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Harvey Fierstein

HARVEY FIERSTEIN

  (1954 - )
Nationality:    USA
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         Cannibals Just Don't Know Any Better         Casa Valentina         Catered Affair, A         Flatbush Tosca, or, Fear The Painted Devil         Forget Him         Freaky Pussy         Fugue In A Nursery         In Search Of Cobra Jewels         International Stud, The         Kinky Boots         La Cage Aux Folles         Legs Diamond         Manny And Jake         Newsies         On Tidy Endings         Safe Sex         Spookhouse         Torch Song Trilogy         Widows And Children First!

Cannibals Just Don't Know Any Better

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1st Produced:
-    1978

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Casa Valentina

Synopsis:
Nestled in the Catskills1962's land of dirty dancing and borscht belt comedyan inconspicuous bungalow colony catered to a very special clientele: heterosexual men who delighted in dressing and acting as women. These white-collar professionals would discreetly escape their families to spend their weekends safely inhabiting their chosen female alter-egos. But given the opportunity to share their secret lives with the world, the members of this sorority had to decide whether the freedom gained by openness was worth the risk of personal ruin. Based on real events and infused with Fierstein's trademark wit, this moving, insightful, and delightfully entertaining work offers a glimpse into the lives of a group of "self-made women" as they search for acceptance and happiness in their very own Garden of Eden.

Notes:
The play was suggested by the book Casa Susanna, written by Michel Hurst and Robert Swope.

1st Produced:
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, NY    01 Apr 2014

Organisations:
Manhattan Theatre Club

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc. NY (2015)   978-0822232469

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Catered Affair, A

Catered Affair, A
based on the teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky and the screenplay by Gore Vidal. a Catered affair reveals relationships strained to their limits when a couple must decide whether to spend their life savings on a family business or to launch their only daughter's marriage with a lavish catered affair
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
book by Harvey Fierstein, music And lyrics by John Bucchino

1st Produced:
Walter Kerr Theatre, NY    2008

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1st Published:
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Music:
Original cast recording: PS Classics

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Flatbush Tosca, or, Fear The Painted Devil

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1st Produced:
New York City Theatre Ensemble    25 May 1975

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Genre:
comic melodrama

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Forget Him

Synopsis:
Michael wants his money back from the dating agency because the man they have set him up with - Eugene - is deaf and blind and has been his partner for years

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1st Produced:
New York    1988

Organisations:
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1st Published:
In Our Front: Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Plays, grove press, NY 1988   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Freaky Pussy

Synopsis:
Seven transvestite prostitutes live in an American subway gentlemen's toilet

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1st Produced:
New York    1973

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Fugue In A Nursery

Synopsis:
Four gay lovers and ex lovers meet up in a series of contrapuntal scenes played on a giant double bed.

Notes:
part of Torch Song Trilogy. Composer: Ada Janik

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY (1978)   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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In Search Of Cobra Jewels

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Title "Who's Afraid of Ellen Stewart?"

1st Produced:
Bastiano's Studio, NY    04 Oct 1972

Organisations:
Playwrights Workshop Club

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
An Archeomystorical Poeseurie

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International Stud, The

Synopsis:
the bi sexual egocentric stares into the mirror only to find that "a thing of beauty is a joy 'till sunrise".

Notes:
part of Torch Song Trilogy

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY (1978)   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Kinky Boots

Synopsis:
Based on the 2005 British movie about a failing shoe factory in North england, it follows the boss' valiant efforts to breathe new life into it by manufacturing fetish footwear!

Notes:
Harvey Fierstein (book) and Cyndi Lauper (music and lyrics)

1st Produced:
Bank of America Theatre in Chicago    02 Oct 2012

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  6            Other:  -

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La Cage Aux Folles

La Cage Aux Folles
gay couple Georges and albin run a transvestite night club on the French Riviera

Notes:
Music by Jerry Herman; Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Book by Harvey Fierstein; Based on the play "La Cage Aux Folles" by Jean Poiret

1st Produced:
Colonial Theatre, Boston    21 Aug 1983

Organisations:
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1st Published:
http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2749/la-cage-aux-folles   978-0573703317

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (4824) 1983

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, of interest

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Legs Diamond

Legs Diamond
Gangster Legs Diamond just wants to be a song and dance man

Notes:
Music by Peter Allen; lyrics by Peter Allen; book by Harvey Fierstein And Charles Suppon. Based on the film "the Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond" screenplay by Joseph Landon

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York    26 Dec 1988

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1st Published:
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Music:
Cast recording: Zoom Club 2000

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Genre:
Musical

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Manny And Jake

Synopsis:
Manny is praying for sex

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1st Produced:
New York    1987

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Safe Sex", Athenaeum, New York, 1987   -

Music:
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Genre:
play One act. - - AIDS, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Newsies

Newsies
the film Newsies has grown into a cult phenomenon with a generation having grown up on the movie's driving, infectious score since its 1992 theatrical release and subsequent DVD. Newsies has for years been the single most requested title by professional and amateur theater groups, according to the world's largest Dramatic licensing agent, MTI. This new stage version keeps many of the film's beloved songs and adds several new numbers by the original team of Menken and Feldman. Newsies is inspired by the real life 'Newsboy Strike of 1899,' when newsboy Kid Blink led the ragged orphans and runaways known as newsies on a two-week-long action against Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers. Set in New York City at the turn of the century, the musical is the tale of newsie Jack Kelly, who dreams of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when Pulitzer and Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsies' expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies his army of newsies to strike.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
Book By: Harvey Fierstein; Lyrics By: Jack Feldman; Music By: Alan Menken

1st Produced:
Paper Mill Playhouse
Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ 07041    25 Sep 2011

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Original Broadway cast recording: Ghostlight Records 2012

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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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On Tidy Endings

Synopsis:
the ex-wife and the lover dividing up the effects of their dead partner

Notes:
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1st Produced:
New York    1987

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Safe Sex", Athenaeum, New York, 1987   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
play One act. - - AIDS, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Safe Sex

Synopsis:
an examination of the effects of aIDS on gay men's lives and the world in general

Notes:
Composer: Ada Janik

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Safe Sex", Athenaeum, New York, 1987   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
three 1 act plays One act. - - AIDS, one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Spookhouse

Synopsis:
a gay and naive social worker contributes to societies contradictory attitudes to raising children.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Playhouse 91, New York    1982

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Plays International", London, July, 1987   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Torch Song Trilogy

Synopsis:
Portrays gay life not as an isolated phenomenon but in constant relation to the society at large.

Notes:
the International Stud; Fugue In A Nursery; Widows And Children First!

1st Produced:
Richard Allen Center, New York    Oct 1981

Organisations:
The glines

1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1979   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Widows And Children First!

Synopsis:
Mother, disapproving of homosexuality, mistakes boy for sons lover. Meanwhile real partner contributes to confusion.

Notes:
part of Torch Song Trilogy

1st Produced:

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY (1979)   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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