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Full Harvey Fierstein Biography
Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Jewish Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.
The gravelly-voiced actor perhaps is known best for the play and film Torch Song Trilogy, which he wrote and starred in. The 1982 Broadway production won him two Tony Awards, for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play, two Drama Desk Awards, for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Actor in a Play, and the Theatre World Award, and the film earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination as Best Male Lead.
Fierstein also wrote the book for La Cage aux Folles (1983), winning another Tony Award, this time for Best Book of a Musical, and a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Book. Legs Diamond, his 1988 collaboration with Peter Allen, was a critical and commercial failure, closing after 72 previews and 64 performances. His other playwriting credits include Safe Sex, Spookhouse, and Forget Him.
Fierstein has developed a new musical titled A Catered Affair in which he will star with Faith Prince, Leslie Kritzer and Tom Wopat. It premiered at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre on September 20, 2007 and will move to Broadway in the spring of 2008, beginning previews on March 25 and opening officially on April 17.
Fierstein is an occasional columnist writing about gay issues. He was openly gay at a time when very few celebrities were. Because of this he never needed to "come out," as it was simply "known" that he was gay. His careers as a stand-up comic and female impersonator are mostly behind him. Fierstein resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut. |
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