Jun 26, 2012
Hirschfeld at the Hirschfeld

A friend acquired this photo recently and sent along this scan. On its verso, the label reads "AL HIRSCHFELD, 'The Moon Is Down', 4/8/42, Martin Beck Theatre."

Jun 25, 2012
Musical Monday: Wish You Were Here

Sixty years ago tonight, Wish You Were Here, a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Harold Rome and a book by Josh Logan and Arthur Kober opened on Broadway.

Jun 21, 2012
TGIF: Leslie Uggams in "Anything Goes"

Leslie Uggams was not born a performer, she had to wait until she was six to be cast as Ethel Water's niece in the television series, Beulah.

Jun 20, 2012
Album of the Week: Man of La Mancha

If you have ever dreamed an impossible dream, tilted at windmills, or thought yourself a knight, then Man of La Mancha is

Jun 15, 2012
TGIF: Theresa Merritt

Theresa Merritt was an acclaimed musical performer who made her Broadway debut in 1943 inthe original production of http://www.alhirschfeldfoundation.org/piece/carmen-jones-0#result_in