NEWSMAKERS

Did you pull his ears?

There was some of that. If you get physical with him, his proclivity for whining is as present as his razor wit.

Harvey's Girls

Matchmaker, matchmaker, what were you thinking? Broadway has long had a taste for zany casting moves--witness Tamyra Gray ("American Idol"), who last week stepped into the role of an Indian film director in "Bombay Dreams." But this may be the most daring stunt yet: Harvey Fierstein, late of "Hairspray," has signed to play Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof." Never mind that Fierstein sings like he has a fiddle stuck in his throat. Has Fierstein played a straight man--not to mention a father of five girls--in his entire career? Then again, if Fierstein can't make a go of it as Broadway's greatest mensch, he'd be a hoot as Tevye's wife, Golde.

--Marc Peyser

Cameron vs. Cameraman