Interview with Harvey Evans
- Title
- Interview with Harvey Evans [sound recording].
- Published by
- 2003.
- Author
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Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datecassette 4 | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTC 3-2380 cassette 4 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datecassette 3 | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTC 3-2380 cassette 3 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datecassette 2 | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTC 3-2380 cassette 2 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datecassette 1 | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTC 3-2380 cassette 1 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datetranscript | FormatAudio | AccessSupervised use | Call number*MGZMT 3-2380 transcript | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 4 sound cassettes (ca. 265 min.) +
- Summary
- Cassette 1 (ca. 90 min.) 3/3/03. Mr. Evans discusses his childhood, family background and early interest in performing; going to New York and auditioning for shows; first performing experience in the national tour of Damn Yankees; other early auditions and shows; his experience at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Los Angeles; working with Bob Fosse on New girl in town and the relationship of that show to Fosse's later work; joining the cast of West Side story; his feelings and experiences in relation to the union Actors' Equity [Association]; the show Redhead; the film version of West Side story; his experiences working on Mary Poppins and Anyone can whistle.
- Cassette 2 (ca. 55 min.) 3/3/03. More on Anyone can whistle; working on various industrial shows and in a nightclub act with Debbie Reynolds; the impact of his early training on this work; the presence of vaudeville in more recent shows; working with Gower Champion; working with Joe Layton; the qualities necessary to be a successful director/choreographer, his experiences with Fosse, Layton and Jerome Robbins in this role; his experiences working on George M!; performing in Our Town, The boyfriend and Follies; the innovative aspects and depth of Follies.
- Cassette 3 (ca. 90 min.) 3/11/03. Discusses regional productions of Follies, and more about the show in general; other experiences working in regional theater; performing in Oklahoma! at Jones Beach; changes in the style of performing musical theater; isssues that arise when reviving older productions; changes on Broadway since the so-called Golden era of musical theater (1940s-1960s); joining the cast of Barnum; brief discussion of Michael Bennett and Arthur Laurents; more about changes on Broadway in recent years; the hierarchy of the creative and production team; blacklisting; the changing role of Actors' Equity, the impact of television variety shows on the theater; reflections on his own career; more on the structural elements of putting on a show; Peter Gennaro's work on television and in the theater; briefly about working on Barnum with Joe Layton and directors' strategies for getting better performances.
- Cassette 4 (ca. 30 min.) 3/11/03. Continues to discuss the working styles of various directors including Joe Layton, Michael Bennett and Trevor Nunn; his audition for and work on La cage aux folles; the trajectory of his career; working on Damn Yankees; some personal experiences and memories of great performances; his experiences in Scarlet pimpernel.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Alternative title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Musicals
- Industrial musicals
- Musical comedies > Follies
- Champion, Gower, 1919-1980
- Musical comedies > Damn yankees
- Actors' Equity Association
- Musicals > Production and direction
- Evans, Harvey
- Mary Poppins (Motion picture)
- Musical comedies > Anyone can whistle
- Industrial shows
- Audiotapes > Evans, H
- Musical comedies > Barnum
- Musical comedies > Redhead
- Musical comedies > New girl in town
- Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987
- Theatrical producers and directors
- Layton, Joe, 1931-
- Call number
- *MGZMT 3-2380
- Note
- Interview with Harvey Evans conducted by Liza Gennaro at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in New York City, on March 3 and March 11, 2003.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2380.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Author
- Evans, Harvey. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Harvey Evans [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 2003.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Restricted access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local subject
- Industrial shows.
- Musical comedies. Damn yankees.
- Musical comedies. New girl in town.
- Musical comedies. Redhead.
- Musical comedies. Anyone can whistle.
- Musical comedies. Follies.
- Musical comedies. Barnum.
- Audiotapes -- Evans, H.
- Added author
- Gennaro, Liza. Interviewer
- Research call number
- *MGZMT 3-2380 [Transcript]
- *MGZTC 3-2380 [Cassette]