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For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/GQGSOCUHGQ0 Harvey Evans was an an actor, singer dancer, and FRIEND who had a knack for landing roles in the original Broadway productions of such classics as West Side Story, Follies, Hello, Dolly! and Gypsy,. He passed away on Christmas Eve. He was at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, said Lawrence Leritz, a friend and Broadway actor, dancer, singer, producer and director who will be joining us in this tribute. “He was dearly loved by the Broadway community. Very kind, embracing, funny and always had a smile on his face. I can never remember not being hugged by this loving man,” Leritz said at the time of his passing. Evans was rarely cast in leading Broadway roles but found a place in timeless shows. He starred opposite Angela Lansbury in Anyone Can Whistle and played Barnaby in Hello, Dolly! opposite Carol Channing, then Betty Grable and then Eve Arden. You can read more about this on my site, CallonDolly.com. “When I look back,” Evans told Playbill in 2007, “I think I’ve had some kind of angel on my shoulder, leading me toward the best shows of Broadway’s golden years. I didn’t pick and choose them — they just came around that way.” Evans, who was born Harvey Hohnecker, grew up in Cincinnati and fell in love with musical theater after seeing a touring production of “Song of Norway.”  I am joined by Sandy Duncan, Lawrence Leritz, Diane Findlay, Lee Roy Reams, Loni Ackerman, Pamela Meyers, Patti Mariani, and Marcus Galante with a special taped message from James Dybas as we share our favorite memories of one of the nicest men I have ever met in this business. A man worth celebrating!