Harvey Fierstein looks back at his personal life and career as shared in his new memoir

Harvey Fierstein is a Tony Award-winning performer and playwright. The title of his new memoir, “I Was Better Last Night,” is a self-deprecating quip he would often say to friends after a stage performance. Join Washington Post assistant editor Jonathan Capehart with the ground-breaking star about being an LGBT activist at the dawn of the AIDS crisis, overcoming addiction and his latest Broadway project.

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