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Harvey Fierstein to Receive 2025 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre


Harvey Fierstein will receive the 2025 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre at the Tony Awards in June.

Harvey Fierstein attends the 77th Annual Tony Awards Green Room Presented By Sofitel Hotels and Resorts at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024 in New York City. Some of the luminaries previously honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award include Carol Channing, Graciela Daniele, Joel Gray, Jane Greenwood, Sheldon Harnick, Julie Harris, Rosemary Harris, Jerry Herman, James Earl Jones, John Kander, Angela Lansbury, Marshall W. Mason, Terrence McNally, Jack O’Brien, Harold Prince, Chita Rivera, Marian Seldes, Stephen Sondheim, Tommy Tune, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harold Wheeler and George C. Wolfe. Fierstein, 72, received a Primetime Emmy nod in 1992 for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for a guest spot on Cheers.

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