Raspy-voiced, Tony-winning Broadway actor and playwright
He was best-known for playing drag roles in Off-Off-Broadway plays until his first male role in Robert Patrick III's 'The Haunted Host' in Boston.
He wrote the long-running play 'Torch Song Trilogy.'
Parents are Jacqueline Harriet and Irving Fierstein.
He and Eddie Murphy did voice acting for the animated film "Mulan."