This Week on Broadway for August 5, 2012: Carousel at Goodspeed, Isaac at NYMF

News: ‘Showbiz shop’ Dress Circle confirms it will close on 15 Aug
West End theatre shop Dress Circle has announced it will close in two weeks’ time, despite a long-running campaign to save it. The store, “the longest-running showbusiness and musical…
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End of the Rainbow, Starring Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland, Sets Broadway Closing Date by Broadway.com
The Broadway production of Peter Quilter’s End of the Rainbow has announced a closing date of August 19. Starring 2012 Tony nominee Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland, the play began previ…
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The Public Theater’s Passion for Musicals Takes Us Into the Woods, Under the Moon by Matt Wolf
Oskar Eustis, Stephen Sondheim and Donna Murphy celebrate the special atmosphere that is Central Park’s Delacorte Theater, now home to a new production of Into the Woods.
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Shrek Jr. (MTI showcase)

The Public Theater Receives $4 Million Gift From The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust by BroadwayWorld
Public Theater Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced last night from the Delacorte Theater stage that the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust has generously donated 4 million…
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Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer by Charles McGrath
Mr. Vidal was an elegant, acerbic all-around man of letters who presided with a certain relish over what he declared to be the end of American civilization.
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Toronto Run Of Broadway-Bound Honeymoon in Vegas Canceled by Andrew Gans
The pre-Broadway Toronto engagement of the new musical Honeymoon in Vegas, which was scheduled for November, has been canceled.
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Diner Musical, Still On a Broadway Track, Will Not Play San Francisco This Fall by Kenneth Jones
Producers of the new Sheryl Crow-Barry Levinson musical Diner, based on the 1982 film, are expected to postpone their fall tryout at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre, but the show remains …
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Closing: Memphis
Closing: Harvey
Closing: Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

ArtsBeat: Sondheim’s ‘Marry Me a Little’ Returning to New York by Larry Rohter
A Stephen Sondheim musical that hasn’t been performed in New York in 25 years will begin the Keen Company’s 2012-2013 season next month.
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Next Week: Bruce Kimmel (recording on Monday night, Aug 13. Show available Tuesday morning)

Explicit: No

Music:

If I Loved You from Goodspeed’s production of Carousel

Soliloquy from Carousel – 1993 London Cast

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