Harvey Fierstein

Review: 'Kinky Boots' is unsteady in its Broadway walk

2013-04-04 18:00:00

NEW YORK — Let the record show that on April 4, 2013, the night that "Kinky Boots" opened on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, drag officially became a commodity of the tourist masses. Female impersonation has long had mainstream appeal,...

Broadway musical 'Newsies' turns quick profit for Disney

2012-12-21 07:00:00

In bygone days "extra, extra" is what newspaper hawkers used to shout to sell copies. Now it's what the Walt Disney Co. is adding to its bottom line, with word that "Newsies, the Musical," about turn-of-the-20th century paperboys who go on strike, has...

Tonys review: Why can't Neil Patrick Harris host everything?

2012-06-11 05:25:00

During the long and glorious reign of the variety show, it was fairly common to see the stars of popular Broadway musicals singing and dancing their big numbers on network television. Now, like Christmas, that opportunity comes but once a year, during the...

Tony Awards 2012: The complete nominees and winners list

2012-06-10 00:00:00

Here is the full list of Tony nominations for 2012 (WINNERS are noted): Play "Clybourne Park,"� Bruce Norris WINNER "Other Desert Cities,"� Jon Robin Baitz "Peter and the Starcatcher,"� Rick Elice "Venus in Fur,"� David Ives Musical "Leap of Faith"...

Tony Awards: Cruise ship spot stirs waters

2012-06-12 00:00:00

It was a theatrical entrance even for the Tony Awards. Actor Harvey Fierstein -- wearing a tuxedo jacket, a blue plastic inflatable inner-tube hugging his stomach, pink swim trunks, and hoisting a cocktail glass sporting a tiny umbrella – waddled...

Why can't Oscars be more like Tonys (and Neil Patrick Harris)?

2012-06-11 16:39:19

Friday's Talk Shows

2012-04-26 21:36:53

'Kinky Boots' musical scored by Cyndi Lauper gets Chicago tryout

2012-02-23 16:33:41

'Newsies' on Broadway: What did the critics think?

2012-03-30 16:32:22

Making musicals fit on Hollywood Bowl's stage

2011-07-31 00:00:00

When he was a kid in the 1960s, Jerry Mitchell visited the Hollywood Bowl for the first time. "We got to walk on the stage," he recalls. "I looked out and said, 'This is amazing. This is what I want to do.'" Mitchell is back at the Bowl, where he will...

Harvey Fierstein takes another Turnblad turn

2011-07-31 00:00:00

Harvey Fierstein is getting impatient. He'd like the interview to go faster. Skip the compliments. Don't waste precious time laughing at his outrageous remarks. He's got stacks of writing to finish, songs to rehearse, and in a few days he leaves for Los...

'The Good Wife' recap: Those 3 little words

2011-10-17 16:35:42

Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur star in "Hairspray," which opens on Broadway this week.

2013-05-15 09:32:00

Press Pass: Chris Jones with Harvey Fierstein

2012-10-17 00:00:00

"Kinky Boots" director Jerry Mitchell and writers Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper.

2012-10-02 13:20:00