
Harvey Fierstein
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‘Funny Girl’ Broadway Review: She’s Back, Finally, and Very Different
By By Robert Hofler | April 24, 2022 @ 6:27 PMBeanie Feldstein makes the iconic role her own, but the real news is a vastly improved second act
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Jerry Herman Remembered by Bernadette Peters, Harvey Fierstein and More: ‘We Lost One of the Greats’
By Margeaux Sippell | December 27, 2019 @ 7:42 AM”Hello, Dolly!“ composer died Thursday of pulmonary complications
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Jerry Herman, Broadway Composer of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ and ‘La Cage aux Folles,’ Dies at 88
By Thom Geier | December 27, 2019 @ 5:22 AMHerman won four Tony Awards as well as two Grammys for his work
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‘Bella Bella’ Theater Review: Harvey Fierstein Presents a Trumpian Candidate on the Left
By Robert Hofler | October 22, 2019 @ 7:00 PMBella Abzug here has all the depth, nuance, and bluster of the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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‘Torch Song’ Theater Review: Harvey Fierstein Passes It to Michael Urie
By Robert Hofler | November 1, 2018 @ 5:00 PMIn the original, Fierstein’s outrageousness got you through the play’s lumpy soap opera moments. Urie, in the revival, works the suds
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10 Worst Theater Productions of 2017: From Michael Moore to ‘Amelie’ (Photos)
By Robert Hofler | December 17, 2017 @ 5:47 PMTheWrap Best & Worst 2017: Plus, David Mamet and John Patrick Shanley continue to plummet
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Jennifer Hudson on Why ‘Hairspray Live!’ Was the Scariest Thing She’s Ever Done in Her Career (Exclusive Video)
By Beatrice Verhoeven | June 8, 2017 @ 2:04 PMActress also speaks to TheWrap about performing the emotional song ”I Know Where I’ve Been“ during NBC live musical
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Watch Amy Schumer as Megyn Kelly in Fox News Musical: ‘Roger, Get Your Balls Off My Nose’ (Video)
By Nigel M. Smith | May 5, 2017 @ 12:18 PMThe ”Snatched“ star sings her heart out on Howard Stern’s radio in an impromptu NSFW musical
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‘Gently Down the Stream’ Theater Review: Harvey Fierstein Throws a Pity Party
By Robert Hofler | April 5, 2017 @ 5:00 PMThe star offers tedium and sympathy in Martin Sherman’s play. Another new drama about same-sex marriage, ”Daniel’s Husband,“ is only marginally more endurable
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Dick Latessa, Tony-Winning Star of ‘Hairspray,’ Dies at 87
By Debbie Emery | December 19, 2016 @ 10:13 PM”We were lucky to have him in our lives, he was, truly, timeless,“ says ”Hairspray“ composer and co-lyricist Marc Shaiman
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‘Hairspray Live!': You Can’t Stop the Beat – or the Live Blog
By Thom Geier | December 7, 2016 @ 4:46 PMThe highs and lows of NBC’s latest live musical spectacular
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‘Hairspray Live’ Star Derek Hough on What Could Go Wrong Tonight
By Tony Maglio | December 7, 2016 @ 10:52 AM”Crazy — we’re shooting a full-length feature film, basically,“ ”DWTS“ pro tells TheWrap of tricky logistics
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Harvey Fierstein on ‘Hairspray’s’ Inclusive Message: ‘The War Is to Change Hearts’
By Tony Maglio | August 2, 2016 @ 5:58 PMTCA 2016: ”Nothing does that like song,“ writer and actor says
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NBC’s ‘Hairspray Live’ Adds Newcomer Maddie Baillio in Lead Role
By Joe Otterson | June 7, 2016 @ 6:37 AMActress will play main character Tracy Turnblad
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Jennifer Hudson, Harvey Fierstein Cast in NBC’s ‘Hairspray Live’
By Reid Nakamura | April 25, 2016 @ 11:03 AM”American Idol“ alum will play Motormouth Maybelle, Fierstein will reprise role as Edna Turnblad from original production