Fierstein

American  

[fahyuhr-steen] / ˈfaɪər stin /

noun

1. Harvey, born 1954, U.S. playwright.

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Example Sentences

These revisions were done by the Disney title’s original composer, Alan Menken, and lyricist Jack Feldman, as well as Harvey Fierstein, who wrote the book for the hit stage show that debuted on Broadway in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times

“He had gotten together with Jack Feldman and Harvey Fierstein, and the three of them wrote an entire medley just about voting. It was such a gift.”

From Los Angeles Times

Harvey Fierstein’s revision of Isobel Lennart’s book relocates Fanny’s origins to Brooklyn from the Lower East Side, but it’s all the same world.

From Los Angeles Times

The actor Harvey Fierstein recalled starting as a fan — he still remembers as a child seeing her in “Bye Bye Birdie” — and then becoming close after she came to see him in “Torch Song Trilogy.”

From New York Times

“She was so exciting onstage — she was funny, she was dramatic, and she could do it all,” Fierstein said in a telephone interview.

From New York Times