Stage Actress Evelyn Page Passes Away at 90

Variety reports that Evelyn Page, the actress who appeared in a myriad of stage productions on Broadway during the 1950s and 60s, died of natural causes on Sunday, February 6th. She was 90 years old. 

In more recent years, Page did regional work including Gypsy, Cabaret, and more at ART and Off Broadway's "Have a Heart" and "Waste" - in addition to her own cabaret act, "An Evening With Evelyn Page" - in the past decade. 

Her performance in "Have a Heart" was described as a highlight by BroadwayWorld's own Michael Dale in 2004, when he reviewed the show, saying: "...the highlight of the evening was supplied by the cast's senior member, Evelyn Page, who made her 1933 Broadway debut in the musical revue Tattle Tales before appearing in the original companies of such shows as Plain and Fancy, Wonderful Town, Little Me and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Her small role as the leading man's wealthy aunt did not have a solo when Have a Heart played Broadway, but Ms. Page's audition song "Let's Build a Little Bungalow in Quogue" (a Kern/Bolton/Wodehouse ditty from The Riviera Girl) was delivered with such vigor, charm and comic finesse that producer Mel Miller felt compelled to have the number interpolated into the score. Though purists (like myself) generally don't approve of such tampering, the result was undoubtedly delightful."

Read the full Variety article here.

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