Theatre Trivia Tweet: Is That So Wrong? Harvey Fierstein, who created the musical Kinky Boots with Cyndi Lauper. What plays brought Harvey Fierstein to prominence in in the early ’80s and what was his connection to these plays? SelectReveal Answer> The plays would be Torch Song Trilogy and Fierstein became famous as the writer and star of these three plays, which tell the story of Arnold Beckoff. Beckoff is a torch song singing, Jewish drag queen living in NYC in the ’70s and ’80s. Post navigation previous postNext Post