Harvey Fierstein News

As one of the critics who championed A Catered Affair, my favorite new musical of the season, I was sad to hear they've put up the closing notice.  And while I understand Harvey Fierstein may be a little miffed at the reception the show received from many of the critics, I'm not especially happy to read the sweeping generalizations he's quoted as giving in a recent Michael Riedel column.

The producers of Hairspray, winner of eight 2003 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, have announced that Aubrey O'Day of Danity Kane will make her Broadway debut as Tracy Turnblad's stuck-up arch-nemesis Amber Von Tussle on Friday, July 18, at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52 Street.

This Friday, June 27, The Samsung Experience Store, located on the third floor of the Time Warner Center, will host an afternoon with A Catered Affair. The event will begin at 3:00 p.m. and will include a meet and greet with cast members, including Tom Wopat and Harvey Fierstein, an in-store performance from Mr. Wopat, and a cast CD signing.

This Friday, June 27, The Samsung Experience Store, located on the third floor of the Time Warner Center, will host an afternoon with A Catered Affair. The event will begin at 3:00 p.m. and will include a meet and greet with cast members, including Tom Wopat and Harvey Fierstein, an in-store performance from Mr. Wopat, and a cast CD signing.

-The Broadway production of the Harvey Fierstein/John Bucchino musical, A Catered Affair, will close following the Sunday, July 27 matinee. The announcement was made today by producer Jordan Roth (Vice President, Jujamcyn Theaters). A Catered Affair will have played 27 previews and 116 regular performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will host the tenth annual BROADWAY BARKS!, a star-studded dog and cat adopt-a-thon benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies.

Harvey Returns! Welcome to The Return of special new series on BroadwayWorld.com - four time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein's personal MySpace blog of bringing his brand new musical, A Catered Affair to Broadway. We'll be exclusively picking up Harvey Fierstein's blog as he shares his first hand reports from rehearsals to Opening Night (and beyond). Check back for updates as rehearsals get underway!

SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) will present special programming on its Broadway's Best channel throughout the weekend to celebrate the Tony Awards®. The cast of In The Heights, this year's most Tony-nominated show, will open the celebration. SIRIUS' Tony Awards weekend broadcast will culminate in live coverage of the Tony Awards ceremony on Broadway's Best channel 77.

It's finally here! The jam-packed end-of-season roundup of CDs from our very own Naomi Plume (so big, it had to be put into two parts)...The good, the bad, the ugly...or to quote from the ad for the upcoming musical A TALE OF A TWO CITIES... 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' We're so glad that we got to use that line first! So enjoy this very special two-parter - happy reading, happy listening, happy buying (or not) and good luck to everyone at the TONY Awards on Sunday night from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com.

Harvey Returns! Welcome to The Return of special new series on BroadwayWorld.com - four time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein's personal MySpace blog of bringing his brand new musical, A Catered Affair to Broadway. We'll be exclusively picking up Harvey Fierstein's blog as he shares his first hand reports from rehearsals to Opening Night (and beyond). Check back for updates as rehearsals get underway!

To accommodate the demand for afternoon performances, the new Broadway musical A Catered Affair has changed its weekly playing schedule by adding a fourth matinee, it was announced today by producer Jordan Roth.

Five of Broadway's Tony-nominated musicals will be showcased to a national TV audience when top morning talker 'Live with Regis and Kelly' airs 'Broadway Week 2008' June 9-13, 2008.

The New York City Gay Men's Chorus launches Gay Pride month in New York with 'Vibrate!' on Wednesday, June 4th and 5th at 8:00PM at F.I.T.'s Haft Auditorium.

A Catered Affair celebrated the release of their cast-recording with a CD signing and performance at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street.

'A Catered Affair' celebrates cast recording with CD signing and performance at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street.

Harvey Returns! Welcome to The Return of special new series on BroadwayWorld.com - four time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein's personal MySpace blog of bringing his brand new musical, A Catered Affair to Broadway. We'll be exclusively picking up Harvey Fierstein's blog as he shares his first hand reports from rehearsals to Opening Night (and beyond). Check back for updates as rehearsals get underway!

'Harvey & Friends,' the New York Times TimesTalk Event celebrating the career for four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, will air this weekend on CUNY TV at the following times: Friday, May 23 at 8:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 25 at 12:00 a.m.

Harvey Returns! Welcome to The Return of special new series on BroadwayWorld.com - four time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein's personal MySpace blog of bringing his brand new musical, A Catered Affair to Broadway. We'll be exclusively picking up Harvey Fierstein's blog as he shares his first hand reports from rehearsals to Opening Night (and beyond). Check back for updates as rehearsals get underway!

Encompass New Opera Theatre, celebrated the 80th birthday of legendary Broadway composer Jerry Bock with a Gala Musical Salute on Sunday, May 18th

May 18th 2008 the winners of this years Drama Desk Awards were announced. The 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were held in the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.