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Hace 1 día · In the spring of 2022, “Funny Girl” finally returned to Broadway with a revised book by the Jewish playwright Harvey Fierstein. Another Jewish actress, Beanie Feldstein, stepped into the role of Fanny Brice.
Hace 3 días · Harvey Fierstein speaks onstage during The 77th Annual Tony Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions) Actor and writer Harvey Fierstein was also at the event. He presented the Lifetime Achievement award to theatre director Jack O’Brien.
Hace 2 días · With a book by Isobel Lennart, newly adapted revised book by Harvey Fierstein and with oh-so familiar music and lyrics by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, we are thrust back to the days of Vaudeville, and one of its undeniable main stars, the one and only, the original radio star – “Baby Snooks, the Grand Dame of Comedy- Fanny Brice – affectionately known as the illustrious “Funny Girl”.
Hace 1 día · This summer, Genesius Theatre is set to dazzle audiences with its production of “Kinky Boots,” the acclaimed musical with a script by Harvey Fierstein and music by Cyndi Lauper. Inspired by a true story and the 2005 film of the same name, “Kinky Boots” follows Charlie Price, a man who inherits a struggling shoe factory […]
Hace 3 días · The breakthrough 1983 musical, with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is set at a nightclub on the French Riviera famous for its drag shows. Georges and Albin, a deeply in love middle-aged gay couple, live upstairs from the nightclub where Georges is the master of ceremonies and Albin is the headlining diva known as ZaZa.
Hace 2 días · The Cindi Lauper/Harvey Fierstein musical runs in the GK Hardt Theater through July 7. The story of a struggling, English family-owned shoe manufacturer and its unique solution to avoid closure was first told in a 1999 BBC television documentary.
Hace 2 días · Harvey Fierstein retooled Isobel Lennart’s original script, and several Jule Styne / Bob Merrill songs, dropped from the film, were restored. The score, including “People”, “Don’t Rain on My Parade” and “The Music That Makes Me Dance” is quintessential Broadway. But, the revival almost didn’t make it.
