Harvey fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein in "La Cage Aux Folles"

They're two different Harveys, folks.

Harvey Fierstein in his dressing room preparing for a performance of Torch song Trilogy, 1982.

After raves, extensions, and a sold-out run at Off-Broadway’s Second Stage, Torch Song with that production’s stars—Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl—is headed to Broadway. Directing is Tony nominee Moisés Kaufman (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; I Am My Own Wife).

:: Young Harvey Fierstein ::

Harvey Fierstein

HARVEY FIERSTEIN

Actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein will be the keynote draw for this year's St. Louis Jewish Book Festival.

Mr. Fierstein as Arnold in the 1982 Broadway production.

On Monday, April 14, the Transom visited with actor-writer Harvey Fierstein at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where his new play,

Tony and Oscar winner Mercedes Ruehl has signed on for Second Stage Theatre's fall revival of Harvey Fierstein's landmark dramedy Torch Song. Michael Urie will star as looking-for-love gay drag artist Arnold Beckoff, the role originated by Fierstein, which ran more than 1,200 performances in the 19...

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Iconic Performance: HARVEY FIERSTEIN as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. (2002) | Mad About Musicals @ lopezrw |

Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in Hairspary. I saw him as Tevye in Fiddler once.

Second Stage Theatre will stage a revival of Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy, renamed simply Torch Song, at its off-Broadway Tony Kiser Theatre.