Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( FIRE-steen; born June 6, 1952) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice. He gained notice for his theater work in Torch Song Trilogy, winning both the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play. He went on to win the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for La Cage aux Folles, then Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, a role he reprised for the Hairspray Live! television special. On film he appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, and as the voice of Yao in both Mulan and Mulan II. Fierstein also wrote the books for the Tony Award-winning musicals Kinky Boots, Newsies, and Tony Award-nominated, Drama League Award-winner A Catered Affair. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2025 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. As one of the first openly gay celebrities in the United States, Fierstein helped turn gay and lesbian life into a viable subject for contemporary drama "with no apologies and no climactic suicides". Fierstein's distinctive gravelly voice is a result of an overdeveloped vestibular fold in his vocal cords, essentially giving him a "double voice" when he speaks.
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Top Tracks
- A Girl Worth Fighting For (Redux) - From "Mulan II"/Soundtrack Version
- A Girl Worth Fighting For - From "Mulan"/Soundtrack
- Welcome to the 60's
- The Big Dollhouse
- Big, Blonde and Beautiful
- (You're) Timeless to Me
- Coney Island (Reprise)
- Coney Island
- Vision
- Immediate Family
- No Fuss
- Carol of the Boots (feat. Billy Porter & Harvey Fierstein)
- You Can't Stop the Beat
- (You're) Timeless to Me
- Welcome to the 60's
- Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now
- A Girl Worth Fighting For - From "Mulan"/Soundtrack
- Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel (feat. Marc Shaiman, Trey Parker, Shoshana Bean, Harvey Fierstein, Peter Matthew Smith, Jackie Hoffman, Dick Latessa, Chester Gregory Ii & Michael Longoria)
- Air
- A Girl Worth Fighting For
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