Protest-Friendly ‘Hipsters’ Dance With Midler to Put On Show

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“F*cking Hipsters” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival is so of-the-moment it could have been inspired by the Wall Street protests now in their third week. In truth, it was conceived a year ago.

A tuneful, comic concoction, it’s about an idealistic Brooklyn indie rock band encountering cynical greed that almost tears it apart.