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David & Katherine celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Lively Years, a collaboration by Al Hirschfeld and his friend, theater critic Brooks Atkinson, featuring over 80 old and new drawings by Hirschfeld looking back at over 50 years of American theatre.
Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in this episode:
Critic and Artist Escaping the Theater, 1948
The Cradle Will Rock, 1938 (with added “Nina”)
Born Yesterday, 1946 (Right Side)
Henry Hull in Tobacco Road (1935)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois: 1938 (Original) – 1971 (Pulitzer Prize series) – 1973
Watch On The Rhine: 1941 – 1973
There Shall Be No Night: 1940 – 1973
The Skin of Our Teeth: 1942 – 1973
Osgood Perkins (Lively Years Cover), 1973
Nathan George in No Place To Be Somebody, 1973
Lost In The Stars: Black Theater Makers Drawn By Hirschfeld – Online Exhibition
Hirschfeld’s Original Drawings for The Lively Years (1973)
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