The Hirschfeld Century Podcast

By: The Al Hirschfeld Foundation
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • 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.
    Show More Show Less
Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
Show More Show Less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2
Episodes
  • Episode 51 – Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot with Emily McGill

    Episode 51 – Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot with Emily McGill
    Oct 3 2024
    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! Follow along with the show notes to view the works and cards mentioned in this episode. 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 For more on Emily McGill visit EmilyMcGillEntertainment.com Follow @TheHirschfeldBroadwayTarot on Instagram Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com for all your home good needs! The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
    Show More Show Less
    48 mins
  • Episode 50 – 50th Episode Celebration!

    Episode 50 – 50th Episode Celebration!
    Sep 4 2024
    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 The Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot Deck is available now online and where most books are sold. Order here! Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
    Show More Show Less
    52 mins
  • Episode 49 – Hirschfeld and Perelman

    Episode 49 – Hirschfeld and Perelman
    Jul 24 2024
    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 Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in this episode: 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! Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 4 mins

What listeners say about The Hirschfeld Century Podcast

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available