Dance educator Melanie George comes on the podcast to talk about the new online exhibition she curated, “Amplified Dignity: Black Dancers Drawn by Hirschfeld”. Follow along during the episode by viewing the exhibition here.

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Amplified Dignity: Black Dancers Drawn by Hirschfeld

Amplified Dignity Merchandise

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David and Katherine from the Al Hirschfeld Foundation celebrate 75 years of looking for NINAs. From the very first NINA, to the drawing with the mostest, and everything in between, hear the stories behind the drawings, complete with the new segment “Hirschfeld According to Katherine.” Enjoy!

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Link to exhibition: NINA 75 Exhibition

Cradle Will Rock

NINA 75 Merch

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Musical Theater historian Ben West comes on the podcast to tour the new online exhibition Lost in the Stars: Black Theater Makers Drawn by Hirschfeld. . Follow along during the episode by viewing the exhibition here.

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Lost in the Stars Online Exhibition

Lost in the Stars Merchandise

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Musical Theater historian Ben West comes on the podcast to tour the new online exhibition Lost in the Stars: Black Theater Makers Drawn by Hirschfeld. . Follow along during the episode by viewing the exhibition here.

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Lost in the Stars Online Exhibition

Lost in the Stars Merchandise

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Experience theater the socially distant way by taking a tour of the solo show through the drawings of Al Hirschfeld. The online exhibition will runs from May 5 – June 6, 2020. Follow along during the episode by viewing the exhibition here.

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Socially Distant Theater Online Exhibition

Socially Distant Theater Merchandise

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Happy new year from the Al Hirschfeld Foundation! In this first episode of 2020, David Leopold and Katherine Eastman relive the magic that is the career of Hal Prince. Don’t forget to follow along in the show notes, where you can see all of the drawings that are talked about in real time!

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In the Company of Harold Prince exhibition at the NYPLPA

Say, Darling

Pajama Game (1973 revival)

Tickets Please

Call Me Madam

Wonderful Town

Celebrating Wonderful Town

Damn Yankees

New Girl in Town

West Side Story (original production)

West Side Story (all other drawings)

A Family Affair

Doily Drawings: Bloomer Girl, Meet Me in St Louis, Louisiana Purchase, 1928 Laurel and Hardy

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Fiddler on the Roof

She Loves Me

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman

Zorba

Cabaret

Boris Aronson

Company

Follies

A Little Night Music

Pacific Overtures

Side by Side by Sondheim

On the Twentieth Century

Sweeney Todd

Evita

Merrily We Roll Along

A Doll’s Life

Grind

Cabaret (1987)

Joel Grey in Cabaret

The Phantom of the Opera

Michael Crawford

Colm Wilkinson

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Show Boat

Candide

Hollywood Arms

Hal Prince

Prince Theater Mural (part 2)

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David Leopold gives an audio tour of the current Hirschfeld exhibition at the Harmonie Club in New York City

. The tour begins on the main level in the Library, and continues on the fourth floor in the Hub. The exhibition will remain up until January 17, 2020. For those not at the Harmonie Club, follow along with the drawings below in the show notes.

The Library

George and Ira Gershwin, 1990

Ella Fitzgerald, 1993

Fred Astaire, 1973

Mick Jagger, 1999

Liza Minnelli, 1999

My Fair Lady, 1956

Les Misérables, 1987

Carol Channing, 1964

Elvis Presley, 1968

Lena Horne, 1952

Marlon Brando, 1998

Albert Einstein, 1994

The Hub

Self Portrait, 1993

Artie Shaw, 1945

Frank Sinatra, 1946

Hoagy Carmichael, 1945

Julius Caesar, 1955

Nine Old Men of the Supreme Court, 1937

Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, 1989

American Ballet Theatre, 1980

Blithe Spirit, 1941

BREAKING NEWS! The first Hirschfeld drawing of the Marx Brothers has been found/confirmed. Robert S. Bader joins David and Katherine to discuss the new find. Follow along and see all of the drawings as you listen in the show notes.

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The first drawing of the Marx Brothers (June 8, 1935)

Spencer Tracy (MGM June 1935)

Laurel and Hardy (MGM June 1935)

A Night at the Opera

Jailbirds of Paradise

The Stages at Cinema Cathedrals

Cracked Iceman

Merrily We Roll Along

The Big Store

David and Katherine are back, this time celebrating the centennial of the Algonquin Round Table! Hear tales of the Round Table as they relate to Hirschfeld….and some tangents (as always!).

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The Algonquin Round Table

Alexander Woollcott

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Sidney Chaplin / Irene Rich

Rehearsal of Yellow Jacket

Summer Theater Peoples

Heywood Broun

Shoot the Works

Manhattan Oases

Marc Connelly

Wild Man of Borneo

Green Pastures

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Black Monday

Robert Benchley

Self Portrait, 1993

Dorothy Parker

Disney Round Table (not Looney Tunes)

Robert Sherwood

Road to Rome

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Idiot’s Delight

There Shall Be No Night

Rugged Path

Dance A Little Closer

Edna Ferber

Show Boat

The Royal Family

George S Kaufman

Strike up the Band

Sacha Guitry

Once in a Lifetime

You Can’t Take it With You

Merrily We Roll Along

Of Thee I Sing

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