The Hirschfeld Century Podcast looks at the 82-year career of artist Al Hirschfeld through his storied history and greatest works. Al Hirschfeld Foundation Creative Director, David Leopold, and Archives Manager, Katherine Eastman, take a look at Hirschfeld’s drawings of TV, movies, theater, dance, and more.
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Episode 53 – Broadway Poster Art with Nicholas van Hoogstraten
Friday, December 20, 2024 • Duration 01:01:22
Today David talks to author Nicholas van Hoogstraten about his brand-new book Broadway Poster Art: 1945-1969 which chronicles the evolution of Broadway posters including many by Al Hirschfeld.
David and Nicholas discuss the making of the book, how certain posters got selected, and the stories of some of the many Al Hirschfeld posters featured in the book.
Order the book now at BroadwayPosters.com
Thank you to the Algonquin Hotel for hosting us for this episode.
Happy Holidays to everyone and we'll see you in the new year with brand-new episodes of the Hirschfeld Century Podcast!
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Ray Bolger in Three to Make Ready, 1946
Ray Bolger in Where's Charley?, 1949
Ray Bolger
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Poster), 1949
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (New York Times Drawing), 1949
Bell, Book and Candle, 1950
Bonanza Bound, 1947
Man and Superman, 1947
My Fair Lady (Original Poster), 1956
My Fair Lady (Poster with Generic Figures), 1970
Reclining Figure (Both Versions), 1954
Man of La Mancha (Drawing for Poster), 1965
Man of La Mancha (New York Times Drawing), 1965
Hair, 1968
Earl Carroll's Vanities, 1931
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Episode 52 – Al Hirschfeld Theatre 100th Anniversary
Friday, November 15, 2024 • Duration 01:14:54
David and Katherine celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Al Hirschfeld Theatre, formerly the Martin Beck Theatre. Plus, David interviews artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson about his special project celebrating the theatre's centennial.
Rededicated to Al Hirschfeld on what would have been his 100th birthday in 2003, this is the only Broadway Theatre to ever be named after an artist.
In this episode, learn about the many exciting productions played at the theatre, hear about the star-studded rededication, and join us in celebrating the many performers and creatives whose work appeared on the theatre's stage.
Thank you Squigs for joining us in this special celebration. Learn more about his work at www.squigsonline.com
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View Squigs' full work with an interactive identifying key.
Listen to our previous episode with Squigs: Episode 12 with Justin "Squigs" Robertson
Thank you to the Algonquin Hotel for hosting the interview.
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Frank Langella as Dracula, 1977
Kiss Me Kate, 1999 with Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie
Harry Houdini, 2002
Bobbe Arnst in A La Carte, 1927
Theatre Guild 1928-29 Season, 1929
The D' Oyly-Carte Company Prepare to Offer a New Season of Gilbert & Sullivan, 1936
Cabin in the Sky, 1940
Hallelujah, Baby!, 1967
St. Louis Woman, 1946, featuring the Cakewalk
Bye Bye Birdie, 1960
Oliver, 1963
Into the Woods, 1987
The Sound of Music, 1998
Guys and Dolls, 1992
Nathan Lane
A Connecticut Yankee, 1943
Baker Street, 1965
Sweet Smell of Success, 2002
Yellow Jack, 1934
Victoria Regina, 1938
The Iceman Cometh, 1946
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 1982
Sweet Bird of Youth, 1959
The Rose Tattoo, 1951
Orpheus Descending, 1957
The Pirate Rehearsal, 1942
Say Darling Rehearsal, 1958
Milk and Honey Rehearsal, 1961
My Sister Eileen, 1941
The Grass Harp, 1952
The Curious Savage, 1950
Moon Over Buffalo, 1995
Tropical Revue with Katherine Dunham, 1943
Jacobowsky and the Colonel, 1944
Nancy Walker in Copper and Bass Poster, 1957
Man of La Mancha, 1965
Jerry Zaks
Carol Channing
Arthur Miller
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in The Producers, 2002
Victor Garber
Barbara Cook
Whoopi Goldberg
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Episode 51 – Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot with Emily McGill
Thursday, October 3, 2024 • Duration 47:41
David sits down with Emily McGill, the author of the new Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot deck, to discuss their collaboration on this one-of-a-kind Hirschfeld experience.
The Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot Deck is available now online and where most books are sold. Order here!
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Pippin, 1972
Dot from Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 - The Queen of Cups
Candide from Candide, 1997 - 0 the Fool
P.T. Barnum from Barnum, 1997 - I the Magician
Luis Alberto Molina from Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1993 - VIII Strength
Princess Winnifred from Once Upon a Mattress taken from Villain and Sleeping Heroine, 1962 - 4 of Swords
David's Reading:
Georges Seurat from Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 - 8 of Coins
Willie Sheridan from The Tap Dance Kid, 1984 - Page of Coins
Al Hirschfeld, 1980 - XXI The World
Stephen Sondheim for Sondheim on Sondheim, 1999 - King of Cups
Eva Le Gallienne, 1976 - III The Empress
Bob Fosse in Fosse, 1977 - XII The Hanged Person
Delores Dante from Working, 1978 - 3 of Coins
Velma Kelly from Chicago, 1976 - X Wheel of Fortune
Ariel from The Little Mermaid taken from Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, 1948 - Page of Cups
Jud Fry from Oklahoma! taken from The Unforgiven, 1960 - 5 of Coins
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Episode 50 – 50th Episode Celebration!
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 • Duration 51:48
We're celebrating the 50th episode of the Hirschfeld Century Podcast in style with a look back at your favorite episodes. Plus, David and Katherine answer your burning Hirschfeld questions and a few surprises are revealed!
Thank you to everyone for listening for the last 50 episodes. We couldn't do it without your support and we look forward to telling more stories from the world of Hirschfeld!
Follow along with the show notes to view the works and previous episodes mentioned in this episode. Links for episodes go to alhirschfeldfoundation.org/podcasts. Check your service's listings for past episodes.
Episode 1 - Fiddler on the Roof
Episode 39 - The Murals of 1958
Episode 49 - Hirschfeld and Perelman
Episode 45 - 1964
Episode 43 - Brooks Atkinson & The Lively Years
Episode 44 - Disney
Episode 23 - Interview with Eric Goldberg
Episode 33 - The Dog Show (Online Exhibition)
Episode 4 - What's My Line
Episode 36 - Call Her Madam: Sex, Crime, and Fun in Polly Adler's New York (Online Exhibition with Debbie Applegate)
Episode 32 - It Goes So Fast - Our Town (Online Exhibition with Howard Sherman)
Episode 12 - Justin "Squigs" Robertson
Episode 48 - Hirschfeld's Drag Show (Online Exhibition with Charles Busch)
Episode 27 - Hal Prince
Alex Trebek, 1999
The West Wing, 2001
Alias, 2002
The King of Queens, 2001
The Nanny, 1999
The Golden Girls, 1991
The Sopranos, 2001
Bust of Abraham Lincoln, 1919
Episode 38 - Bali
Bali Works, 1932
1927 Cubism-inspired works (Rang Tang, Ethel Waters, and Katherine Renwick)
Lorne Michaels (with Zeppo Marx), 1999
Tommy Tune, 2002 (Final Published Hirschfeld Drawing)
Episode 41 - Prints
Evita, 1979
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Episode 49 – Hirschfeld and Perelman
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 • Duration 01:04:06
David and Katherine take a look at the friendship between Al Hirschfeld and satirist S.J. Perelman including their Broadway-bound flop Sweet Bye and Bye, and their subsequent adventures chronicled in the book Westward Ha! or Around the World in 80 Clichés.
Thank you Frank Ferrante for recording Groucho Marx' farewell speech to Hirschfeld and Perelman. More on Frank Ferrante here: EveningWithGroucho.com
Thank you Robert Bader for the transcript of Groucho Marx' farewell speech as featured in his book "Grouch Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales: Selected Writings of Groucho Marx": Order Here
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S.J. Perelman
Walk a Little Faster, 1932
One Touch of Venus, 1943
Dolly Haus
Ogden Nash
Sweet Bye and Bye 2011 Recording on Spotify
Death in Philadelphia, the Creators of Sweet Bye and Bye, 1947
Drawings from Westward Ha!, 1947
Stanley Tucci in Execution of Justice (On the Right), 1986
Groucho Marx
Frank Ferrante as Groucho, 1986
The King and I, 1951
Swiss Family Perelman, 1949
Please write in your questions to us at info@alhirschfeldfoundation.org for our 50th episode special coming in August! Write to us by August 9th with any question you have about the world of Hirschfeld!
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Episode 48 – Hirschfeld’s Drag Show (Online Exhibition) with Charles Busch
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 • Duration
David Leopold interviews actor, writer, cabaret performer, and drag legend Charles Busch on his vivid career and his work on the online exhibition Hirschfeld's Drag Show, celebrating 74 years of performers in drag across 15 drawings by Al Hirschfeld.
Hirschfeld's Drag Show is available to view now at alhirschfeldfoundation.org/exhibitions
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Charles Busch (Two Drawings)
Charles Ludlam, 1983
Jose Ferrer
Charley's Aunt, 1940
Charley's Aunt (Other Drawings)
Mary Martin as Peter Pan, 1954
Peter Pan (Other Drawings)
Some Like It Hot, 1959
Myra Breckinridge, 1969
La Cage Aux Folles, 1983
Charles Busch in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, 1986
Goodbye Charlie, 1959
Liza Minnelli
Barbra Streisand
Meghan Robinson in Psycho Beach Party, 1987
Andy Halliday in The Lady in Question, 1989
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, 2002
Lynne Meadow, 1993
Victor/Victoria, 1995
Julie Andrews
Valerie Harper
Hairspray, 2002
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Episode 47 – MGM 100
Friday, May 24, 2024 • Duration
David and Katherine celebrate MGM's centennial with a look back at Hirschfeld's 40+ years working for the studio on many of their iconic films including the Marx Brothers films, Royal Wedding, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Wizard of Oz, and many more!
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All MGM Images
On Ze Boulevard, 1927
The Green Ghost (Released as "The Unholy Night"), 1929
Ordeal (Released as "The Ship in Shanghai"), 1929
Hallelujah, 1928
Hirschfeld Stamps
Laurel and Hardy
Min and Bill Poster, 1930
The Wizard of Oz
Promoting Pandemonium! - Selling Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy to Depression-Era America Book Ft. Works by Al Hirschfeld
Stan Laurel Mask, 1933
Oliver Hardy Mask, 1933
Charley Chase Mask, 1933
Flying High (Stage and Film)
Marx Brothers (MGM Works)
Cabin in the Sky, 1943
Harlem as seen by Hirschfeld, 1941
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney Films
Strike Up the Band, 1940
Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944
National Velvet, 1944
"Young Girl" AKA Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet, 1944
Thousands Cheer, 1943
Til the Clouds Roll By, 1946
The Ziegfeld Follies, 1946
Kim, 1950
Battleground (Misspoken as "Battlefield")
An American in Paris, 1951
Singin' in the Rain, 1952
Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding, 1951
Ray Bolger in Where's Charley?, 1949
The Night of the Iguana, 1964
Far From the Madding Crowd, 1967
The Odd Couple (Film), 1968
The Sunshine Boys (Film), 1975
Singin' in the Rain, 1977
A Star is Born, 1977
Another Fine Mess, 1930
Doctor Zhivago, 1965
All MGM Images
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Episode 46 – Men About Town: Hirschfeld Draws Noël Coward (Online Exhibition) with Alan Pally
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 • Duration 01:01:35
David sits down with guest curator Alan Pally, a trustee of the Noël Coward Foundation, to discuss our new online exhibition Men About Town: Hirschfeld Draws Noël Coward, now available to view at alhirschfeldfoundation.org/exhibitions
Recorded at The Algonquin Hotel in New York, David and Alan look back at Coward's extraordinary career and the many figures he worked with through Hirschfeld's drawings.
Important Links:
Men About Town: Hirschfeld Draws Noël Coward (Full Exhibition)
About the Noël Coward Foundation
The NY Public Library for the Performing Arts
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Nöel Coward
Lillian Gish
Irene Worth
John Gielgud
Barbara Cook
Paula Laurence
Private Lives (Various Productions)
Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
Gertrude Lawrence
The Red Peppers (from Star!), 1968
Private Lives, 1931
Daniel Massey
Raymond Massey
Laurence Olivier
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Private Lives, 1983
Joan Collins in Private Lives, 1992
Maggie Smith and John Standing in Private Lives, 1976
Bea Lillie
Set to Music, 1939
Elsa Maxwell
Blithe Spirit
Mildred Natwick
Design For Living, 1984
Tammy Grimes
Look After Lulu, 1959
Carol Channing
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1949
High Spirits, 1964
Uta Hagen
Hirschfeld Century Podcast - Episode 45: 1964
Oh, Coward!, 1987
Marlene Dietrich
Waiting in the Wings, 1999
Dana Ivey in Present Laughter, 1982
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Episode 45 – 1964
Friday, March 22, 2024 • Duration 53:42
David and Katherine look back 60 years ago to a year that was full of exciting works from Al Hirschfeld: 1964!
Fiddler on the Roof, Hello Dolly!, Funny Girl and more premiered on Broadway; My Fair Lady and The Best Man hit the big screen; and Hirschfeld introduces two new series of drawings: "Famous Feuds" and "Unlikely Casting".
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Bedtime Story, 1964
What's My Line
David Niven
The Best Man, 1964
The Best Man ("Movies to Remember" Series), 1979
The Best Man (Broadway), 1960
My Fair Lady (Film), 1964
The Train, 1964
Tribute to Harold Mirisch, 1964
The Yellow Rolls Royce, 1964
"Famous Feuds" Series
Famous Feuds: Mona Lisa and Rembrandt's Aristotle, 1963
Famous Feuds: The Beatles vs. the Singing Nun, 1964
Famous Feuds: Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg, 1964
Jimmy Durante as Alfred Smith, 1937
Mary Pickford as Adolf Hitler, 1937
"Be A Television Writer, Earn No Money", 1964
S.J. Perelman with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, 1964
Walter Kerr, 1979
Alec Guinness in Dylan, 1964
Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly!, 1964
Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl with Fanny Brice Photo, 1964
Original Cast of Fiddler on the Roof, 1964
Josephine Baker, 1964
Richard Rodgers
The King & I Revival, 1964
The Merry Widow Revival, 1964
Porgy & Bess Revival, 1964
Donald Pleasance in Poor Bitos", 1964
King Lear, 1964
Hamlet, 1964
Bajour, 1964
Joe Gould, 1941
Tiny Alice, 1964
Ready When You Are, C.B., 1964
"Unlikely Casting" Series for Playbill, 1964
David Merrick
Fade Out Fade In Poster, 1964
Carol Burnett
Moon Over Buffalo, 1995
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Episode 44 – Disney
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 • Duration 01:06:14
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation team celebrates Disney's 100th anniversary through Al Hirschfeld's unique relationship with the company including Hirschfeld's critical reviews of early Disney films, his depictions of their characters, and Disney Animation's tributes to Hirschfeld in the films Aladdin and Fantasia 2000!
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Hollywood Party, 1934
"Mickey Mouse Can Be All Things To All Men", 1937
Marge Champion
Alexander King
Hirschfeld's Reviews of Disney Films
Walt Disney, 1938 (For Snow White Review)
Ray Bolger
Eric Goldberg Interview on "The Hirschfeld Century Podcast" (2019)
New International Casino, 1937
The Movies, 1954
Television Personalities/Me and the Set, 1955
Ice Capades, 1958 (with the Seven Dwarfs)
Freddie Trinkler in Stars on Ice, 1942
Walt Disney, 1955 (For Colliers Magazine)
Disney Characters Around the Algonquin Round Table, 1973
The Algonquin Round Table, 1962
Mary Poppins, 1990 (Two Drawings)
Americans in London (w/Walt Disney), 1952
Omnibus, 1952 (Featuring Walt Disney and Scenes from Peter Pan)
Walt Disney, 1955 (For Colliers Magazine)
"Noises Off" Poster, 1992
Eric Goldberg (w/ the Genie), 1995
Solid Sender from "Harlem as seen by Hirschfeld", 1941
George Gershwin
Mitzi Mayfair
Carl Barks, 1999
Brad Bird and Family, 2002
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