Mommy queerest. (New York City).(Harvey Fierstein)(Interview)
American Theatre, September, 2002
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OH, SURE, THE ROLE WAS Originated by Divine. But that doesn't mean another drag queen can't be, well, divoon! And s/he is: In Hair-spray, the Seattle-nurtured musical, now running at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre and based on John Waters's 1988 film, Harvey Fierstein has audiences wigging out with pleasure at his portrayal of Edna Turnblad, stage mother extraordin-hair.
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Fierstein is a multi-Tony winner--for his landmark 1982 Torch Song Trilogy and for his book of the musical La Cage aux Folles--but he claims to "out-Gypsy Gypsy" in this latest turn. The question is: Does ...
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