Fierstein, Harvey (1954—)
The gravel-voiced Harvey Fierstein was one of the first openly homosexual American actor/playwrights who lent his name and support to gay rights and AIDS (Acquired Imm...
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John Glines, the Off-Off-Broadway producer of Harvey Fierstein's landmark play Torch Song Trilogy (1981), summed up Fierstein's importance to the development of American drama in the last decades of t...
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Today is Wednesday, June 6, the 157th day of 2007. There are 208 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 6, 1944, the "D-Day" invasion of Europe took place during World War II as...
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The musical "Hairspray" is ending its run at the Luxor hotel-casino after less than four months _ the second Broadway hit to flop in Las Vegas in the past two months.
The producers told th...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 3-9:June 3: Actor Tony Curtis is 82. Game-show host Chuck Barris ("The Gong Show") is 78. Singer Ian Hunter is 68. Singer Eddie Holman is 61. Bassist Too Sl...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 3-9:June 3: Actor Tony Curtis is 82. Game-show host Chuck Barris ("The Gong Show") is 78. Singer Ian Hunter is 68. Singer Eddie Holman is 61. Bassist Too Sl...
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The world probably didn't need another film version of John Waters' 1988 romp "Hairspray" any more than it needed a Broadway musical version of it. The whole cycle reeks of that movie-of-a-stage-pr...
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HAIRSPRAY Running Time 107 minutes Written By Leslie Dixon Directed By Adam Shankman Starring John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer, Allison Janney, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Jam...
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