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Theater talk.

Title
Theater talk. Hairspray. Harvey Fierstein [videorecording] / Susan Haskins, executive producer ; Theater Talk Productions ; director, Adam Walker.
Publication
New York, c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
  • Riedel, Michael (Theater critic)
  • Haskins, Susan
  • Walker, Adam
  • Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
Description
1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (28 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
Actor, playwright and screenwriter Harvey Fierstein, star of the Broadway musical Hairspray, talks with co-hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins. Perhaps best known for the play and film Torch song trilogy, which he wrote and starred in, Fierstein's theatrical career began in his teens when he played female roles in drag in such works as Andy Warhol's only stage play, Pork. Fierstein elaborates on the creation of his role as Edna Turnblad, Hairspray's overweight and overprotective mother, which he sought to play "as a woman" opposite Dick Latessa. Fierstein speaks about his 15-year absence from Broadway following his unsuccessful play Safe sex, during which time he worked in film and television, and why working in the theater is most important to him.
Series Statement
Theater talk
Alternative Title
Theater talk. Hairspray II. Fierstein
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Television.
  • Talk shows.
  • Interviews.
Note
  • Credits at end of videocassette.
  • This is episode #925 of Theater talk.
  • Theater talk was known as Inside Broadway until 1996.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y. on April. 11, 2003.
Call Number
NCOX 2028
OCLC
181588696
Title
Theater talk. Hairspray. Harvey Fierstein [videorecording] / Susan Haskins, executive producer ; Theater Talk Productions ; director, Adam Walker.
Imprint
New York, c2003.
Series
Theater talk
Performer
Interviewers: Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins.
Event
Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios at The Graduate School & University Center/CUNY, New York, N.Y. on April. 11, 2003.
Local Note
Gift of Susan Haskins.
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Added Author
Fierstein, Harvey, 1952- interviewee.
Riedel, Michael (Theater critic), interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, interviewer.
Haskins, Susan, producer.
Walker, Adam, director.
Theater Talk Productions, Inc.
Haskins, Susan, donor.
Research Call Number
NCOX 2028
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