Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Harvey Fierstein's theater work includes Torch Song Trilogy (Best Play, Best Actor, Tony and Drama Desk awards), Kinky Boots (Best Musical Tony), La Cage aux Folles (Best Book, Tony and Drama Desk awards), Newsies (Tony nominated), Casa Valentina (Tony nominated), A Catered Affair (12 Drama Desk nominations), Safe Sex (Ace Award), Legs Diamond, Spookhouse, Flatbush Tosca, and Freaky Pussy. He's written teleplays for NBC's "Hairspray Live!" and "The Wiz Live!" His revised script of Funny Girl, ran to critical acclaim in London and has been filmed for broadcast. His political editorials have appeared in The New York Times, TV Guide, Huffington Post and broadcast on PBS's "In the Life." Harvey's children's book, The Sissy Duckling, is now in its 8th printing, and the HBO animated special of the story won Harvey the Humanities Award. Mr. Fierstein has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has been inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame and the Brooklyn Walk of Fame.
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Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
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Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
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Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
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Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
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Harvey Fierstein has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows.
Harvey Fierstein has not appeared in the West End.
Harvey Fierstein has been nominated for numerous awards throughout his career, including Best Revival of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Torch Song," Best Play for "Casa Valentina," Best Book of a Musical for "Kinky Boots" and "Newsies," Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "A Catered Affair," and Outstanding Actor - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Hairspray." He has also received accolades such as the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Hairspray," Outstanding Actor in a Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Hairspray," and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Hairspray." Additionally, Fierstein has been recognized for his work in plays like "Torch Song Trilogy" with awards such as Play of the Year at the Olivier Awards, Outstanding Actor in a Play and Outstanding Play at the Drama Desk Awards, and Best American Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. He has also received Special Citations at the Obie Awards for "Torch Song Trilogy."
Harvey Fierstein has won several awards throughout his career, including the Legend of Off-Broadway Honorees, Best Book of a Musical for "Newsies" at the BroadwayWorld Awards, Outstanding Actor - Musical for "Hairspray" at the Drama Desk Awards, Distinguished Performance Award for "Hairspray" at the Drama League Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for "Hairspray" at the Tony Awards, Best Book of a Musical for "La Cage aux Folles" at the Tony Awards, Outstanding Actor in a Play for "Torch Song Trilogy" at the Drama Desk Awards, Outstanding Play for "Torch Song Trilogy" at the Drama Desk Awards, Performance for "Torch Song Trilogy" at the Theatre World Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for "Torch Song Trilogy" at the Tony Awards, Best Play for "Torch Song Trilogy" at the Tony Awards, and Special Citations for "Torch Song Trilogy" at the Obie Awards.
Harvey Fierstein has written 13 shows including International Stud (Playwright), Torch Song Trilogy (Playwright), Torch Song Trilogy (Playwright), La Cage aux Folles (Bookwriter), Spookhouse (Playwright), Safe Sex (Playwright), Legs Diamond (Bookwriter), Safe Sex (Playwright), A Catered Affair (Bookwriter), Newsies (Bookwriter), Kinky Boots (Bookwriter), Casa Valentina (Playwright), Bella Bella (AUthor).
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