Harvey Fierstein

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jun 06, 1954 (71 years old)

Harvey Fierstein

Known For

Bros
1h 55m
Movie 2022

Bros

Two emotionally unavailable men attempt a relationship.

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
0h 52m
Movie 2020

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

You are invited to join recording artist and Broadway star Shoshana Bean and her cast of friends for a musical evening of Broadway tunes.

Disarm Hate
1h 24m
Movie 2020

Disarm Hate

Nine LGBTQs come together after the Pulse Massacre to join one man, a hairdresser and activist from New Jersey without political experience, as he builds a national rally to demand LGBTQIA equal rights, fight the NRA and challenge America's obsession with gun violence.

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
1h 37m
Movie 2019

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving.

Animal Crackers
1h 45m
Movie 2017

Animal Crackers

A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.

Hairspray Live!
2h 0m
Movie 2016

Hairspray Live!

A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.

The Making of the Wiz Live!
1h 0m
Movie 2015

The Making of the Wiz Live!

Go behind the curtain in The Land of Oz with NBC's "The Making of The Wiz Live!" The hour-long special will give an exclusive backstage look at this highly anticipated television event.

Russian Broadway Shut Down
0h 12m
Movie 2014

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Citing homosexual propaganda law, Russian government outlaws theatrical performances ; Russian Broadway community responds.

Words and Music by Jerry Herman
1h 26m
Movie 2007

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. Jerry Herman and an all-star cast, chart his rise from 1950s off-Broadway through all of his smash hits. Featuring never-before-seen footage of original stage performances, and a score full of classic show tunes.

The Year Without a Santa Claus
1h 28m
Movie 2006

The Year Without a Santa Claus

Thoroughly disgruntled, Santa opts to take a year off from delivering presents, until a young man helps him rediscover the meaning of the holidays.

Biography

Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning "Kinky Boots". He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.

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