Harvey Fierstein looks back at his personal life and career as shared in his new memoir

Harvey Fierstein is a Tony Award-winning performer and playwright. The title of his new memoir, “I Was Better Last Night,” is a self-deprecating quip he would often say to friends after a stage performance. Join Washington Post assistant editor Jonathan Capehart with the ground-breaking star about being an LGBT activist at the dawn of the AIDS crisis, overcoming addiction and his latest Broadway project.
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[@silvierousso3995]

I can't help laughing or crying when this Amazing Creature speaks! He is my same age...and I lived the same periods he lived ...His logic strikes ! We LOVE YOU Harvey..

[@MrWellington227]

This is amazing. This man is way ahead of his time! I adore him❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@davebowker1113]

Harvey is absolutely brilliant
Go and get his book--
It’s wonderful

[@jasonbarron3047]

Love Harvey he's a real inspiration to me

[@Allergictocatstoo]

Our national treasure!

[@michaelconners2805]

IDENTIFY Any way you want - This man is perfection .

[@riverebec1]

If the question "define what a woman is" is so stupid, I thought Brown's answer, "I'm not a biologist", was even stupider. I love Harvey Fierstein, but I wish he'd stick to talking about his work. And a man who's spent his life in a community that creates make-believe is hardly one to accuse anybody of living in a bubble.