Harvey Fierstein News

The Gallery Players of Park Slope is proud to present The Tragedy of King Lear, its first production as part of newly-created Players Shakespeare. King Lear runs from Saturday evening, July 25th thru August 2nd with preview performances July 23rd & July 24th at 8pm, and July 25th at 2pm. Long-standing member of the Pearl Theatre Resident Acting Company and Gallery Players favorite, Dominic Cuskern*, will star as the tempestuous king.

NAKED BOYS SINGING! until 5th July at the King's Head Theatre and from 7th July at the Arts Theatre Tues-Fri 8pm, Saturday 8pm & 10pm, Sunday 4.30pm

The Gallery Players of Park Slope is proud to present The Tragedy of King Lear, its first production as part of newly-created Players Shakespeare. King Lear runs from Saturday evening, July 25th thru August 2nd with preview performances July 23rd & July 24th at 8pm, and July 25th at 2pm. Long-standing member of the Pearl Theatre Resident Acting Company and Gallery Players favorite, Dominic Cuskern*, will star as the tempestuous king.

Bonhams & Butterfields' Entertainment Memorabilia auction on June 14, 2009 in Los Angeles will include property from the Estate of a beloved television icon: Estelle Getty.

The American Theatre Wing's 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 7, 2009 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. There were famous faces and fantastic fashions on the Tony red carpet and you can see them all right here on BWW!

Harvey Fierstein has told NY1 that La Cage aux Folles will be returning to Broadway next year. La Cage aux Folles is a 1973 French farce by Jean Poiret centring on confusion that ensues when the son of a Saint Tropez night club owner and his gay lover brings his fiancée's ultra conservative parents for dinner.

The Gallery Players presents THE 12TH ANNUAL BLACK BOX NEW PLAY FESTIVAL, world premiere full-lengths, one-acts and readings showcased in festival of new plays

The James Tolin Memorial Fund presents its seventh annual benefit theater event with Paul Rudnick's comedy, 'The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told.' The show comes to Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, June 21 at 2 p.m.

Arena Stage in association with Tony Cacciotti and David Steiner presents Looped starring four-time Emmy Award winner Valerie Harper (Rhoda, The Mary Tyler Moore Show) at the Lincoln Theatre.

BoHo Theatre is thrilled to bring this extravagant, electric, and beautiful musical to life in what is certain to be our biggest and most joyous production to date.

NEW DRAMATISTS, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, honored the late Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote with their 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 60th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, on Tuesday, May 19th at the New York Marriott Marquis (1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets). New Dramatists 60th Annual Spring Luncheon has been underwritten by Bob Boyett. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture the afternoon event.

Multiple Drama Desk and Tony Award winning actor/writer Harvey Fierstein was host for the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony. BroadwayWorld's cameras were there for the post-awards celebration in the press room.

The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held, Sunday, May 17, 2009 in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. Drama Desk nominees received their official Nomination Certificates at a cocktail reception on Friday, May 1st at Il Bastardo restaurant, 191 Seventh Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets).

NEW DRAMATISTS, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, proudly announces that the late Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote will be honored with their 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 60th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, to be held Tuesday, May 19th at the New York Marriott Marquis. New Dramatists 60th Annual Spring Luncheon has been underwritten by Bob Boyett.

The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held tonight, Sunday, May 17, 2009 in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. Drama Desk nominees received their official Nomination Certificates at a cocktail reception on Friday, May 1st at Il Bastardo restaurant, 191 Seventh Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets).

The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held tonight, Sunday, May 17, 2009 in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. Drama Desk nominees received their official Nomination Certificates at a cocktail reception on Friday, May 1st at Il Bastardo restaurant, 191 Seventh Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets).

The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held tonight, Sunday, May 17, 2009 in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. Drama Desk nominees received their official Nomination Certificates at a cocktail reception on Friday, May 1st at Il Bastardo restaurant, 191 Seventh Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets).

The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held tonight, Sunday, May 17, 2009 in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. Drama Desk nominees received their official Nomination Certificates at a cocktail reception on Friday, May 1st at Il Bastardo restaurant, 191 Seventh Avenue (between 21st and 22nd Streets).

The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held tonight, Sunday, May 17, 2009 in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.

Multiple Drama Desk and Tony Award winning actor/writer Harvey Fierstein will host the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony on Sunday, May 17, 2009, at 9 PM at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, it was announced by Robert R. Blume, Executive Producer of the annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony, and William Wolf, President of the Drama Desk, an organization of theater critics, writers and editors that honors excellence in all areas of New York theatre, including Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway and not-for-profit theater. This will be the fourth time in the past six years that Fierstein has hosted the Drama Desk Awards, having emceed the Awards in 2004, 2005 and 2006.