Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein · Arts & Literature
Tony Award-winning playwright and actor ('Torch Song Trilogy')
1954, Brooklyn, New York, United States
United States
Harvey Fierstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Tony Award-winning playwright and actor ('Torch Song Trilogy')
Harvey Fierstein is an American playwright and actor who won Tony Awards for writing and starring in 'Torch Song Trilogy' and for the book of 'La Cage aux Folles', pioneering openly gay theatrical storytelling. He later won a Tony as an actor for 'Hairspray'. He was raised in a Jewish family in Brooklyn.
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Tony Award-winning playwright and actor ('Torch Song Trilogy')
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