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==Description==
 
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Broadway actor/writer; writer and lead in play and film version of 'Torch Song Trilogy'
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Broadway actor/writer.  Notable as a writer and lead in the play and film version of 'Torch Song Trilogy', for which he won a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Play.  Other theatre productions include 'Hairspray' (Tony Award - Best Actor in a Musical), 'La Cage Aux Folles' (Tony Award - Best Book of a Musical).  Wrote the musical 'Kinky Books'.  Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/harvey-fierstein/
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* http://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Harvey-Fierstein/
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* http://variety.com/t/harvey-fierstein/
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Revision as of 23:21, 13 July 2014

Harvey Fierstein

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1954 -

Occupation

Entertainment

Notable Achievements

Tony Award

Description

Broadway actor/writer. Notable as a writer and lead in the play and film version of 'Torch Song Trilogy', for which he won a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Play. Other theatre productions include 'Hairspray' (Tony Award - Best Actor in a Musical), 'La Cage Aux Folles' (Tony Award - Best Book of a Musical). Wrote the musical 'Kinky Books'. Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.

Further Reading/Research


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