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Look Back at the Career Highlights of LGBT Trailblazer Harvey Fierstein

HR - Torch Song Trilogy (Broadway 1982) - Harvey Fierstein, Estelle Getty — Look Back at the Career Highlights of LGBT Trailblazer Harvey Fierstein

Tony Award winner celebrates his birthday June 6.
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Harvey Fierstein's <i>Torch Song Trilogy</i>, a semi-autobiographical comedy of Jewish drag queen Arnold and his extended family, debuted uptown in 1981. — Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy

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Safe_Sex_Broadway_Production_Photo_John Wesley Shipp_Harvey Fierstein_HR — John Wesley Shipp and Harvey Fierstein in Safe Sex

HR - Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray — Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray.

Paul Kolnik

Hairspray HR — Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur

Paul Kolnik

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Carol Rosegg

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Harvey Fierstein and Andrea Martin in <i>Fiddler on the Roof</i> — Harvey Fierstein and Andrea Martin in Fiddler on the Roof

Photo by Joan Marcus

Harvey Fierstein in <i>A Catered Affair</i>. — Harvey Fierstein in A Catered Affair

Photo by Jim Cox

Harvey Fierstein, Tom Wopat, Faith Prince, Leslie Kritzer and Matt Cavenaugh in <i>A Catered Affair</i> — Harvey Fierstein, Tom Wopat, Faith Prince, Leslie Kritzer, and Matt Cavenaugh in A Catered Affair

Tom Wopat, Faith Prince and Harvey Fierstein in <i>A Catered Affair.</i> — Tom Wopat, Faith Prince, and Harvey Fierstein in A Catered Affair

Photo by Jim Cox

Harvey Fierstein — Harvey Fierstein in La Cage aux Folles

Harvey Fierstein — Harvey Fierstein in La Cage aux Folles

Photo by Josh Lehrer

Harvey Fierstein — Harvey Fierstein in La Cage aux Folles

Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad hr — Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in in Hairspray Live!

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Joan Marcus

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Joan Marcus

Gently_Down_the_Stream_Production_Photo_Public_Off-Broadway_2017_Gabriel Ebert_Harvey Fierstein_HR — Gabriel Ebert and Harvey Fierstein in Gently Down the Stream

Joan Marcus

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HR - Torch Song Trilogy (Broadway 1982) - Harvey Fierstein, Estelle Getty

HR - Torch Song Trilogy (Broadway 1982) - Harvey Fierstein, Estelle Getty

Harvey Fierstein's <i>Torch Song Trilogy</i>, a semi-autobiographical comedy of Jewish drag queen Arnold and his extended family, debuted uptown in 1981.

Torch_Song_Trilogy_Broadway_Production_Photos_1982_Harvey_Fierstein_Court_Miller_HR

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HR - Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray

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Harvey Fierstein and Andrea Martin in <i>Fiddler on the Roof</i>

Harvey Fierstein in <i>A Catered Affair</i>.

Harvey Fierstein, Tom Wopat, Faith Prince, Leslie Kritzer and Matt Cavenaugh in <i>A Catered Affair</i>

Tom Wopat, Faith Prince and Harvey Fierstein in <i>A Catered Affair.</i>

Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

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