Harvey Fierstein Biography

Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1952) is a U. S.actor and playwright, noted for the early (1982) distinction of winning Tony Awards for both writing and playing the lead role in his long-running play Torch Song Trilogy, about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family, as well as writing the award-winning book to the musical La Cage aux Folles.He has since become a champion for gay civil rights.