Merry-Go-Round Playhouse presents CABARET

MERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE Ed Sayles, Producing Director presents

Book by Joe Masteroff Based on the play by John Van Druten and Stories by Christopher Isherwood Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb Broadway production directed by Harold Prince Produced for the Broadway Stage by Harold Prince Starring Paige Faure*, Josh Walden*, Mick Bleyer*, Kristy Cates*, Sandra Karas*, Joel Briel*

with William Carlos Angulo, Paul Baswell, Josh Drake, Suzanna Dupree*, Tony Howell*, Lauren Krautmann, Theo Lencicki, Lori Leshner*, Robin Levine*, Sabra Michelle, Emily Palmquist, Sebastiani Romagnolo, Ryan Speakman*, Matthew Steffens*

Directed and Choreographed by BRETT SMOCK** Musical Director Mark Goodman

Associate Director/Choreographer Julie Tomaino

Scenic Designer Czerton Lim

Lighting Designer Dan Ozminkowski

Sound Designer Jason Hurley

Projections Designer Jeffrey Cady

Costume Designer Tiffany Howard

Hair & Makeup Designer Jason Flanders

Production Stage Manager Becky Lynn Dawson* Cabaret is presented by arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 *Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. **Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

Dear Friend, The bold, exciting new production of Cabaret currently playing upstate at The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse/Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival has opened to critical acclaim. Nightly, it is gripping audiences, receiving passionate standing ovations and garnering growing attention. This production utilizes Cliff’s perspective and memory as the lens through which we experience his time in decadent, but doomed Berlin.

Cabaret has never been done this way and as such, I would like to extend an invitation to you (or your associate) to see this production.

Starring Paige Faure* (Sally), Josh Walden* (Emcee), Kristy Cates* (Kost), Mick Bleyer* (Cliff), this unapologetic, visceral production -- darker, wilder and unafraid of the underbelly of the show -exposes the haunting political and social undercurrents as its core.

This production is a hit. If there is a way for you to attend, we promise not to disappoint. The show closes Sept 8th. Dark Sundays.

We look forward to arranging comp tickets for you and having you as part of our audience before this important production closes!

VIDEO PREVIEW

RAVE REVIEWS “...it is significantly different from any other production you’ve ever seen.”

THE REICH STUFF

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“Brett Smock...grips you from the first moments.”

MGR CABARET PRODUCTION HOLDS UP AGAINST CLASSICS

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“We are lucky to have this level of talent...”

“CABARET” IS WORTH THE DRIVE

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“Even with the heated competition, the star of the show may just be the ‘Cabaret’ ensemble.”

DEFINITELY DO COME TO THE “CABARET” AT MGR

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“Stunning, edgy, frenetic, significant, and powerful...”

M-G-R’S “CABARET”: A KNOCKOUT PUNCH OF A SHOW

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Photo Credit | Douglas Lloyd

THEATRE INFORMATION The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse sits on Owasco Lake, in the Fingerlakes region of central New York. The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse was originally the Auburn Children’s Theatre, founded in September of 1958. By 1975, the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse became a professional summer stock theatre. The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse has become nationally recognized for the quality of both its musical and youth theatres. The quality of performances has been and shall remain a priority at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse. This consistent investment has resulted in the Playhouse’s growing reputation earning Auburn’s professional theatre the nickname, Broadway in the Finger Lakes. For more information, visit www.merry-go-round.com

Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, produced by the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, N.Y., is a new annual summer-long festival featuring nine professional musical productions along with 20 new musicals, presented in their earliest stages of development, in a series known as The PITCH. The Festival will offer productions at three different venues just minutes away from each other. As the festival continues to grow in the upcoming years, organizers anticipate the festival to annually draw 150,000 attendees, generate a $30 million boost to the local economy and help create 400 new jobs. For more information on the Festival, visit www.FingerLakesMTF.com

TICKETS & TRAVEL This production of Cabaret will close on September 8.

We would love to share it with you.

Industry comps can be arranged.

“What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play!”