He's got a unique perspective on this year's blockbuster homosexually themed hit The Birdcage , having both worked with the film's star Robin Williams on Mrs. Doubtfire and having written the script for the acclaimed 1983 Broadway musical version of the French film on which The Birdcage was based, La Cage Aux Folles . It has to be all about love. Feirstein's acting career has been speckled with noble failures. He appeared on a short-lived sitcom starring Dudley Moore. TV is not like plays, not like movies.
TV is the shit between the commercials.
Well, that, of course, is totally untrue. This Is Not Going to be Pretty . On the cover, Fierstein wears a stunning gray jacket, yellow rubber work gloves, and an American flag draped over his shoulder. He's proudly saluting. On the back cover, he's smiling and stroking the flag as if it were the ginchiest gown at a fashion show.