RIP Harvey Evans
RIP Harvey Evans
#1RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 4:01pm
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262823/ According to a post in Seth Rudetsky's Facebook page.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#2RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 4:02pm
https://www.facebook.com/seth.rudetsky.7/posts/10159952546877359
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#3RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 4:06pm
https://youtu.be/xRikWbT6WG0 Harvey Evans to Lauren Bacall: "I got a date." Lauren Bacall: "Bring him along."
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#4RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 4:42pm
This video radiates joy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1JYHvBqYM
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#5RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 4:46pm
I saw Evans play Young Buddy twice in the OBC. Memorably. He was a remarkably agile talent.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#7RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 4:52pm
https://through-my-memoirs.tumblr.com/tagged/harvey%20evans
A wonderful talent. Here's his rendition of Buddy Blues from when he got to play the grown up version of his original role back in 2003
dwirth
Understudy Joined: 4/26/05
#8RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 7:23pm
I waited at the stage door at the Aronoff Center, in Harvey's native Cincinnati, during the short-lived original Balgord-starring tour run of Sunset back in the mid 90s... My goal was to see the great Harvey Evans - whom I then met and talked to for probably 20 mins, telling him how great he was as Albin in the La Cage tour with Larry Kert ("we died in Indianapolis" - where I told him I saw the show...) l, asking about Follies and other legendary shows, finding out that I had rare show videos of productions he didn't have copies of (including sending him cppies of videos to his Cincinnati childhood home - where he asked me to address it to Harvey Hohnecker, his birth name, as his family wouldn't otherwise know him by "Evans" and so forth.). He ended up gifting me some rare videos of his own... A great memory... A legend.
Enjoy this - the first of 3 videos of Harvey and Larry Kert in La Cage... https://youtu.be/DaouHWj2QFw - and the other two follow on YouTube.
#9RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 7:50pm
I first met Harvey in the 1980's when we both volunteered for the Lincoln Center Bazaar (who remembers that?). Having seen FOLLIES several times and knowing him from GEORGE M! and the film of WEST SIDE STORY, we connected and remained in friendly contact for many years, all the way through his work with DANCERS OVER FORTY. The last time I saw him was at the evening with Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory at City Center, as buoyant and friendly as always. He was a great guy and will be sorely missed.
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Updated On: 12/25/21 at 07:50 PM
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 9:09pm
Did anyone catch Harvey as a security guard in the new WSS film?
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#11RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 9:09pm
Met him briefly at a Seth's Chatterbox years ago- what a wonderful person." the oldest living chorus boy". He said every time he retired someone would call him up for work! Some of his stories were fascinating and he ran a his reel with a very young self diving and swimming in a pool in a film trés manifique physique et trés jolie! RIP Mr Evans thanks for the memories
#12RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 9:23pm
Stephen Sondheim once said Harvey Evans was the nicest guy in show business. No argument there.
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BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#13RIP Harvey Evans
Posted: 12/25/21 at 9:24pm
From The Ed Sullivan Show, here’s Harvey and the glorious Gwen Verdon doing Bob Fosse’s original choreography for “Who’s Got the Pain?” (from DAMN YANKEES):
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