Brent Carver has passed away.

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#1Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 4:41pm

According to Twitter and a close friend. Such a lovely performer! My heart goes out to his family.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157449686876430&set=a.10150889390791430&type=3&theater

Updated On: 8/6/20 at 04:41 PM

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#2Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 5:13pm

Really enjoyed his performance in Romeo and Juliet. Rest in Peace. 

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HogansHero
#3Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 6:33pm

a great one, taken way too soon. 

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markypoo
#4Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 8:03pm

His performance of "Come Up To My Place" in Parade was sheer brilliance.

Alex Kulak2
#5Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 8:08pm

markypoo said: "His performance of "Come Up To My Place" in Parade was sheer brilliance."

I always loved him in the OCR of Parade. I didn’t realize he was as old as he was. RIP.

SharksVsJets
#6Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 8:27pm

I'm choked. The first time I saw him on stage was in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Citadel Theatre (when it was a tiny theatre) in Edmonton in about 1968. RIP.

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sabrelady
#7Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 9:09pm

Deeply saddened by this news. Last time I think I saw him was as Tevye at Stratford, a lovely very different but authentic performance. I still remember his terror inspiring performance in One Night Stand.

R.I.P. 

Dollypop
#8Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 9:53pm

So young. So sad.


"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

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#9Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 10:04pm

RIP Brent 

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#10Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/6/20 at 11:40pm

I don't know why, but this one hit me hard today. I feel like he still had so much to give. Only 68. RIP.




"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

LarryD2
#11Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/7/20 at 10:18am

A remarkable artist, and a kind and humble person to boot. His versatility was limitless -- big Broadway musicals and small contemporary dramas, classical theater and operetta, even cabaret. As a native Canadian, I saw him multiple times at the Stratford Festival, going back to the early 80s when he played Edmund Tyrone in LONG DAY'S JOURNEY opposite Jessica Tandy and another great Canadian actor, Bill Hutt. For many in Canada, Brent Carver WAS the face of Canadian theater. He will be missed.

Updated On: 8/7/20 at 10:18 AM

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#12Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/7/20 at 1:12pm

Terrible news. He was one of my favorite voices and always will be. Has there been any report of cause?

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#13Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/7/20 at 1:32pm

And as this princess lay dying
She raised her lovely head
And as her lover knelt beside her
This is what she said
Looking into those steely blue eyes of his
She cried
"Viva la guerra!"
"Viva la revolucion!"
"Viva whatever it is!"


"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022) "Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009) "Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000

Dollypop
#14Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/8/20 at 11:58am

Has the cause of death been revealed?


"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

Dollypop
#15Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/8/20 at 11:58am

Has the cause of death been revealed?


"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

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#16Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/8/20 at 12:45pm

I was wondering about that too, Dollypop. I haven’t read anywhere about a cause. All obits I read don’t mention it. I know many think it’s not the important thing at a time as this, and is also private information, but so many have loved Mr. Carver’s performances over the years and he was so young- I think it’s just human curiosity to wonder. 

LarryD2
#17Brent Carver has passed away.
Posted: 8/8/20 at 1:01pm

His New York Times obituary didn't specify a cause of death. I get the sense he was a private person, and perhaps he didn't want it revealed.


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