NR: What has the experience as Ozzy been like?

HE: Oh, it's lovely. I love it. I thought Ed Dixon was brilliant in the original production. I love the people. I love the show. I love getting the laughs. I spent so many years...I was doing the juvenile stuff when I was 29. So, it's nice to not have to worry about being an older character man.

NR: Were you thrilled when you found out you had to jump rope?

HE: (laughs) It wasn't so bad then, but I didn't realize it was going to be quite as tense as it is.

NR: Well, you're wearing a dress...

HE: Yeah. You don't know if it's going to work or not. There's no way. You can practice and practice and practice, but there's still that certain percentage of it hitting the dress or hitting your heel. It's just a percentage thing. It's going to not work sometimes, so there's always that little tiny fear. I know that it's fun and it works and I don't like to mess up on it.

NR: I heard you have an interesting story about your wig.

HE: It's not that interesting. They changed the wig but the hard thing about that is, you get used to one wig and how it fits with the hats and how it fits with everything else. If it's suddenly abruptly changed, it throws your show. It sort of threw my show.

NR: Has it been tough adjusting? You lost three Bounders. What does that feel like?

HE: I prefer it the old way, (laughs) just to be truthful about it. And, this theater is very hard to deal with because it's so small backstage that you can't visit. You can't be communal. If you go to someone else's dressing room, you're in the way. At the old theater you just saw everybody. I don't see the people on the other side of the stage except on stage.

NR: You've got three different leads with totally different interpretations. Has that been hard to adjust to?

HE: No, I love it. I love when something's different, to work off of it. I've loved everybody that's played. And, to work with Ron again is terrific.

NR: Have you ever experienced anything like the League before?

HE: NO! In all my years...West Side Story was wonderful because at the matinees the teenage girls would come over and over again, and that was the only thing similar to the League. I think the League's remarkable.

NR: Was it a surprise when you got here?

HE: Uh huh.

NR: Are you interested in touring with SP?

HE: I would tour. I have no commitments here and I like touring. I'm sure as Kirk told you, the tour was immensely successful. I'm not sure about financially, but everybody loved it. I haven't been to L.A. in eight years and I have so many friends out there. It will be lovely to see them.

NR: Are you planning on slowing down any time soon?

HE: No. I can't. I haven't done enough yet.

NR: What do you still want to do?

HE: Keep working in the theater.

NR: Any specific part?

HE: Nope. No specific part. Just keep working.

NR: That's great. Thank you and good luck.

HE: You're welcome.

I think Harvey's lasted so long in this business because of his attitude. He just wants to keep working, so he manages to take things in stride. I really enjoyed talking to him and I'm glad he's going to continue his tenure with The Scarlet Pimpernel.

One final note - after such an extensive career, Harvey finally managed to impress his nieces by being on the Internet. They convinced him to create a more complete bio, so you can now see many of Harvey's credits by reading his bio on this site.

Questions suggested by:

Stephanie C., Lois and Elizabeth Colpo, Amy Lovett, Laura Cutler, Vi Janaway, Chris Miller, Stephanie Henkin, Anne Teitelbaum, CJL, Emily Friedman, Jan Combopiano, karen, Susan Cassidy, Leona Hoegsberg, Pat Wafer, Amy Lynn Nuttall, Renee Girard

Interview conducted and photographs by Nancy Rosati.