Sad news: Kitty Carlisle Hart

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:07pm

Unconfirmed by news sources, but a poster on ATC is reporting that Kitty Hart died in her sleep last night.

Rest in peace.

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:08pm

Wow.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:12pm

I'm very sad to hear that, if it's true. I spoke to her on the phone once when I was interning in a press office and she was lovely and cordial. A great lady.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:14pm

Rest in peace. Thanks for everything.

[D2]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:18pm

Oh. Just oh. A very elegant woman.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:20pm

I hate to hear this. An amazing woman, amazing talent, and amazing devotion to her husband.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:20pm

http://talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1391141

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:24pm

I just had a huge convo with someone yesterday about her. Creepy.

RIP.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:26pm

Awwwwwwwww..... SO sad.

[StageFan2]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:29pm

RIP. You will be missed.

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:30pm

She was the epitome of style and class.

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:32pm

She was such a huge part of the Broadway community.

A first-nighter from practically the first night.

I hope they dim the lights for her tonight, if this is indeed confirmed.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:33pm

She was a lovely lady - and really one of the last of a bygone era. Happily she stayed active and lucid right til the end. Hers was a VERY full life. God Bless her.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:36pm

Oh NO! God bless her. RIP.

[DG]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:36pm

MB - that was exactly my thought - truly a signifier of the passing of an era. Her ties and experiences were really singular.

Brava on a life well-lived, and may the curtain call last forever.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:36pm

Saint Peter is asking her to "Sign in, Please!"

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:37pm

I remember as a kid watching her on To Tell The Truth. I used to ask my mother why she didn't dress like Kitty Carlisle!!

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:41pm

Ciao Kitty...rest in peace...right about now St. Peter is saying "Hello, Kitty".

[Stagedoor2]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:43pm

I saw her at Sardi's a couple of years ago -- looking elegant in a fur coat and heeled boots in the middle of a February snowstorm. I was more excited to see her than someone my age probably should have been, but she made my night of theatre-going complete.

[Fenchurch]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:44pm

Outwardly, she was quite classy, a fairly nice woman, but by no means a saint.
I remember helping her one night, this was recently, mind you, and she gave me a litany of things that are wrong with minorities in this country.

I was shocked, to say the least.

But she was a nice person to me, and to her 30 year old arm candy that night.

[WestVillage]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:49pm

She lived a rich and full life. What a lady. What a trouper. I saw her in On Your Toes and loved her. She certainly was is a class by herself. No one else like her. She will be greatly missed. RIP.

[justafan2]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:51pm

A real lady---Rest in peace, Ms. Hart.

[TonyaFanatic]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 2:53pm

A fabulous lady.

[mrmcfeely]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 3:00pm

God bless her.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/18/07 at 3:01pm

I last saw her in person at the discussion following the Encores! production of PARDON MY ENGLISH. Her stories of dating George Gershwin and attending opening nights with him were wonderful.

RIP Kitty