Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY, USA
At the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Harvey Fierstein took the stage to accept a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. His other Tony Awards include two for Torch Song Trilogy (Best Play and Best Actor in a Play) as well as Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical for La Cage Aux Folles and Best Actor in a Musical for Hairspray.
Fierstein has also written the Tony-winning hit Kinky Boots along with Newsies, Casa Valentina, A Catered Affair, Safe Sex, Bella Bella!, Legs Diamond, Spookhouse, Flatbush Tosca, Common Ground and more. He revised the book for Funny Girl, which had a hit run on Broadway and a multi-city North American tour, following its London production. His children’s book, The Sissy Duckling (Humanitas Award), is now in its fifth printing, and his New York Times bestselling memoir I Was Better Last Night is available on Knopf.
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song
Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein, Casa Valentina
Harvey Fierstein, Kinky Boots
Harvey Fierstein, Newsies
Harvey Fierstein, Newsies the Musical
Harvey Fierstein, A Catered Affair
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray
Harvey FiersteinTorch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein, La Cage aux Folles
Harvey Fierstein, La Cage aux Folles
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein , Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy
Harvey Fierstein has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows.
Harvey Fierstein has not appeared in the West End.
Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for Torch Song, Legend of Off-Broadway Honorees (), Best Play (Tony Awards) for Casa Valentina, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Kinky Boots, Best Book of a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Newsies, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Newsies the Musical, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Catered Affair, Outstanding Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Hairspray, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Hairspray, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Hairspray , Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Hairspray, Play of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for La Cage aux Folles, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for La Cage aux Folles , Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy, Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy , Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy, Best American Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy and Special Citations (Obie Awards) for Torch Song Trilogy.
Harvey Fierstein has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the Legend of Off-Broadway Honorees. He won Best Book of a Musical at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Newsies. For Hairspray, he earned Outstanding Actor - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical at the Tony Awards. Fierstein also won Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for La Cage aux Folles. His work on Torch Song Trilogy garnered Outstanding Actor in a Play and Outstanding Play at the Drama Desk Awards, a Performance award at the Theatre World Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and Best Play at the Tony Awards, as well as Special Citations 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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