Harvey Fierstein (born June 6, 1954) is an American actor and playwright, noted for the distinction of winning Tony Awards for both writing and originating the lead role in his long-running play Torch Song Trilogy and for writing the award-winning book to the musical La Cage aux Follies.
On Saturday Night Live, he has mostly been impersonated by Jon Lovitz in the sketch known as, Plug Away with Harvey Fierstein.