Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein is the Tony Award-winning author of Torch Song Trilogy and La Cage Aux Folles . His other theater writing includes Kinky Boots (Tony-nominated), Newsies (Tony-nominated), Casa Valentina (Tony-nominated), A Catered Affair (twelve Drama Desk nominations), Safe Sex, Spookhouse, and Legs Diamond, among others. He wrote the teleplays of Hairspray Live! and The Wiz Live!, both for NBC. For HBO he's written On Tidy Endings (Ace Award), The Sissy Duckling (Humanitas Award), and Common...See more

Harvey Fierstein is the Tony Award-winning author of Torch Song Trilogy and La Cage Aux Folles . His other theater writing includes Kinky Boots (Tony-nominated), Newsies (Tony-nominated), Casa Valentina (Tony-nominated), A Catered Affair (twelve Drama Desk nominations), Safe Sex, Spookhouse, and Legs Diamond, among others. He wrote the teleplays of Hairspray Live! and The Wiz Live!, both for NBC. For HBO he's written On Tidy Endings (Ace Award), The Sissy Duckling (Humanitas Award), and Common Ground . He's written political editorials for The New York Times, HuffPost, TV Guide, and PBS, as well as authoring the beloved children's book The Sissy Duckling . Beginning his acting career in Andy Warhol's Pork at LaMama, Fierstein is also well-known for his theater performances, including Torch Song Trilogy (Tony Award), Hairspray (Tony Award), Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage Aux Folles, Gently Down the Stream, and A Catered Affair, as well as film performances in Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, and Bullets Over Broadway . TV audiences know him from shows like The Good Wife, Nurse Jackie, and Cheers (Emmy-nominated) and recognize his voice from appearances on BoJack Horseman, Family Guy, The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother, Mulan, and Sesame Street . See less