HARVEY FIERSTEIN
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Harvey Fierstein was last seen on national tour starring as “Tevye” in the legendary musicalFiddler on the Roof. He first played this role for more than a year in the 2005 record-breaking Broadway revival. Fierstein made his professional acting debut at La Mama ETC in 1971 in Andy Warhol's only play,Pork. He followed that with appearances in more than 60 off off Broadway productions before he began his playwriting career.
Early plays likeFlatbush ToscaandCobra Jewelsled to his underground hit,Torch Song Trilogy, which transferred Off-Broadway in 1981 and then to Broadway in 1982 where it won the Best Play Tony® Award as well as Drama Desk, Obie and Dramatist Guild awards. Fierstein also won Tony, Drama Desk and Theater World awards for his portrayal of the lead in Torch Song Trilogy. Fierstein won his third Tony for the libretto of the musicalLa Cage aux Folles, currently being revived on Broadway. His other plays includeSafe Sex, A Catered AffairandLegs Diamond.
His television work includes "Nurse Jackie," "How I Met Your Mother," "Family Guy" and "The Simpsons". He was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the TV classic, "Cheers". Films includeMrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, Death to SmoochyandBullets Over Broadway. His children's book,The Sissy Duckling, is published by Simon & Schuster and the HBO film version won him the Humanitas Prize. Fierstein's starring role as Edna in the musicalHairspraywon him his fourth Tony® Award as well as another Drama Desk Award, New York Magazine Award and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Performance of the Year. This made him only the second person in history to win Tonys in four different categories.
Fierstein was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2008.
Awards
1982OBIE Award, Village Voice for writing and starring in Torch Song Trilogy
1982George Oppenheimer-Newsday Playwriting Award for Torch Song Trilogy
1983Fund for Human Dignity Award
1983Theatre World Award for outstanding new performer, Torch Song Trilogy
1983Drama Desk Award for outstanding new play for Torch Song Trilogy
1983Drama Desk Award for outstanding actor in a play for Torch Song Trilogy
1983Tony® Award for best performance by a leading actor in a play for Torch Song Trilogy
1984Tony® Award for best book of a musical for La Cage aux Folles
1984L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for La Cage aux Folles
1984Dramatists Guild Award for La Cage aux Folles
1989Cable ACE Award for best writing in a special drama for “Tidy Endings”
1994GLAAD Award for Visibility
2000Humanitas Award for the children’s animation for “Happy Ever After: Fairy Tale for Every Child” for “The Sissy Duckling” episode.
2003Tony® Award for best performance by a leading actor in a musical for Hairspray
2003Drama Desk Award for outstanding actor in a musical for Hairspray
2003Drama League Award for distinguished performance for Hairspray
2008Drama Desk Award nomination for best book for The Catered Affair
Major Plays
1972International Stud
1973In Search of the Cobra Jewels
1975Freaky Pussy
1976Flatbush Tosca
1978Cannibals Just Don’t Know Better
1979Fugue in a Nursery
1979Widows and Children First!
1981Torch Song Trilogy
1983La Cage aux Folles a musical written with composer/lyricist Jerry Herman
1984Spookhouse
1987Safe Sex
1988Forget Him
1988Legs Diamonda musical written with and starring Peter Allen
2007/The Catered Affair a musical with composer/lyricist John Bucchino
2008
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