To some Harvey Fierstein is just the gravelly voiced guy who pops up in the likes of Independence Day and Mrs. Doubtfire to add a bit of slightly camp humour. However to others he is a gay legend.
He’s won four Tonys for both plays and musicals, created and starred in the groundbreaking Torch Song Trilogy, wrote the book for the stage versions of La Cage Aux Folles and Kinky Boots, and is a leading gay rights champion.
Now he’s returning with a new play, Casa Valentina, and we can take our first look with a new video that’s arrived online.
Here’s a bit more info about the play, ‘From four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein comes Casa Valentina, his first play in almost thirty years and his first-ever collaboration with Manhattan Theatre Club. Two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello directs this funny, fascinating world premiere based on actual events. Back in 1962, most men went to the Catskill Mountains to escape the summer heat, but others took the two-hour drive to escape something else entirely: being men. Nestled in the land of dirty dancing and borscht belt comedy sat an inconspicuous bungalow colony that catered to a very special clientele: heterosexual men whose favorite pastime was dressing and acting as women. It was paradise for these men—white-collar professionals with families—to spend their weekends discreetly and safely inhabiting their chosen female alter egos. But when they got the opportunity to share their secret lives with the world, these “self-made women” had to decide whether the freedom they would gain by emerging from hiding was worth the risk of personal ruin.’
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