Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogyand the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth6 June 1954
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.
I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!
A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.
I don't believe we need to take millions and millions of dollars and build churches and stuff... I think we could build houses instead.
I didn't want to be part of a touring company they dropped off.
Maybe when you need the perfect gift for John Waters,
With her understanding of 'Fiddler's' important place in theatrical history, I am positive she will uphold that tradition excitingly.
The audience here seems a lot more relaxed, a lot more in the mood just to have a great time.
I've been dating since I was 15 years old, and I just don't seem to do it well.
Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.
You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theatre because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.
Deco, ... I have one at home, I used it for a toilet paper holder.
Last season, there were 27 gay roles on television - and not one was played by a gay person. So I'm a little sensitive to that stuff.
As a 20-year friend of Rosie's, I couldn't be happier that we will finally share a stage together, ... With her understanding of 'Fiddler's' important place in theatrical history, I am positive she will uphold that tradition excitingly.