The time Harvey Fierstein was nearly 'beaten and steamed' before a show
"I was sort of born in the East Village," says Harvey Fierstein, who actually hails from Brooklyn but came of age at La MaMa and other East Village haunts in the '70s. Now, after 30 years writing and/or performing on Broadway ("La Cage aux Folles," Hairspray," "Newsies," "Kinky Boots"), the 62-year-old is back where he...