Al Hirschfeld Foundation
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Celebrating the life and legacy of The Line King, Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003). https://linktr.ee/alhirschfeldfoundation
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Hirschfeld’s Sondheim, our brand-new poster book with Abrams ComicArts, is out now!
The book features 25 removable poster pages with Al Hirschfeld’s drawings of Stephen Sondheim's shows. On the back of every poster is the story behind the drawing and additional images from the Hirschfeld archives.
The book features 25 removable poster pages with Al Hirschfeld’s drawings of Stephen Sondheim's shows. On the back of every poster is the story behind the drawing and additional images from the Hirschfeld archives.
70 years ago, Hirschfeld drew this 5-panel mural for Harry’s American Bar at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami, Florida.
Can you identify any of the 1955 celebrities and cultural figures in the mural?
Can you identify any of the 1955 celebrities and cultural figures in the mural?
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
70 years ago, Hirschfeld drew this 5-panel mural for Harry’s American Bar at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami, Florida.
Can you identify any of the 1955 celebrities and cultural figures in the mural?
Can you identify any of the 1955 celebrities and cultural figures in the mural?
December 1 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Richard Keith, Mary Martin, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Allyn Ann McLerie, Keith Michell, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor, Cyril Ritchard, Dick Shawn, Robert Symonds, and Treat Williams!
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Richard Keith, Mary Martin, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Allyn Ann McLerie, Keith Michell, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor, Cyril Ritchard, Dick Shawn, Robert Symonds, and Treat Williams!
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December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
December 1 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Richard Keith, Mary Martin, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Allyn Ann McLerie, Keith Michell, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor, Cyril Ritchard, Dick Shawn, Robert Symonds, and Treat Williams!
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Richard Keith, Mary Martin, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Allyn Ann McLerie, Keith Michell, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor, Cyril Ritchard, Dick Shawn, Robert Symonds, and Treat Williams!
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Today is the last day to get 20% off storewide on our online Hirschfeld shops!
Get 20% off home good items at www.HirschfeldHomestyle.com with promo code PSTRVJ
Apparel, accessories, books, and more are 20% off with promo code BF20 at www.AlHirschfeldFoundationShop.org
Sale ends today!
Get 20% off home good items at www.HirschfeldHomestyle.com with promo code PSTRVJ
Apparel, accessories, books, and more are 20% off with promo code BF20 at www.AlHirschfeldFoundationShop.org
Sale ends today!
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today is the last day to get 20% off storewide on our online Hirschfeld shops!
Get 20% off home good items at www.HirschfeldHomestyle.com with promo code PSTRVJ
Apparel, accessories, books, and more are 20% off with promo code BF20 at www.AlHirschfeldFoundationShop.org
Sale ends today!
Get 20% off home good items at www.HirschfeldHomestyle.com with promo code PSTRVJ
Apparel, accessories, books, and more are 20% off with promo code BF20 at www.AlHirschfeldFoundationShop.org
Sale ends today!
November 30 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Woody Allen, Winston Churchill, Dick Clark, Richard Crenna, Robert Guillaume, David Mamet, Andrew McCarthy, Gordon Parks, Mandy Patinkin, Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Allan Sherman, Ben Stiller, Mark Twain, and Margaret Whitton!
Woody Allen, Winston Churchill, Dick Clark, Richard Crenna, Robert Guillaume, David Mamet, Andrew McCarthy, Gordon Parks, Mandy Patinkin, Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Allan Sherman, Ben Stiller, Mark Twain, and Margaret Whitton!
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
November 30 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Woody Allen, Winston Churchill, Dick Clark, Richard Crenna, Robert Guillaume, David Mamet, Andrew McCarthy, Gordon Parks, Mandy Patinkin, Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Allan Sherman, Ben Stiller, Mark Twain, and Margaret Whitton!
Woody Allen, Winston Churchill, Dick Clark, Richard Crenna, Robert Guillaume, David Mamet, Andrew McCarthy, Gordon Parks, Mandy Patinkin, Kathleen Rowe McAllen, Allan Sherman, Ben Stiller, Mark Twain, and Margaret Whitton!
#OTD My Favorite Year, 1992
Ft. Josh Mostel, Colleen Dunn, Lainie Kazan, Evan Pappas, Tom Mardirosian, Andrea Martin, Tim Curry, and Lannyl Stephens
Ft. Josh Mostel, Colleen Dunn, Lainie Kazan, Evan Pappas, Tom Mardirosian, Andrea Martin, Tim Curry, and Lannyl Stephens
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#OTD My Favorite Year, 1992
Ft. Josh Mostel, Colleen Dunn, Lainie Kazan, Evan Pappas, Tom Mardirosian, Andrea Martin, Tim Curry, and Lannyl Stephens
Ft. Josh Mostel, Colleen Dunn, Lainie Kazan, Evan Pappas, Tom Mardirosian, Andrea Martin, Tim Curry, and Lannyl Stephens
#RIP Tom Stoppard
Image: English Playwrights, 1977
Ft. Simon Gray, David Ruskin, Harold Pinter, Alan Ayckbourn, Trevor Griffiths, Peter Shaffer, and Tom Stoppard
Image: English Playwrights, 1977
Ft. Simon Gray, David Ruskin, Harold Pinter, Alan Ayckbourn, Trevor Griffiths, Peter Shaffer, and Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#RIP Tom Stoppard
Image: English Playwrights, 1977
Ft. Simon Gray, David Ruskin, Harold Pinter, Alan Ayckbourn, Trevor Griffiths, Peter Shaffer, and Tom Stoppard
Image: English Playwrights, 1977
Ft. Simon Gray, David Ruskin, Harold Pinter, Alan Ayckbourn, Trevor Griffiths, Peter Shaffer, and Tom Stoppard
November 29 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
John Alexander, Anthony Arkin, Hinton Battle, Diane Ladd, Garry Shandling, Tom Sizemore, and Genevieve Tobin!
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John Alexander, Anthony Arkin, Hinton Battle, Diane Ladd, Garry Shandling, Tom Sizemore, and Genevieve Tobin!
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November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
November 29 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
John Alexander, Anthony Arkin, Hinton Battle, Diane Ladd, Garry Shandling, Tom Sizemore, and Genevieve Tobin!
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John Alexander, Anthony Arkin, Hinton Battle, Diane Ladd, Garry Shandling, Tom Sizemore, and Genevieve Tobin!
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#OTD Performers at El San Juan Hotel, 1965
Ft. Leslie Uggams, Tony Bennett, Kaye Stevens, Robert Goulet, Sammy Davis Jr., Jane Morgan, Tony Martin, Paul Anka, Allen & Rossi, and Milton Berle
Ft. Leslie Uggams, Tony Bennett, Kaye Stevens, Robert Goulet, Sammy Davis Jr., Jane Morgan, Tony Martin, Paul Anka, Allen & Rossi, and Milton Berle
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#OTD Performers at El San Juan Hotel, 1965
Ft. Leslie Uggams, Tony Bennett, Kaye Stevens, Robert Goulet, Sammy Davis Jr., Jane Morgan, Tony Martin, Paul Anka, Allen & Rossi, and Milton Berle
Ft. Leslie Uggams, Tony Bennett, Kaye Stevens, Robert Goulet, Sammy Davis Jr., Jane Morgan, Tony Martin, Paul Anka, Allen & Rossi, and Milton Berle
November 28 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Brooks Atkinson, Ed Harris, Alexander Godunov, Gloria Grahame, Hope Lange, and S. Epatha Merkerson!
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Brooks Atkinson, Ed Harris, Alexander Godunov, Gloria Grahame, Hope Lange, and S. Epatha Merkerson!
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November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
November 28 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Brooks Atkinson, Ed Harris, Alexander Godunov, Gloria Grahame, Hope Lange, and S. Epatha Merkerson!
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Brooks Atkinson, Ed Harris, Alexander Godunov, Gloria Grahame, Hope Lange, and S. Epatha Merkerson!
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HOLIDAY SALE EXTENSION!
Get 20% off our online stores now thru 11/30!
Use promo code BF20 at www.AlHirschfeldFoundationShop.org to get 20% off books, prints, apparel and more!
Get 20% off our online stores now thru 11/30!
Use promo code BF20 at www.AlHirschfeldFoundationShop.org to get 20% off books, prints, apparel and more!
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
HOLIDAY SALE EXTENSION!
Get 20% off our online stores now thru 11/30!
Use promo code BF20 at www.AlHirschfeldFoundationShop.org to get 20% off books, prints, apparel and more!
Get 20% off our online stores now thru 11/30!
Use promo code BF20 at www.AlHirschfeldFoundationShop.org to get 20% off books, prints, apparel and more!
November 27 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Stephen Elliott, Gerrit Graham, Fisher Stevens, Raymond Thorne, and Michael Vartan!
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Stephen Elliott, Gerrit Graham, Fisher Stevens, Raymond Thorne, and Michael Vartan!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
November 27 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Stephen Elliott, Gerrit Graham, Fisher Stevens, Raymond Thorne, and Michael Vartan!
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Stephen Elliott, Gerrit Graham, Fisher Stevens, Raymond Thorne, and Michael Vartan!
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Al Hirschfeld Foundation!
Image: Thanksgiving Week Brings Five Plays to Manhattan, 1942
Image: Thanksgiving Week Brings Five Plays to Manhattan, 1942
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the Al Hirschfeld Foundation!
Image: Thanksgiving Week Brings Five Plays to Manhattan, 1942
Image: Thanksgiving Week Brings Five Plays to Manhattan, 1942
The film Hamnet about William Shakespeare and his wife is out today in select theaters!
Image: Print of William Shakespeare and Actors in Various Roles, 1999: Laurence Olivier as Henry V, Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet, John Gielgud as Hamlet, Ralph Richardson as Falstaff...
Image: Print of William Shakespeare and Actors in Various Roles, 1999: Laurence Olivier as Henry V, Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet, John Gielgud as Hamlet, Ralph Richardson as Falstaff...
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The film Hamnet about William Shakespeare and his wife is out today in select theaters!
Image: Print of William Shakespeare and Actors in Various Roles, 1999: Laurence Olivier as Henry V, Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet, John Gielgud as Hamlet, Ralph Richardson as Falstaff...
Image: Print of William Shakespeare and Actors in Various Roles, 1999: Laurence Olivier as Henry V, Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet, John Gielgud as Hamlet, Ralph Richardson as Falstaff...
November 26 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Daniel Davis, Robert Goulet, Rich Little, Marian Mercer, Joshua Park, Betta St. John, and Emlyn Williams!
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Daniel Davis, Robert Goulet, Rich Little, Marian Mercer, Joshua Park, Betta St. John, and Emlyn Williams!
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November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
November 26 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Daniel Davis, Robert Goulet, Rich Little, Marian Mercer, Joshua Park, Betta St. John, and Emlyn Williams!
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Daniel Davis, Robert Goulet, Rich Little, Marian Mercer, Joshua Park, Betta St. John, and Emlyn Williams!
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Last week to see classic film stars Backstage and Backlot with Hirschfeld at Stuart Ng Books in Torrance, CA!
More info here: stuartngbooks.com/pages/search...
More info here: stuartngbooks.com/pages/search...
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Last week to see classic film stars Backstage and Backlot with Hirschfeld at Stuart Ng Books in Torrance, CA!
More info here: stuartngbooks.com/pages/search...
More info here: stuartngbooks.com/pages/search...
#OTD The Monkey Bar at Hotel Elysee, 1950
Ft. Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Gertrude Niesen, Joe DiMaggio, Louis Calhern, Helen Hayes, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, Tallulah Bankhead, and Paul Douglas
Ft. Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Gertrude Niesen, Joe DiMaggio, Louis Calhern, Helen Hayes, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, Tallulah Bankhead, and Paul Douglas
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#OTD The Monkey Bar at Hotel Elysee, 1950
Ft. Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Gertrude Niesen, Joe DiMaggio, Louis Calhern, Helen Hayes, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, Tallulah Bankhead, and Paul Douglas
Ft. Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Gertrude Niesen, Joe DiMaggio, Louis Calhern, Helen Hayes, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht, Tallulah Bankhead, and Paul Douglas
November 25 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Joe DiMaggio, Jogn Larroquette, Ricardo Montalbán!
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Joe DiMaggio, Jogn Larroquette, Ricardo Montalbán!
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
November 25 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Joe DiMaggio, Jogn Larroquette, Ricardo Montalbán!
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Joe DiMaggio, Jogn Larroquette, Ricardo Montalbán!
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Now that Wicked: For Good is out in theaters, what Broadway musical would you like to see become a film next?
Images:
Pippin, 1972
Ragtime, 1998
Company, 1970
Sunday in the Park with George, 1984
Images:
Pippin, 1972
Ragtime, 1998
Company, 1970
Sunday in the Park with George, 1984
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Now that Wicked: For Good is out in theaters, what Broadway musical would you like to see become a film next?
Images:
Pippin, 1972
Ragtime, 1998
Company, 1970
Sunday in the Park with George, 1984
Images:
Pippin, 1972
Ragtime, 1998
Company, 1970
Sunday in the Park with George, 1984
#OTD Chicago, with Joel Grey, Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, and James Naughton, 1996
This revival of Chicago is the longest-running production still on Broadway!
Have you seen Chicago on Broadway?
This revival of Chicago is the longest-running production still on Broadway!
Have you seen Chicago on Broadway?
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#OTD Chicago, with Joel Grey, Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, and James Naughton, 1996
This revival of Chicago is the longest-running production still on Broadway!
Have you seen Chicago on Broadway?
This revival of Chicago is the longest-running production still on Broadway!
Have you seen Chicago on Broadway?
November 24 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Rachel Chagall, Denise Crosby, Garret Dillahunt, Howard Duff, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Scott Goblin, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec!
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Rachel Chagall, Denise Crosby, Garret Dillahunt, Howard Duff, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Scott Goblin, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec!
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November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
November 24 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Rachel Chagall, Denise Crosby, Garret Dillahunt, Howard Duff, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Scott Goblin, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec!
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Rachel Chagall, Denise Crosby, Garret Dillahunt, Howard Duff, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Scott Goblin, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec!
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November 23 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Jerry Bock, Victor Jory, Boris Karloff, Harpo Marx, and Franco Nero!
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Jerry Bock, Victor Jory, Boris Karloff, Harpo Marx, and Franco Nero!
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
November 23 Hirschfeld Birthdays:
Jerry Bock, Victor Jory, Boris Karloff, Harpo Marx, and Franco Nero!
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Jerry Bock, Victor Jory, Boris Karloff, Harpo Marx, and Franco Nero!
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