Harvey Fierstein
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Harvey Fierstein
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Harvey Fierstein
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06 June 1954 • Brooklyn, NY
Dramatist or playwright • Film actor • Musical theatre actor • Stage actor • Stand-up comedian • Television actor • Voice actor • Jewish American actor • Impersonator • Playwright
Achieved status:Gay actor • LGBT dramatist or playwright
Pratt Institute
Area of science:Television • Musical theatre
Specialty:Fashion designer • Painter
Ashkenazi Jew
Award:Drama Desk Award winner • Tony Award winner • Humanitas Prize • Emmy Award • Tony Award • Theatre World Award • Drama League Award • Independent Spirit Award
Achieved status:LGBT Jew
Preference:Pink • Openly gay
Activity:Stand-up comedy
…Gore Vidal adapted Chayefsky's teleplay The Catered Affair into a film of the same name. In 2008, it was adapted to a Broadway musical by Harvey Fierstein with music and lyrics by John Bucchino. It had a four-month run, receiving 15 Tony and Drama Desk nominations.…
Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1952) is an American actor and playwright, noted for the distinction of winning Tony Awards for both writing and originating the ...