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Harvey Fierstein is an American actor, screenwriter and playwright who has been in several stage productions, films, shows and games. He voiced Yao in Mulan and Huaca in Kingdom of the Sun (prototype for The Emperor's New Groove). He also acted in Hairspray, Independence Day, Mrs. Doubtfire, Bros, Big Mouth, Death to Smoochy and Bullets Over ...
Jun 11, 2023 · Hairspray composer and lyricist team Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman look back at their Harvey Fierstein-Marissa Jaret Winokur Broadway musical 20 years after its big Tony wins.
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.
Aug 15, 2021 · The original Broadway cast of Hairspray starred Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad, Marissa Jaret Winokur as Tracy Turnblad, Laura Bell Bundy as Amber Von Tussle, Mary Bond Davis as Motormouth...
Sep 12, 2021 · Harvey Fierstein starred as the original Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. Fierstein went on to write the book and star in the...
Mar 13, 2022 · One of Harvey Fierstein's most well-known roles is as Edna Turnblad in the Broadway musical "Hairspray". Ethan Miller/Getty Images. Harvey Fierstein first questioned his gender when he was 7...
Nov 12, 2008 · Harvey Fierstein returned to his Tony-winning role as the greatest 'Broadway' mother of them all, Edna Turnblad in Hairspray on Tuesday, November 11th. BroadwayWorld was there to cheer our...
Mar 2, 2022 · In 2002, after years away from Broadway, he returned to the stage with Hairspray, a musicalized adaptation of the 1988 John Waters film. Fierstein played Edna, a bashful housewife in 1960s...
Mar 9, 2022 · When I played Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, and I was in that armor of Edna with the gorgeous wig, the heels, those big rubber tits—which probably weighed 25 pounds—I was in heaven. I don’t ...
In enough ways to fill Harvey Fierstein's bosom, NBC's production of Hairspray Live! was the joyous celebration of love and acceptance that an uneasy culture craved, and perhaps needed. From...
