HARVEY  at the Roundabout's Studio 54

(Seen June 20, 2012)


In an innocuous revival of Mary Chase's period comedy, the cast seems to dream-walk through their silly roles, led by tv personality Jim Parsons as Elwood P. Dowd, the character who has an invisible six-foot rabbit  -- Harvey -- as his companion.

Parsons is the most low-key, no-energy personality to adorn a Broadway stage this season, and brings little more than innocence to an otherwise thankless role.  Carol Kane, Charles Kimbrough, and Larry Bryggman submerge their personalities to fit the caricature roles given them.

This very dated play, under Scott Ellis' direction, should be returned to the archives where it can rest on its past laurels from a previous century.