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I'm sure there's going to be some material from This Is Not Going To Be Pretty. I usually use that song to just introduce myself to the audience, although the patter in between the song is always different.

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Harvey Fierstein
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice.
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I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.
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