Harvey Fierstein
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| Born | Harvey Forbes Fierstein June 6, 1954 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Pratt Institute (BFA) |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( /ˈfaɪərˌstiːn/ FIRE-steen; born June 6, 1954) [1] [2] [3] 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, [4] 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. [5]
Contents
- Early life and education
- Career
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- Personal life
- Theater credits
- Acting
- Writing
- Filmography
- Film
- Television
- Video games
- Awards and nominations
- See also
- References
- External links
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 (née Gilbert), a school librarian, and Irving Fierstein, a handkerchief manufacturer. [6] Fierstein has a brother, Ronald Fierstein. [7] Prior to puberty, Fierstein was a soprano in a professional boys' choir. [8]
Fierstein graduated from the High School of Art and Design [9] and received a BFA from the Pratt Institute in 1973. [10] [11]
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". [12]
Fierstein has authored op-eds for The New York Times [13] [14] [15] and the PBS series In the Life. [16]
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 . [17] 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". [18]
1980s
Fierstein is best known for the play and film Torch Song Trilogy ,[ citation needed ] which he wrote and starred in both off-Broadway (with a young Matthew Broderick) and on Broadway (with Estelle Getty and Fisher Stevens).[ citation needed ] The 1982 Broadway production won him two Tony Awards, for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play; [19] two Drama Desk Awards, for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Actor in a Play; [20] and the Theatre World Award. [21] Fierstein is the first openly gay actor to win a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. [19] The film adaptation of Torch Song Trilogy earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination as Best Male Lead. [22]
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.[ citation needed ] 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". [23]
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). [24]
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 .
1990s
Fierstein was praised [25] [26] for his 1990 role as the voice of Karl, Homer Simpson's assistant, in the "Simpson and Delilah" episode of The Simpsons .
Fierstein portrayed Mark Newberger in Cheers , receiving an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1992 for his performance. [27]
In 1993, Fierstein co-starred with Mara Wilson, Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, 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 . [23]
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
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. [28]
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. [29]
2010s
On February 15, 2011, Fierstein replaced Douglas Hodge as Albin/Zaza in the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles. [30] The show closed on May 1, 2011, after playing 433 performances and 15 previews. [31]
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. [32]
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, [33] it opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Broadway in April 2013. The musical was nominated for thirteen 2013 Tony Awards [34] and won six, including best musical. [35]
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. [36]
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. [37]
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. [38]
In April 2016, Fierstein, along with his Kinky Boots collaborator Cyndi Lauper, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [39]
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. [40]
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. [12] [19] He reportedly dated journalist Ted Casablanca from 1987 to 1992. [41] [42]
Fierstein is Jewish. In 2005, he said that although he does not believe in God, he prays three or four times each day. [43]
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. [8]
Fierstein has struggled with alcohol abuse. In a 2022 interview, he stated that he stopped drinking alcohol following a 1996 suicide attempt. [19]
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". [44] 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." [45] [46]
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 [47] |
| 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 [47] | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2006 | Farce of the Penguins | Sheila | |
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Fat Cat Burglar [47] | |
| 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" [47] |
| 2010 | Nurse Jackie | John Decker | Episode: "Monkey Bits" |
| 2011 | The Good Wife | Judge Francis Flamm | Episode: "Feeding the Rat" |
| 2012 | Submissions Only | Auditioner No. 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) [47] |
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
See also
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- ↑ Gitlin, Martin (2014). The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time. London: The Scarecrow Press, INC. p. 50. ISBN 9780810887251.
- 1 2 "Hairspray – Awards". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ↑ "2002-2003". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Awards History". The Drama League. March 25, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ↑ Cox, Gordon (May 16, 2008). "'Catered Affair' nabs League honor". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ↑ "Newsies – Awards". Internet Broadway Database.
- ↑ "2011-2012". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Tony Awards 2013 winners and nominees: Complete list". Los Angeles Times. April 30, 2013. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014.
- ↑ "2012-2013". Outer Critics Circle. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Just the Winners, Please: Who Won the 68th Annual Tony Awards". Playbill. June 9, 2014.
External links
- Harvey Fierstein at the Internet Broadway Database
- Harvey Fierstein at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Harvey Fierstein at IMDb
- 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
