I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir (Unabridged) I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir (Unabridged)

I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir (Unabridged‪)‬

    • 4.7 • 69 Ratings
    • $16.99

    • $16.99

Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Award–winning actor and playwright, revealing never-before-told stories of his personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, and of his fabled career

Harvey Fierstein’s legendary career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn, to the lights of Broadway, to the absurd excesses of Hollywood and back. He’s received accolades and awards for acting in and/or writing an incredible string of hit plays, films, and TV shows: Hairspray,  Fiddler on the Roof, Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, Cheers, La Cage Aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy, Newsies, and Kinky Boots. While he has never shied away from the spotlight, Mr. Fierstein says that even those closest to him have never heard most of the tales—of personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, of his fabled career—revealed in these wildly entertaining pages.
 
I Was Better Last Night bares the inner life of this eccentric nonconforming child from his roots in 1952 Brooklyn, to the experimental worlds of Andy Warhol and the Theatre of the Ridiculous, to the gay rights movements of the seventies and the tumultuous AIDS crisis of the eighties, through decades of addiction, despair, and ultimate triumph.
 
Mr. Fierstein’s candid recollections provide a rich window into downtown New York City life, gay culture, and the evolution of theater (of which he has been a defining figure), as well as a moving account of his family’s journey of acceptance. I Was Better Last Night is filled with wisdom gained, mistakes made, and stories that come together to describe an astonishingly colorful and meaningful life. Lucky for us all, his unique and recognizable voice is as engaging, outrageously funny, and vulnerable on the page.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
HF
Harvey Fierstein
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
12:32
hr min
RELEASED
2022
March 1
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
780.3
MB

Customer Reviews

jburgesq ,

I didn’t want him to stop talking!

Entertaining, insightful, inspiring… this memoir is moving, and well worth the time and $. Thank you Mr. F, for your candor, sense of humor and your unwavering bravery.

mamma Jaq o ,

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This man is my biggest hero. absolutely as iconic! I adore him!

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