Long beforeRuPaulmade drag queens into celebrities, Harvey Fierstein made them visible.
According toPlaybill, the production earned him the first two of his six Tony awards.
Since then, Fierstein has gone on to cement his place in entertainment history as an actor and playwright.
Much of Fierstein’s work has centered around gender-bending and defying traditional stereotypes much like Fierstein himself.
He recently sat down for an interview withPeopletimed to his new memoir,“I Was Better Last Night.
“Though his characteristic wit shines through the article, Fierstein did touch on a highly personal issue.
“I’m still confused as to whether I’m a man or a woman,” he said.
“I don’t have answers for anybody else ‘cause I don’t have answers for myself.
When I was a kid, I was attracted to men.
I didn’t feel like a boy was supposed to feel.
Then I found out about gay.
So that was enough for me for then.”
Indeed, Fierstein would rather have us all see one another as individuals.
“No two of us are the same, not any of us,” he told the publication.
Fierstein’s roles aren’t easily pigeonholed, either.
Yet, he also loved playing Tevye in a revival of “Fiddler on the Roof.”
“Of course, I was better last night.
I was younger, fresher, and had one less day of life clogging my brain.
But most of all, it was last night.
Time upgrades survival to triumph.
