Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Jewish Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning ^[1] American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark ODonnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters movie Hairspray. ... is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... An Emmy Award. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Screenwriters, scenarists, or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ...

Playwriting career

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. Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein, running in New York City from June 10, 1982, to May 19, 1985 at the Little Theatre (now the Helen Hayes Theatre on West 44th Street). ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ... The Theatre World Award is an American honor given annually to an actor or an actress in recognition of an outstanding breakout performance in their New York City stage debut. ... Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ...

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. La Cage aux Folles is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics and music by Jerry Herman. ... Legs Diamond is a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and Charles Suppon based on the Warner Brothers film The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (screenplay by Joseph Landon). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

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. A Catered Affair is a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein (a Tony Award winner for Torch Song Trilogy and La Cage Aux Folles) and a score by John Bucchino (a cabaret and theatrical composer). ... Faith Prince (born 5 August 1957) is an American actress. ... Tom Wopat (left) as Luke Duke with John Schneider as Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard Tom Wopat (born September 9, 1951 in Lodi, Wisconsin) is an American actor. ... aundrea loves chauncey ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...

Acting

Fierstein (left) with Anthony Rapp at the Annual Flea Market and Grand Auction hosted by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, September 26, 2006

Fierstein made his acting debut at La MaMa, E.T.C. in Andy Warhol's only play, Pork. In addition to Torch Song Trilogy, and La Cage aux Folles, Fierstein's Broadway acting credits include Edna Turnblad in Hairspray (2003), for which he won another Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (joining Tommy Tune as the only people to win the award in four different categories), and Tevye in the 2005 revival of Fiddler on the Roof. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Anthony Dean Rapp (b. ... The Actors Fund of America is a nonprofit umbrella charitable organization that assists entertainment and performing arts professionals through a broad spectrum of programs, including comprehensive social services, health services, supportive and affordable housing, employment and training services, and skilled nursing and assisted living care, with a current annual budget... La MaMa Theater La MaMa, Experimental Theater Club, is the brainchild of Ms. ... Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 — February 22, 1987), better known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist who was a central figure in the movement known as Pop art. ... La Cage aux Folles is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and lyrics and music by Jerry Herman. ... Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark ODonnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters movie Hairspray. ... Thomas James Tune (born February 28, 1939) is a famous actor, dancer, singer, and choreographer. ... Tevye is the protagonist of several of Sholom Aleichems stories, originally written in Yiddish and first published in 1894, most famously the fictional memoir Tevye and his Daughters, about a pious Jewish milkman in Tzarist Russia, and the troubles he has with his daughters (Tevye has six daughters — in... For the film, see Fiddler on the Roof (film) Fiddler on the Roof is a well-known Tony Award-winning musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. ...

Fierstein continued to appear at La MaMa and other venues but also, having some aspirations to become a painter, enrolled at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He received a B.F.A. degree from Pratt in 1973. Pratt Institute is a specialized, private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as in Utica, New York. ...

Fierstein's film roles include Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway, Robin Williams' maskmaker brother in Mrs. Doubtfire, a Parade of Hope spokesman in Death to Smoochy, Garbo Talks, Duplex, and the blockbuster hit Independence Day. He also narrated the documentary The Times of Harvey Milk, for which he won a News & Documentary Emmy Award. He also voiced the role of Yao in Walt Disney's Mulan (1998), a role he later reprised for the video game Kingdom Hearts II and the direct-to-DVD sequel Mulan II. On television, Fierstein was featured as the voice of Karl, Homer's assistant, in the "Simpson and Delilah" episode of The Simpsons, and the voice of Elmer in the 1999 HBO special based on his children's book The Sissy Duckling, which won the Humanitas Prize for Children's Animation. Additional credits include Miami Vice, Murder, She Wrote, the Showtime TV movie Common Ground (which he also wrote), and Cheers, which earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. On May 31, 2006, her last day as anchor, he sang a tribute to Katie Couric on the Today Show. He appeared as Heat Miser in the television movie remake of The Year Without a Santa Claus in December 2006. Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Königsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian, and playwright. ... Poster for the movie Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 film directed by Woody Allen. ... For other persons named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation). ... Mrs. ... Death to Smoochy is a 2002 dark comedy film starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, and Catherine Keener. ... Garbo Talks is a 1984 film directed by Sidney Lumet. ... Duplex is a 2003 comedy film directed by Danny DeVito. ... Independence Day is an American action movie about an attempted alien takeover of the Earth. ... The Times of Harvey Milk is an Academy Award-winning American documentary film of 1984. ... An Emmy Award. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... This article is about the film Mulan. For the legendary person, see Hua Mulan. ... Namcos Pac-Man is one of the most popular video games ever made. ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios) in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. ... Mulan II DVD Cover Mulan II is a Disney direct-to-video animated feature released in 2004 and a sequel to the 1998 animated film Mulan. ... Homer Simpson is also a character in the book and film The Day of the Locust. ... Simpson and Delilah is the second episode of The Simpsons second season, which aired on October 18, 1990. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Cover The Sissy Duckling (Simon & Schuster, 2002) is a childrens book written by noted actor Harvey Fierstein and illustrated by Henry Cole. ... Humanitas Prize is an award for film and TV writing deemed to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. ... For the 2006 movie, see Miami Vice (film). ... Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote was a popular, long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ... This article is about the pay TV channel. ... This article is about the TV series. ... An Emmy Award. ... is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Katherine Anne Katie Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American media personality who became well-known as co-host of NBCs Today. ... Today, commonly referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... “Telefilm” redirects here. ... Mrs. ...

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Other endeavors

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. GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... For the small enclosed storage space, also known as a cupboard, see closet. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... B. J. Novak in a stand-up comedy routine at Olde English sketch comedy in June 2007. ... Drag queens are performers - usually gay men, sometimes transgendered women - who dress in drag, clothing associated with the female gender, usually highly exaggerated versions thereof. ... Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ...

References

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External links

• Harvey Fierstein at the Internet Broadway Database
• Harvey Fierstein at the Internet Movie Database
• Notable Names Database
• Harvey!
• Review of Torch Song Trilogy, with information about Fierstein
• TonyAwards.com Interview with Harvey Fierstein