Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Midnight Radio
Broadway Star Joined: 5/26/07
#1Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/20/07 at 7:34pm
You're timeless to me.
Updated On: 7/21/07 at 07:34 PM
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#2re: Dear Harvey Firestein,
Posted: 7/20/07 at 10:14pmHe is completely awesome. I love his voice. It's so unique and awesome. Noone has ever had a voice like his and noone will again. I don't know how much he must have smoked as a child, but whatever it is...his voice is just completely awesome. I'd much rather have a voice like his narrating movie trailers or on your local news. Harvey Fierstein would be the most awesome news anchor of all time.
larry64
Stand-by Joined: 3/3/06
#2re: Dear Harvey Firestein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 2:02am
I applaud Harvey for his performance in everything!
Harvey is "gay royalty", a national treasure, and along with Devine, one of 2 perfect EDNA'S!!!
Thanks Midnight Radio for a lovely post!
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#3re: Dear Harvey Firestein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 2:31amBy the way, what is his ethnicity? "Fierstein", correct me if I'm wrong, is a Slavic name?
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#3re: Dear Harvey Firestein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 2:42amI like him as an actor...I just cannot stand his voice at all.
I shave me Xanadu every morning!
#4re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 4:41am
It's not "Firestein" but "Fierstein."
He can be an excellent writer (TORCH SONG TRILOGY anyone?) and he is indeed one of two perfect Ednas (I'm sorry but as good as the HAIRSPRAY film is, Travolta's Edna can't even begin touch Divine or Fierstein).
People complain about his voice but he can actually sell a number like few can even if his voice isn't your typical generic voice.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Updated On: 7/21/07 at 04:41 AM
#5re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 8:25am
Wonderful! Thank you thank you thank you 
Harvey's been one of my favorite actor's ever since I was little; his voice is beyond amazing.
Your aspirations are your possibilities-Samuel Johnson (and a little help from nomdeplume)
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#5re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 8:56am
"With a voice like this, I could always drive a cab."
- TORCH SONG TRILOGY
#6re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 9:02amI love Harvey as well, and while people are correcting names, it is Divine, not Devine. LOL!
I killed the boss, you don't think they're gonna fire me over a thing like that!!!!
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#7re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 9:09amThat voice is not from smoking. I believe he has said that his gravely voice was due to damage he sustained in a play at La Mama, in which he had to deliver his dialogue screaming over a Kate Smith record.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
lyntom
Swing Joined: 5/1/07
#8re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 10:31amLOL, that guy just brings a smile to my face every time!
#9re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 10:41amIs it time to bring "Torch Song" back to broadway?
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#10re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 10:47am
Again...it's DIVINE -- enough with this Devine sh*t. 
lotiloti
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#12re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 3:05pmBrodyFosse confirms it again. Whew. I was holding my breath on that one.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Flaunt It
Broadway Star Joined: 10/26/05
#13re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 4:07pm
When was the Harvey picture taken? That costume is unfamiliar.
Updated On: 7/21/07 at 04:07 PM
SNLMedia
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/6/05
#14re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 4:48pmI think that's a photo from the 2003 Tony performance. That dress isn't used in the Broadway production.
"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#15re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 4:54pmThey made him a new costume just for the TONYS?
I shave me Xanadu every morning!
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#17re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:07pmActually, I think that was a new dress for the Las Vegas version.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#18re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:09pmor maybe he was photographed on the way to the market. he's in his house dress.
#19re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:25pmIs that the Seattle tryout dress? The stage looks exactly like the Broadway stage though... Could it be a dress form previews?
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
Dolly_Levi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/8/04
#20re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:38pmThat looks like the new finale gown from the Las Vegas production.
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#21re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 5:48pm
I will never forget seeing him in Hairspray. I was a changed woman from that moment on - he is so graceful and in character at all times - even playing a role like Edna. I've never seen anything like it. Harvey is definitely royalty!
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
jean6
Swing Joined: 6/2/07
#22re: Dear Harvey Fierstein,
Posted: 7/21/07 at 7:17pm
seen hairspray in previews and was lucky enough to get his autograph after the show. He was extremely gracious to the crowds waiting for outside after the performance
He was the best Edna ever...........
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