RIP Harvey Evans

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

RIP Harvey Evans#1

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)

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

RIP Harvey Evans#2

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)

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

RIP Harvey Evans#3

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]

RIP Harvey Evans#4

Posted: 12/25/21 at 4:42pm

This video radiates joy. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1JYHvBqYM

[Auggie27]

RIP Harvey Evans#5

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]

RIP Harvey Evans#6

Posted: 12/25/21 at 4:51pm

[imeldasturn]

RIP Harvey Evans#7

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

Updated On: 12/25/21 at 04:52 PM

[dwirth]

RIP Harvey Evans#8

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. 

 

 

 

[justoldbill]

RIP Harvey Evans#9

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.

Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....

Updated On: 12/25/21 at 07:50 PM

[Dollypop]

RIP Harvey Evans#10

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]

RIP Harvey Evans#11

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

[justoldbill]

RIP Harvey Evans#12

Posted: 12/25/21 at 9:23pm

Stephen Sondheim once said Harvey Evans was the nicest guy in show business.  No argument there.

Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....

[BrodyFosse123]

RIP Harvey Evans#13

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):