Carpenter at Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival and Merry-Go-Round Playhouse - Auburn, NY, US
Musical Director: Tim Rice's FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (U.S. Premiere)
The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, produced by Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, premiered in 2012. The Festival showcases "Broadway in the Finger Lakes," at three venues in "History's Hometown" of Auburn, N.Y. You can experience a diverse offering from "On, Off, and Beyond Broadway" annually from May through October. First and foremost, fans of Broadway's biggest and most celebrated shows can get all the glitz and glamour of the Big Apple at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Emerson Park on the banks of Cayuga Lake. For more adventurous theatre goers, the MGR Downtown Series at the Auburn Public Theater presents some of off-Broadway's funniest and edgiest offerings. Finally, musicals in development get a kickstart at Theatre Mack at the Cayuga Museum of History and Art in The PiTCH series' open forum where creative teams and fans interact to try to create the next great musical. Auburn is already home to a thriving theatrical community, and the region boasts internationally-renowned wineries, luxury spas, crystal blue lakes, and historical treasures. Altogether, Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival will offer you the best of everything that contemporary musical theatre has to offer. So start planning your trip now. Your seats are waiting.