HARVEY FIERSTEIN (1954 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by Harvey Fierstein
Catered Affair, A |
| 1st Produced: | Walter Kerr Theatre, NY | 2008 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: book by Harvey Fierstein, music and lyrics by John Bucchino | ||||
Synopsis: 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 | ||||
Flatbush Tosca |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | 1975 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Forget Him |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1988 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Freaky Pussy |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: Seven transvestite prostitutes live in an American subway gentlemen's toilet | ||||
Fugue In A Nursery |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1979 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Gay Presses of New York, New York | 1981 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: part of Torch Song Trilogy | ||||
Synopsis: Four gay lovers and ex lovers meet up in a series of contrapuntal scenes played on a giant double bed. | ||||
International Stud, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1978 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Gay Presses of New York, New York | 1981 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: part of Torch Song Trilogy | ||||
Synopsis: The bi sexual egocentric stares into the mirror only to find that "A thing of beauty is a joy 'till sunrise". | ||||
La Cage Aux Folles |
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theatre, NY | 1983 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Music by Jerry Herman; Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Book by Harvey Fierstein; Based on the play "La Cage Aux Folles" by Jean Poiret | ||||
Synopsis: gay couple Georges and Albin run a transvestite night club on the French Riviera | ||||
Legs Diamond |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1988 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written with Charles Suppon, music and lyrics Peter Allen | ||||
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Manny And Jake |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1987 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Safe Sex", Athenaeum, New York | 1987 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: Manny is praying for sex | ||||
On Tidy Endings |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1987 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Safe Sex", Athenaeum, New York | 1987 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | play | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: The ex-wife and the lover dividing up the effects of their dead partner | ||||
Safe Sex |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1987 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Safe Sex", Athenaeum, New York | 1987 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | three 1 Act plays | One Act | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - |
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Synopsis: An examination of the effects of AIDS on gay men's lives and the world in general | ||||
Spookhouse |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1982 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays International", London, July | 1987 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: A gay and naïve social worker contributes to societies contradictory attitudes to raising children. | ||||
Torch Song Trilogy |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1981 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1979 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: The International Stud; Fugue In A Nursery; Widows and Children First! | ||||
Synopsis: Portrays gay life not as an isolated phenomenon but in constant relation to the society at large. | ||||
Widows And Children First! |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1979 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Gay Presses of New York, New York | 1981 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: part of Torch Song Trilogy | ||||
Synopsis: Mother, disapproving of homosexuality, mistakes boy for sons lover. Meanwhile real partner contributes to confusion. | ||||