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Шаблон:BLPrefimprove Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Infobox person Harvey Forbes Fierstein (Шаблон:IPAc-en Шаблон:Respell; born June 6, 1954) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice. He is best known for his theater work in Torch Song Trilogy and Hairspray and film roles in Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, and as the voice of Yao in Mulan and Mulan II. Fierstein won two Tony Awards, Best Actor in a Play and Best Play, for Torch Song Trilogy. He received his third Tony Award, Best Book of a Musical, for the musical La Cage aux Folles and his fourth, the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, a role he revived in its live television event, Hairspray Live! Fierstein also wrote the books for the Tony Award-winning musicals Kinky Boots, Newsies, and Tony Award-nominated, Drama League Award-winner A Catered Affair. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.

For his role on the television show Cheers, Fierstein was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Early life and education

Harvey Fierstein was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Jacqueline Harriet (Шаблон:Née Gilbert), a school librarian, and Irving Fierstein, a handkerchief manufacturer. Fierstein has a brother, Ronald Fierstein. Prior to puberty, Fierstein was a soprano in a professional boys' choir.

Fierstein graduated from the High School of Art and Design and received a BFA from the Pratt Institute in 1973.

Career

As one of the first openly gay celebrities in the United States, Fierstein helped make gay and lesbian life into a viable subject for contemporary drama "with no apologies and no climactic suicides".

Fierstein has authored op-eds for The New York Times and the PBS series In the Life.

1970s

Fierstein began working in the theater as a founding member of The Gallery Players of Park Slope before being cast in Andy Warhol's only play, Pork. Fierstein's other early roles included "a transvestite in his own Flatbush Tosca...a 300-year-old woman, Lillian Russell, and 26 other parts in Ronald Tavel's My Fetus Lived on Amboy Street". Fierstein also performed his own drag routine in Greenwich Village, including an impersonation of Ethel Merman singing "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun".

1980s

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Fierstein in 1983

Fierstein is best known for the play and film Torch Song Trilogy,Шаблон:Cn which he wrote and starred in both off-Broadway (with a young Matthew Broderick) and on Broadway (with Estelle Getty and Fisher Stevens).Шаблон:Cn The 1982 Broadway production won him two Tony Awards, for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play; two Drama Desk Awards, for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Actor in a Play; and the Theatre World Award. Fierstein is the first openly gay actor to win a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. The film adaptation of Torch Song Trilogy earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination as Best Male Lead.

Fierstein also wrote the book for La Cage aux Folles (1983), winning another Tony Award, this time for Best Book of a Musical, and a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Book.Шаблон:Cn During his Tony Award acceptance speech, Fierstein acknowledged his male lover; according to Entertainment Weekly, this was "not a first", but was "still startling to many viewers".

Fierstein narrated the documentary The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), for which he won a News & Documentary Emmy Award.

Fierstein's playwriting credits include Spookhouse (1984), Safe Sex (1987), and Forget Him (1988).

Legs Diamond, his 1988 collaboration with Peter Allen, was a critical and commercial failure, closing after 72 previews and 64 performances, but the songs live on in Peter Allen's biographical musical, The Boy from Oz.

Fierstein was praised for his 1990 role as the voice of Karl, Homer Simpson's assistant, in the "Simpson and Delilah" episode of The Simpsons.

1990s

Fierstein portrayed Mark Newberger in Cheers, receiving an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1992 for his performance.

In 1993, Fierstein co-starred with Mara Wilson, Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence, Sally Field, and Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire.

In 1994, Fierstein became the first openly gay actor to play a principal gay character in a television series when he appeared as fashion designer Dennis Sinclair in the short-lived CBS series Daddy's Girls.

Fierstein voiced the role of Yao in Disney's animated feature Mulan, a role he later reprised for the video game Kingdom Hearts II and the direct-to-DVD sequel Mulan II.

Fierstein voiced the character of Elmer in the 1999 HBO special based on his children's book The Sissy Duckling, which won the Humanitas Prize for Children's Animation.

2000s

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Fierstein (left) with Anthony Rapp at the Annual Flea Market and Grand Auction hosted by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, September 2006

Fierstein's Broadway acting credits include playing the mother, Edna Turnblad, in Hairspray (2002), for which he won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He later replaced Alfred Molina as Tevye in the 2004 revival of Fiddler on the Roof.

In 2007, Fierstein wrote the book to the musical A Catered Affair; he also starred in the production. After tryouts at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre in September 2007, the show opened on Broadway April 17, 2008. It received 12 Drama Desk Award nominations and won the Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical.

Fierstein returned to the theater when he reprised the role of Tevye, replacing an injured Chaim Topol, in the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof starting in December 2009.

2010s

On February 15, 2011, Fierstein replaced Douglas Hodge as Albin/Zaza in the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles. The show closed on May 1, 2011, after playing 433 performances and 15 previews.

Fierstein wrote the book for the stage musical Newsies, along with Alan Menken (music) and Jack Feldman (lyrics). The musical opened on Broadway in March 2012. Fierstein was nominated for the Tony Award for Book of a Musical.

Fierstein wrote the book for a stage musical version of the film Kinky Boots with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper. After a fall 2012 run at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, it opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Broadway in April 2013. The musical was nominated for thirteen 2013 Tony Awards and won six, including best musical.

Fierstein's play Casa Valentina was produced on Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The play opened in April 2014. It was directed by Joe Mantello, with a cast that featured Patrick Page, John Cullum, and Mare Winningham.

Fierstein wrote the teleplay for the December 3, 2015 NBC TV broadcast of The Wiz Live!, featuring Stephanie Mills as Aunt Em, Queen Latifah as The Wiz, and David Alan Grier as the Lion. The teleplay is an adaptation of The Wiz, which ran on Broadway from October 1974 until January 1979.

Fierstein then wrote the teleplay for, and starred in, the 2016 NBC TV broadcast of Hairspray Live! with Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Kristin Chenoweth, and Martin Short.

In April 2016, Fierstein, along with his Kinky Boots collaborator Cyndi Lauper, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Fierstein wrote and starred in Bella Bella, a solo monologue play about New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug. It premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage One at City Center on October 1, 2019, directed by Kimberly Senior.

2020s

Fierstein's book I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir was released on March 1, 2022 and quickly became a New York Times Bestseller.

Personal life

Fierstein is openly gay. He reportedly dated journalist Ted Casablanca from 1987 to 1992.

Fierstein is Jewish. In 2005, he said that although he does not believe in God, he prays three or four times each day.

Fierstein's distinctive gravelly voice is a result of an overdeveloped vestibular fold in his vocal cords, essentially giving him a "double voice" when he speaks.

Fierstein has struggled with alcohol abuse. In a 2022 interview, he stated that he stopped drinking alcohol following a 1996 suicide attempt.

Speaking with People magazine in February 2022 to promote his memoir I Was Better Last Night, Fierstein stated, "I'm still confused as to whether I'm a man or a woman," and that as a child he often wondered if he'd been born in the wrong body. "When I was a kid, I was attracted to men. I didn't feel like a boy was supposed to feel. Then I found out about gay. So that was enough for me for then." The interview also noted his ease at playing both Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He avoided identifying as non-binary in the interview, saying he had thought about it a lot and "it's the term that bothers me", but concluded that "I don't think I've missed anything by not making up my mind". On the LGBTQ&A podcast the following month, Fierstein said, "I'm comfortable being me and if I ask myself, 'Would you want to transition?' The answer's no."

Theater credits

Acting

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Category
1982–1985	Torch Song Trilogy	Arnold Beckoff	Little Theatre	Broadway
1986			Albery Theatre	West End
1987	Safe Sex	Ghee	Lyceum Theatre	Broadway
2002	Hairspray	Edna Turnblad	5th Avenue Theatre	Regional
2002–2004, 2008–2009			Neil Simon Theatre	Broadway
2004–2006	Fiddler on the Roof	Tevye	Minskoff Theatre
2008	A Catered Affair	Winston	Walter Kerr Theatre
2009–2010	Fiddler on the Roof	Tevye	North American tour
2011	La Cage aux Folles	Albin	Longacre Theatre	Broadway
2019	The Little Mermaid: An Immersive Live-to-Film Concert Experience	Ursula	Hollywood Bowl	Concert
2019	Bella Bella	Bella Abzug	Manhattan Theater Club	Off-Broadway
2022	Guys and Dolls	Joey Biltmore (prerecorded voice, uncredited)	The Kennedy Center	Washington, D.C.

Writing

Year	Title	Venue	Category	Notes
1982	Torch Song Trilogy	Little Theatre	Broadway	Also starred as Arnold
1983	La Cage aux Folles	Palace Theatre	Broadway
1984	Spookhouse	Playhouse 91	Off-Broadway
1987	Safe Sex	Lyceum Theatre	Broadway	Also starred as Ghee
1988	Legs Diamond	Mark Hellinger Theatre	Broadway
2007	A Catered Affair	Old Globe Theatre	Broadway tryout
2008		Walter Kerr Theatre	Broadway	Also starred as Winston
2011	Newsies	Paper Mill Playhouse	Broadway tryout
2012		Nederlander Theatre	Broadway
	Kinky Boots	Bank of America Theatre	Broadway tryout
2013		Al Hirschfeld Theatre	Broadway
2014	Casa Valentina	Samuel J. Friedman Theatre	Broadway
2015	Funny Girl	Menier Chocolate Factory	Off-West End	Book revisions
2016		Savoy Theatre	West End
2022		August Wilson Theatre	Broadway

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Garbo Talks	Bernie Whitlock
	The Times of Harvey Milk	Narrator	Voice
1988	Torch Song Trilogy	Arnold Beckoff	Also the screenwriter (adapted his own play)
1992	The Harvest	Bob Lakin
1993	Mrs. Doubtfire	Francis "Frank" Hillard
	Bullets Over Broadway	Sid Loomis
1995	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	Yves DuBois
1996	The Celluloid Closet	Himself	Documentary
	Independence Day	Marty Gilbert
	Everything Relative	The Moyle
	Elmo Saves Christmas	Easter Bunny
1997	White Lies	Art Hoarder
	Kull the Conqueror	Juba
	Three Little Pigs	The Big Bad Wolf	Voice, short film
1998	Mulan	Yao	Voice
	Safe Men	Leo
1999	Jump	Dish Macense
2000	Playing Mona Lisa	Bennett
2002	Death to Smoochy	Merv Green
2003	Duplex	Kenneth
2004	Mulan II	Yao	Voice, direct-to-video
2006	Farce of the Penguins	Sheila
2012	Foodfight!	Fat Cat Burglar
2014	Russian Broadway Shut Down	Book Writer	Short film
2017	Animal Crackers	Esmerelda	Voice
2020	Disarm Hate	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2022	Bros	Lewis

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Demon Murder Case	Demon	Voice, television film
1986	Miami Vice	Benedict	Episode: "The Fix"
	Apology	The Derelict	Television film
1988	Tidy Endings	Arthur
1990	The Simpsons	Karl	Voice, episode: "Simpson and Delilah"
1991	ABC Afterschool Specials	Andrew	Episode: "In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story"
1992	Cheers	Mark Newberger	Episode: "Rebecca's Lover... Not"
	Murder, She Wrote	Stan Hatter	Episode: "The Dead File"
1994	Daddy's Girl	Dennis Sinclair	Series regular (3 episodes)
1997	The Larry Sanders Show	Harvey Fierstein	Episode: "The Matchmaker"
	Fame L.A.	Jeremy Pinter	Episode: "Do or Die"
	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Mrs. Leaperman	Voice, episode: "Thumbelina"
1998	Ellen	Himself	Episode: "It's a Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay World!"
	Hercules	Argus Panoptes	Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Bacchanal"
	Stories from My Childhood	Grambo	Voice, episode: "Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet"
1999	Double Platinum	Gary Millstein	Television film
1999	The Sissy Duckling	Elmer	Voice, television film
2000	Common Ground	Don	Television film
	Behind the Music	Himself	Episode: "1984"
2004	Biography		Episode: "John Waters"
2004–07	Sesame Street		Recurring role (3 episodes)
2006	The Year Without a Santa Claus	Heat Miser	Television film
2008	Family Guy	Tracy	Voice, episode: "The Former Life of Brian"
2009	How I Met Your Mother	Lily's smoking voice	Voice, episode: "Last Cigarette Ever"
2010	Nurse Jackie	John Decker	Episode: "Monkey Bits"
2011	The Good Wife	Judge Francis Flamm	Episode: "Feeding the Rat"
2012	Submissions Only	Auditioner #5	Episode: "Another Interruption"
2013	Smash	Himself	Episode: "The Fallout"
	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen		Episode: "Harvey Fierstein & Kim Zolciak"
2014	Saturday Night Live		Episode: "Bill Hader/Hozier"
2015	Family Guy	Buster Keaton	Voice, episode: "Stewie Is Enceinte"
	The Wiz Live!	—	Television special (teleplay writer)
2016	Hairspray Live!	Edna Turnblad
2017	BoJack Horseman	Himself	Voice, episode: "Commence Fracking")
2018	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen		Episode: "Jane Curtin & Harvey Fierstein"
2018–20	Big Mouth	Jerome	Voice, 2 episodes
2019	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	The Gourmand	Voice, recurring role (7 episodes)

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan	Yao
	Mulan Story Studio
2005	Kingdom Hearts II		English version
2007	Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1982	New York Drama Critics' Circle	Best American Play	Torch Song Trilogy	Шаблон:Nom
1983	Tony Award	Best Play		Шаблон:Won
		Best Actor in a Play		Шаблон:Won
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Play		Шаблон:Won
		Outstanding Actor in a Play		Шаблон:Won
	Theatre World Award	Theatre World Award		Шаблон:Won
1984	Tony Award	Best Book of a Musical	La Cage aux Folles	Шаблон:Won
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Book of a Musical		Шаблон:Nom
1992	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Cheers	Шаблон:Nom
2003	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Hairspray	Шаблон:Won
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actor in a Musical		Шаблон:Won
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actor in a Musical		Шаблон:Nom
	Drama League Award	Outstanding Performance		Шаблон:Won
2008	Drama League Award	Outstanding Production of a Musical	A Catered Affair	Шаблон:Won
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Book of a Musical		Шаблон:Nom
2012	Tony Award	Best Book of a Musical	Newsies	Шаблон:Nom
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Book of a Musical		Шаблон:Nom
2013	Tony Award	Best Book of a Musical	Kinky Boots	Шаблон:Nom
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Book of a Musical		Шаблон:Nom
2014	Tony Award	Best Play	Casa Valentina	Шаблон:Nom

See also

• LGBT culture in New York City
• List of LGBT people from New York City

External links

• Шаблон:IBDB name
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• Review of Torch Song Trilogy, with information about Fierstein
• TonyAwards.com Interview with Harvey Fierstein
• Donald L. Brooks' memoir of early casting of Fierstein and commissioning and directing Fierstein's first play.
• Harvey Fierstein papers (MS 1864). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. Collection: Harvey Fierstein papers | Archives at Yale