The Carousel Theater was a theatre in the round

Theatre in the round

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 located in Framingham, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, on the Old Connecticut Path

Old Connecticut Path

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. The Carousel Theater was opened in 1958. It had a capacity of approximately 2,500-3,000 people.

The venue held weekly dinner theater musicals for many years. The first ever performance at the Theater was the musical New Girl in Town on June 30, 1958.

The theatre also hosted performances by a number of famous rock band

Rock Band

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s and musician

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s in the 1960s and 1970s, including Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

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 (1968) & Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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 and Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

(1969).

The Carousel Theater was closed in the early 1970s and has been replaced by "Carousel Office Park", which consists of several office buildings.