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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[1984]Garbo Talks Bernie Whitlock
[1988]Torch Song Trilogy Arnold Beckoff
[1993]The Harvest Bob Lakin
[1993]Mrs. Doubtfire Frank Hillard
[1994]Bullets Over Broadway Sid Loomis
[1995]Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde Yves DuBois
[1996]Everything Relative The Moyle
[1996]Independence Day Marty Gilbert
[1997]White Lies Art Hoarder
[1997]Kull the Conqueror Juba
[1998]Safe Men Leo
[1998]Mulan Yao
[1999]Jump Dish Macense
[2000]Playing Mona Lisa Bennett
[2002]Death to Smoochy Merv Green
[2003]Duplex Kenneth
[2006]Farce of the Penguins Sheila
[2012]Foodfight! Fat Cat Burglar
[2017]Animal Crackers Esmerelda
[2017]Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! writer
[2019]Kinky Boots: The Musical writer
[2022]Bros Louis
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The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has announced two of the individuals to be honored at 78th Annual Theatre World Awards to be held on Monday evening, June 10, 2024 beginning at 7:00 p.m.
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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. Some of the notable nominations include Best Revival of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Torch Song," Best Play for "Casa Valentina," and Best Book of a Musical for "Kinky Boots" and "Newsies." He has also been recognized with nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Play, and Outstanding Play at various award ceremonies such as the Drama Desk Awards and the Tony Awards. Fierstein's work on productions like "Hairspray," "La Cage aux Folles," and "Torch Song Trilogy" has earned him critical acclaim and multiple nominations for his performances and contributions to the theater. Additionally, he has received Special Citations at the Obie Awards for his work on "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 at the Theatre World Awards for "Torch Song Trilogy," 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 at the Obie Awards for "Torch Song Trilogy."
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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