Harvey is a heartfelt and uplifting piece set in the 1940s, which was adapted into the critically acclaimed movie of the same name in 1950.
“...if a visit to the Astor, where it opened yesterday, does not send you forth into the highways and the by ways embracing a warm glow—then the fault will be less with Harvey, we suspect, than it will be with you.” - Bosley Crowther, NY Times.
Elwood P. Dowd is inseparable from his best friend, Harvey.The pair does everything together and Elwood insists on introducing Harvey to everyone he meets. Unfortunately, Harvey is an imaginary 6’ 3.5" tall rabbit. While some are charmed by Elwood’s eccentricities, others are too put off by his delusions to interact with him or his family. When his sister Veta begins trying to find a husband for her daughter, Elwood's damage to the family’s image becomes too much to tolerate. Veta decides that she will commit her brother to a sanitarium. However, when the doctor hears her frazzled and far-fetched story, he decides to commit Veta instead. When the truth is revealed, it will take all hands-on deck to track down Elwood and fix the doctor’s mistake. As the sanitarium staff frantically attempts to right the wrong, the line between imagination and reality becomes less clear. Harvey makes his presence known to them, though everyone has a different idea of who or what he is.
