The FNAM and NYMF exchange program will mount Carry On!, which features a cast of elementary and middle school students at the Marquez Charter School June 9 and at the Magicopolis Theater June 13. The musical will then play NYMF as an official 2010 selection. (NYMF runs Sept. 27-Oct. 7)

Workshops during the festival include a “Words and Music" series on May 23 that will feature Robert Brown (Parade, The Last Five Years, 13), Jeff Marx (Avenue Q) and composer-lyricist Georgia Stitt.

Stitt will also work alongside students at the College of the Canyons in a new academic course, "Sing Me a Happy Song." The course will focus on how to develop and produce a song cycle.

Other festival events include Nightmare Alley starring James Barbour (April 13 at the Geffen Playhouse); the Mark Waldrop-Brad Ross musical Luck! (May 17-18 at the Noho Arts Center); The Boy in the Bathroom (May 4-6 at the Chance Theatre); Ricky Ian Gordon's Orpheus & Euridice (June 11-13 at the Long Beech Opera); Lost Lady With A Violin directed by Billy Porter (June 22 at El Portal Theatre); James Barbour, Brandi Burkhardt, Hershel Sperber and Lesli Margherita in Serrano (June 20-21 at El Portal Theatre); the Broadway-bound Rupert Holmes-Sammy Cahn-Jimmy Van Heusen musical Robin and the Seven Hoods (July 14-Aug. 22 at the Old Globe Theatre); and Three: Songs from the Heart (July 16-18 at Electric Lodge).

For a complete schedule and tickets, visit LAFestival.org