By The Bridge Recording, Brooke Fox & Kurt Gellersted are proud to present

the ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING of WILLIAMSBURG! THE MUSICAL.

TRACKLIST: 1.     Welcome to Williamsburg 2.     Shlomo's Lament 3.     One Stop (To Excitement) 4.     Five Minutes for Nag 5.     Peter Luger Lullaby 6.     Aminatized 7.     Craigslist Hookup / Missed Connections 8.     We Can’t Look (And We Can’t Touch) 9.     Bedford Avenue Look 10.   The Burg Was Burning 11.   The Final Knish 12.   Million Dollar Crackhouse 13.   Living In The ‘Burg

The recording was produced and recorded by Kurt Gellersted and Brooke Fox and mixed by Brooke Fox at By The Bridge Recording in Williamsburg. Gellersted and Fox, who also served as musical directors for the original production, brought the entire cast into their home studio along with fellow band members Justin Hosek on Bass and Andrew Potenza on Drums.

CD ART INCLUDES FOLD-OUT POSTER MAP

"Williamsburg: The Coolest Neighborhood in America" illustrated by Aaron Meshon!!!

ABOUT AARON MESHON (Cover Art & Map Design) graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design, Aaron Meshon now lives and works in New York City. His work has been seen throughout the world in hundreds of publications as well as on products such as lunch boxes, t-shirts, puzzles, stationary, and magnets. Someday, Aaron would like to sell his products from a mobile sweet potato truck in urban Japan. Clients include: Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Wired, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Scholastic, New York Magazine, Nick JR, LA Times, Life Magazine, EW, Atlantic Monthly, Brooklyn Public Library, San Francisco Chronicle. More information is available at www.aaronmeshon.com

Photography was provided by Jonathan Grey and George Rand. The album was mastered by Dan Shike at Tone & Volume Mastering in Nashville, TN.

CD RELEASE PARTY - COMING SUMMER 2009!!

Listen to tracks and join the WTM Community at www.myspace.com/williamsburgthemusical

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The World Premiere of
WILLIAMSBURG! The Musical
as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival
Performed to sold-out crowds on August 11th, 12th, 13th, 19th, and 24th at
THE VILLAGE THEATER, 158 Bleeker Street

Created by Nicola Barber, Will Brumley, Brooke Fox, and Kurt Gellersted
Book by Will Brumley, Music by Kurt Gellersted & Brooke Fox,
Lyrics by Brooke Fox, Additional Material & Web/Graphic Design by Nicola Barber
Directed & Choreographed by Deborah Wolfson
Stage Managed by Taibi Magar

The cast of Williamsburg! The Musical
(Visit the Press page for hi-res press photos. Photo Credit: Jonathan Grey)

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? 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.”

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO "One Stop to Excitement!"
(Instrumental, opens in new window)

Thank you so much to eveyone who came to our fundraiser! Wasn't it a blast?
And sincere thanks also to our performers: Jay Bakker, Debra Barsha, Mary Cleere Haran,
My Good Eye, Theo Eastwind, Erin and Her Cello, Brooke Fox,
Lou Rodriguez from Atlanta electro-pop band One Hand Loves The Other,
comedian Lucas Held, and ukulele player Sweet Soubrette!