Harvey Fierstein on "I Was Better Last Night"

Torch Song Trilogy 1988 DVD £14Arnold Beckoff (Harvey Fierstein) is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s New York City, neither come easily. After a series of heartaches, Arnold believes he has found the love of his life in Alan (Matthew Broderick), and the couple make plans to adopt. But when tragedy strikes, Arnold's life is shaken to its very core, leading to a confrontation with his overbearing mother (Anne Bancroft), who has never appr

Harvey Fierstein wrote and starred in the original 4-hour Broadway play “Torch Song Trilogy.” The play won 2 Tony Awards for Fierstein – ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Play’ - in 1983. The success of the play helped him to adapt (and shorten) the work into a film, in which he also played the lead. TORCH SONG TRILOGY (1988) is in three acts like the play and follows Arnold (Fierstein), a New York City drag queen, through three major periods in his life – One with a boyfriend, another with a long-term par

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