Posted: 8/12/21 at 12:55pm
How exciting! I often prefer the perspective of a biographer, but Harvey is someone who should be able to tell his life story candidly and fairly –– and hilariously.
Good press for Funny Girl, too, if he's on the promo circuit.
From the publisher:
I Was Better Last Night bares the inner life of this eccentric nonconforming child from his roots in 1952 Brooklyn, to the experimental worlds of Andy Warhol and the Theatre of the Ridiculous, to the gay rights movements of the seventies and the tumultuous AIDS crisis of the eighties, through decades of addiction, despair, and ultimate triumph.
Mr. Fierstein’s candid recollections provide a rich window into downtown New York City life, gay culture, and the evolution of theater (of which he has been a defining figure), as well as a moving account of his family’s journey of acceptance.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678118/i-was-better-last-night-by-harvey-fierstein/
Updated On: 8/12/21 at 12:55 PM
or Edna in Hairspray. "I don't know who I am. You wanna tell me who I am?" (Fierstein says he thinks about whether he is non-binary a lot "and it's the term that bothers me."
