Broadway's favorite scratchy-voiced songstress Harvey Fierstein, known most recently as taking over for Alfred Molina as Tevye in David Leveaux’s 2004 production of Fiddler on the Roof and for his hilarious turn as the mother in Hairspray, is back on Broadway in A Catered Affair. In addition to starring in the production, he also wrote the book, based on the teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky and the screenplay by Gore Vidal. He hasn’t written a script since the '80s when he had huge hits with Torch Song Trilogy and La Cage aux Folles, and some not so big hits like Legs Diamond and Safe Sex and it's hard to say if Affair will be his strike at gold.

Ben Brantley's review in the New York Times this morning was very wishy-washy but Variety gave the musical (about a family suffering the loss of a child while marrying off their only daughter who insists against her mother's wishes that she wants a quick and painless wedding at City Hall), a favorable review after their pre-Broadway tryout in San Diego.

A Catered Affair also stars the amazingly talented Faith Prince, the appealingly gruff Tom Wopat and the very cute Matt Cavenaugh, who I would never miss an opportunity to see. He plays the daughter’s fiance, and I was pleased to see him wake up shirtless in bed in the first scene! I have such a one–track mind sometimes!

Pictured above from left to right are Harvey Fierstein, Tom Wopat, Faith Prince, Leslie Kritzer and Matt Cavenaugh.