HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Book) is the author of the current smash hit Newsies as well as Torch Song Trilogy (Tony®, Drama Desk and Obie awards), La Cage aux Folles (Tony® and Drama Desk awards), The Sissy Duckling (Humanitas Award), A Catered Affair (12 Drama Desk nominations), Safe Sex (Ace Award), Legs Diamond, Spookhouse, Flatbush Tosca, Common Ground, and more. His political editorials have been published in The New York Times, TV Guide, and The Huffington Post and broadcast on PBS’s In the Life. His children’s book, The Sissy Duckling, is now in its fifth printing. As an actor, Fierstein is known worldwide for his performances in films like Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day, and on stage in Hairspray (Tony® Award), Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy (Tony® Award), and TV shows such as Smash, How I Met Your Mother, The Good Wife, Cheers (Emmy® nomination), The Simpsons, and Nurse Jackie.