Harvey

Donna Steinberg directed the Pulitzer-prize winning play, HARVEY, in a seven show run opening with a special preview Thursday, January 5, 2012. Harvey was turned into an Oscar-award winning movie starring Jimmy Stewart.

The Broadway production of this hilarious comedy ran for a total of 1,775 performances - one of the longest running  plays in Broadway history -- and the play became one of the great, classic movies.  Many reviewers have attributed Harvey's success to "the escapist world" created by Elwood P. Dowd and his imaginary friend, a six-and-a-half foot rabbit (a "pooka", an Irish mythological creature that creates mischief).  Because Elwood's embarrassing behavior is destroying the social status of his sister, Veta, and her daughter, they attempt to have him committed to the exclusive Chumley's Rest Home.  The doctors accidentally commit his sister instead, and all hell breaks loose.  Elwood's placid, uplifting state has a strange, transformative influence on those who seek to find him.  Audiences of all ages will be delighted by this funny and inspiring production.

Photos courtesy of Werner Elmker.