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Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1954) is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.
Fierstein was born to Eastern European Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jacqueline Harriet (née Gilbert), a school librarian, and Irving Fierstein, a handkerchief manufacturer. Fierstein was raised in Conservative Judaism. He is non-observant and considers himself an atheist.
Fierstein occasionally writes columns about gay issues. He was openly gay at a time when very few celebrities were. His careers as a stand-up comic and female impersonator are mostly behind him. Fierstein resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
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There is no denying that Harvey Fierstein has had a long and successful career as an actor and writer. He's long been outspoken about gay rights and AIDS activism, and his plays have made his position relevant to a mass audience. Correspondent Richard Schlesinger sits down with Fierstein to talk about his causes, and just what it is that makes his voice so unique.
Beloved writer/actor/Theater Talk guest Harvey Fierstein returns to the program as he begins preparation for the upcoming televised musical "Hairspray LIVE!" airing on NBC, December 7, 2016. Fierstein will star as "Edna Turnblad," the role he won a Tony Award for on Broadway (a character first played by the late actor DIVINE in the original 1988 John Waters cult film and reinterpreted by John Travolta in the 2007 movie musical). Even before being cast in this TV adaptation, Harvey was hired to adapt the Broadway book into a teleplay (after his successful script adaptation of "The Wiz Live!" for NBC last year). Fierstein also recounts behind-the-scenes tales of the stage productions of "Hairspray," "La Cage aux Folles" and his biggest flop, "Legs Diamond" with the great Peter Allen. Tap...
Harvey Fierstein wrote the book for the 1983 Broadway musical "La Cage aux Folles." When the show had its second Broadway revival in 2010, Douglas Hodge and Kelsey Grammer were Albin and Georges. In 2011, Fierstein took over the role of Albin and Chris Seiber became Georges. This was the first time Fierstein played the lead in the show he wrote. Pardon the bar.
Harvey Fierstein talks with Barbara Walters on ABC's 20/20. (Watch for the Golden Girls' Estelle Getty as Harvey's mother in Torch Song Trilogy.)
The girls from the upcoming #AllStars2 season give Harvey Fierstein a surprise musical performance of 'I Am What I Am' from the Broadway musical 'La Cage Aux Folles.' For more Trailblazers Honors click here http://logo.to/28S0AeJ SUBSCRIBE: http://logo.to/ZirLXq LogoTV's Official Site: http://logo.to/ZiqDCY Download the LogoTV App: http://logo.to/1eKBVCy Logo TV celebrates one-of-a-kind personalities, unconventional stories and discovering what's next. From hit series like RuPaul's Drag Race, to legendary movies and sitcoms The Golden Girls, AbFab, Will&Grace; and Roseanne, Logo TV provides an entertainment experience outside the boundaries of what's expected. Entertaining a savvy audience of gay trendsetters and straight friends who are ahead of the curve, Logo TV is BEYOND! Connect ...
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The show-within-a-show Broadway Bares began with a curtain-raising reveal of 100 beautiful, bouncing booties, all auditioning for a part in the next Broadway hit, “Top Bottoms of Burlesque.” As the delectable dance captain Callan Bergmann cut want-to-be bottoms, Harvey Fierstein, dressed as a drag queen appeared to introduce a “parade of asses," a pageant of bottoms colorfully representing each season in elegant showgirl costumes designed by two-time Tony winner Gregg Barnes. The opening number, choreographed by Jerry Mitchell and co-director Nick Kenkel, was written by Andrew Lippa and Hunter Bell. Broadway Bares: Top Bottoms of Burlesque, the unrivaled evening of sexy striptease featuring 222 of New York’s sexiest and most talented dancers, celebrated its spectacular 25th edition on Ju...
Harvey Fierstein wins the 2003 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.
Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Morrison and Marissa Jaret Winokur lead the company in performing "You Can't Stop the Beat" on the 57th Annual Tony Awards, June 8, 2003
Beloved writer/actor/Theater Talk guest Harvey Fierstein returns to the program as he begins preparation for the upcoming televised musical "Hairspray LIVE!" airing on NBC, December 7, 2016. Fierstein will star as "Edna Turnblad," the role he won a Tony Award for on Broadway (a character first played by the late actor DIVINE in the original 1988 John Waters cult film and reinterpreted by John Travolta in the 2007 movie musical). Even before being cast in this TV adaptation, Harvey was hired to adapt the Broadway book into a teleplay (after his successful script adaptation of "The Wiz Live!" for NBC last year). Fierstein also recounts behind-the-scenes tales of the stage productions of "Hairspray," "La Cage aux Folles" and his biggest flop, "Legs Diamond" with the great Peter Allen. Tape...
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Harvey Fierstein, starring on Broadway in the revival of the hit musical, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, remembers writing the show's libretto and working with composer Jerry Herman plus director Arthur Laurents to put together the 1984 Tony-winning "Best Musical." He discusses his interpretation in the current production of drag diva, "Albin," a part he wrote, but never expected to play himself. Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities...
First aired: May 11, 2013. "Kinky Boots" composer/lyricist Cyndi Lauper and librettist Harvey Fierstein discuss their crowd-pleasing and TONY-winning new musical.
WQXR's Elliott Forrest sat down with the four-time Tony Award-winner to talk about "Casa Valentina" - the first new play from Harvey Fierstein in nearly 30 years. Set in 1962 in the Catskill Mountains and based on actual events, the play centers on a group of heterosexual men who gather in an inconspicuous bungalow colony to discreetly and safely dress and act as women. "There's this whole universe of heterosexual transvestite men who are faceless and voiceless, who we don't understand," he said. "I felt like...I can at least bring them out to an audience, have people see how very human they are, have people see their struggle, have people see this unbelievable joy." Related story: http://www.wnyc.org/story/inside-look-casa-valentina/ Subscribe for more WNYC videos: http://bit.ly/13xNzw...
Original tape date: February 25, 2011. First aired: April 16, 2011. Harvey Fierstein, starring on Broadway in the revival of the hit musical, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, remembers writing the show’s libretto and working with composer Jerry Herman plus director Arthur Laurents to put together the 1984 Tony-winning “Best Musical.” He discusses his interpretation in the current production of drag diva, “Albin,” a part he wrote, but never expected to play himself.
Original tape date: May 4, 2012. First aired: May 19, 2012. Our focus is Newsies, the crowd-pleasing musical nominated for 8 Tony Awards. Joining us at our grand piano are the show's composer Alan Menken, and librettist Harvey Fierstein, who describe the popular show's incubation period and perform not only several of the show's best songs, but a couple of others that didn't make the show, including a tune from the score of the original 1992 movie of Newsies, that won Menken that year's "Razzie "Award for Worst Song.
Actor/writer HARVEY FIERSTEIN discusses taking over the role of Tevye in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF on Broadway and the new perspectives he brings to this revival (where he is soon to be joined by a new leading lady, Rosie O'Donnell) of the classic musical about Jewish peasant life in Russia before the revolution. Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, ...
Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins welcome "Kinky Boots" composer/lyricist Cyndi Lauper and librettist Harvey Fierstein. They discuss their crowd-pleasing new musical, which received 13 Tony nominations, the most of any show in the 2012-13 Broadway season. Taped: 04-19-13 Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each w...
Get Tickets to "La Cage aux Folles": http://www.broadway.com/shows/la-cage-aux-folles/ More Broadway Videos: http://www.broadway.com/video-on-demand/ Harvey Fierstein is a theater icon who could easily be sitting back counting the royalties from the current hit revival of his musical La Cage aux Folles, which earned him one of his four Tony Awards. Instead, he's deep in rehearsals to replace Tony winner Douglas Hodge as Albin, the drag star of the well-loved musical on February 15. For theater fans, the casting is heaven, as Fierstein previously turned in career-high turns in heels in Torch Song Trilogy and Hairspray. On this week's Show People, host Paul Wontorek asked Fierstein about his drag past (hello, Freaky Pussy!) and present. Click on for the uncensored chat with one of Br...
Stefan Pape from HeyUGuys interviews Kinky Boots creator Harvey Fierstein & musician Cyndi Lauper for their new stage show production. Lauper also talks about working on The Goonies, specifically with Director Dick Donner and Steve Spielberg. For syndication or usage opportunities please contact syndication@heyuguys.co.uk. More from HeyUGuys Website ► http://HeyUGuys.com Follow us on Twitter ► http://twitter.com/HeyUGuys Subscribe here! ► http://bit.ly/HeyUGuysYTSub Facebook ► http://facebook.com/HeyUGuys Instagram ► http://instagram.com/HeyUGuysOfficial
"Kinky Boots" creator Harvey Fierstein and star Billy Porter tell Wendy about their new Broadway musical, that just received 13 Tony nominations. Find out how Billy prepared to play a drag queen and what it was like working with Cyndi Lauper, who wrote the music. Then, Harvey and Billy offer Wendy advice for her big Broadway debut in "Chicago."
In a 1983 dressing room interview for the WNYC show Our Time Harvey Fierstein discusses Torch Song Trilogy, appearing on David Letterman and writing La Cage aux folles. Visit aTypicalJoe.com and search on Harvey for more info
http://broadwayworld.com for more information. In August 2011, BroadwayWorld brought you the Hollywood Bowl's HAIRSPRAY in rehearsal and more from everyone's favorite Mama, Harvey Fierstein.
Newsies the Musical opened on Broadway on March 29, 2012, and Just Dance was there to catch up with Harvey Fierstein, the book writer of the new Disney musical! http://www.newsiesthemusical.com Newsies, the new American musical, will move to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 W 41st St) for a strictly limited 101 performance run following its critically-hailed stint at Paper Mill Playhouse last fall. The musical, featuring music by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sister Act), lyrics by Jack Feldman and a book by four-time Tony® Award winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy), will play its first Broadway preview on March 15th prior to its March 29th opening night; the final performance is scheduled for June 10th. News...
Tom Tangney interviews Harvey Fierstein. Behind the Screens | MyNorthwest.com
Cyndi Lauper, Grammy Award-winning pop icon, and Harvey Fierstein, four-time Tony Award winner, sit down with New York Times theater reporter Patrick Healy. Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein discuss their collaboration on the highly anticipated new musical, "Kinky Boots." Cyndi Lauper discusses the process of putting together music for a Broadway show and how the process differed from putting together a pop song.
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Harvey Fierstein serenades Dame Angela Lansbury with "The Man in the Moon is a Lady" from MAME in 2014.
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Starring PETER ALLEN, NANCY WILSON, JOEL SILVER. Book by HARVEY FIERSTEIN, Music & Lyrics by PETER ALLEN
My in depth movie review and retrospective on the classic fun summer blockbuster, Independence Day(1996) starring Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Vivica A. Fox, Judd Hirsch, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, Margaret Colin, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein, Adam Baldwin, and Brent Spiner. Directed by Roland Emmerich.
Tony Award-winning actor and http://youtubelink.pw/jdlt0 playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very ...
HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J99FnDHRF5w An insight of Estelle Getty's life through this amazing Lifetime intimate portrait with subtitles. Narrated by: Valerie Harper Appearances by: Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Rosie O'Donnell, Barry Gettleman, Carl Gettleman, Harvey Fierstein, Rosalyn Howard, Rhoda Blum, Sylvia Altman, Dr. Hart Cohen. In loving memory of Estelle Getty. Estelle Getty (July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008) was an American actress and comedienne, who appeared in film, television, and theatre. She was best known for her role as Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls from 1985 to 1992, which won her an Emmy and a Golden Globe, on The Golden Palace from 1992 to 1993, and on Empty Nest from 1993 to 1995. In her later years, after retiring from acting, she battled ...
You've heard from the experts...now hear from the madmen from Simplistic Reviews as they predict who will and who should win at the 2016 Oscars. Don't worry, the boys do their best to skate around the #OscarsSoWhite issue. What, are you kidding? They tackle it head on with enough irreverence that even Spike Lee flinch. They also tackle other topics like R rated animation, Jennifer Lawrence on the precipise of being hated, and Harvey Fierstein...a lot of Harvey Fierstein. All that and more on the Simplistic Reviews Oscar Prediction Podcast
WQXR's Elliott Forrest sat down with the four-time Tony Award-winner to talk about "Casa Valentina" - the first new play from Harvey Fierstein in nearly 30 years. Set in 1962 in the Catskill Mountains and based on actual events, the play centers on a group of heterosexual men who gather in an inconspicuous bungalow colony to discreetly and safely dress and act as women. "There's this whole universe of heterosexual transvestite men who are faceless and voiceless, who we don't understand," he said. "I felt like...I can at least bring them out to an audience, have people see how very human they are, have people see their struggle, have people see this unbelievable joy." Related story: http://www.wnyc.org/story/inside-look-casa-valentina/ Subscribe for more WNYC videos: http://bit.ly/13xNzw...
In the Life: Episode 1310, "Historical Blindness." Original airdate: July 2004. Host: Lesley Gore. Featured guests: Stormé DeLarverie, Harvey Fierstein, Alec Mapa, Cherry Jones, Sam Behrens, Quentin Crisp. Summary: This episode is a reversion featuring segments from previous episodes as well as new segments. Excerpts from episodes 803, 1002, 1004, 1010, 1101, 1102 and 1205 spotlight Billy Strayhorn, GRIOT Circles, Romaine Brooks, Billy Tipton, Bayard Rustin, Barbara Gittings, Frank Kameny and Stormé DeLarverie. Harvey Fierstein's Out Takes segment is titled "Being Useful." Alec Mapa, Cherry Jones and Sam Behrens provide historical PSAs during the episode, and Quentin Crisp provides the celebrity ID. The pioneering LGBT news magazine aired on PBS 1992-2012. Learn more about In the Life a...