musical