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Fierstein

American  
[fahyuhr-steen] / ˈfaɪər stin /

noun

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


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“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 Oct. 15, 2024

Unfortunately for Olney, the company can’t do anything about the show’s inherent shortcomings — specifically, a trope-laden book from Fierstein that teeters from economical in Act 1 to lackadaisical after intermission.

From Washington Post Feb. 20, 2023

It was only April 2019 that the Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein musical “Kinky Boots” closed on Broadway after a six-year run, and already it’s back in town.

From New York Times Aug. 25, 2022

Tantalized by the idea of a musical spun from his memoir, Rainbow said it would be a dream come true if Fierstein were to adapt it.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2022

Isobel Lennart’s book was newly revised by Harvey Fierstein; Michael Mayer directs.

From New York Times May 5, 2022

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