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100 years of Al Hirschfeld : a celebration marking the rededication of The Martin Beck Theatre as The Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Title: 100 years of Al Hirschfeld : a celebration marking the rededication of The Martin Beck Theatre as The Al Hirschfeld Theatre [videorecording] / Jujamcyn Theaters, James H. Binger, chairman, Rocco Landesman, president, Paul Libin, producing director, Jack Viertel, creative director, and The New York Times, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher, present ; executive producer, Jack Viertel ; coordinating producer, Nicole Kastrinos ; production supervised by Jerry Zaks ; event co-chairs, Louise Kerz Hirschfeld & Arthur Gelb ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Publication: New York, c2003.

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1 videodisc (DVD) (116 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This program marks the rededication of the Martin Beck Theatre, a Broadway house built in 1924, as the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, named for the theater caricaturist who died in January 2003 at the age of 99. The ceremony was held two days after what would have been Hirschfeld's 100th birthday. A number of persons who were Hirschfeld's friends, colleagues, and the subjects of his drawings speak about the man and his times. Several songs are performed, and video clips celebrate Hirschfeld himself and his work. Brief excerpts from filmed interviews with Al Hirschfeld are included.

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Note

Video begins with a silent tour of the theater's gallery of Al Hirschfeld drawings, which lasts until 9:15. This is followed by a toast proposed by producer Rocco Landesman, and the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to impressario Martin Beck (1868?-1940), after whom the theater was originally named. The tribute to Al Hirschfeld begins at 17:00.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Musical director, David Chase ; projection design, Jan Hartley ; musical staging, Kathleen Marshall ; scenic consultant, Heidi Ettinger ; lighting consultant, Paul Gallo ; sound consultant, Jordan Pankin ; video tribute, Serino Coyne, Inc. ; Hirschfeld artwork provided courtesy of Margo Feiden Galleries Ltd., New York ; clips from "The Line King" provided courtesy of Susan Dryfoos ; prod. stage manager, Mahlon Kruse.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, New York, N.Y., June 23, 2003.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Spiritus Gladius Foundation.

Call Number

NCOV 2737

OCLC

NYPG03-F225

Title

100 years of Al Hirschfeld : a celebration marking the rededication of The Martin Beck Theatre as The Al Hirschfeld Theatre [videorecording] / Jujamcyn Theaters, James H. Binger, chairman, Rocco Landesman, president, Paul Libin, producing director, Jack Viertel, creative director, and The New York Times, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher, present ; executive producer, Jack Viertel ; coordinating producer, Nicole Kastrinos ; production supervised by Jerry Zaks ; event co-chairs, Louise Kerz Hirschfeld & Arthur Gelb ; [video prod. company] Parker/Hodges Productions ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Imprint

New York, c2003.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Musical director, David Chase ; projection design, Jan Hartley ; musical staging, Kathleen Marshall ; scenic consultant, Heidi Ettinger ; lighting consultant, Paul Gallo ; sound consultant, Jordan Pankin ; video tribute, Serino Coyne, Inc. ; Hirschfeld artwork provided courtesy of Margo Feiden Galleries Ltd., New York ; clips from "The Line King" provided courtesy of Susan Dryfoos ; prod. stage manager, Mahlon Kruse.

Performer

Archival footage: Al Hirschfeld.

Speakers/performers: Walter Cronkite (voice only), Arthur Miller, Carol Channing, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Frank Langella, Frank Rich, Victor Garber, Nina West, Marge Champion, Whoopi Goldberg, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Andy Rooney, Barbara Cook, Harold Prince, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jules Feiffer, and Audra McDonald.

Ensemble singers: Brent Barrett, Stephen Bogardus, Liz Callaway, Kevin Chamberlin, Jason Danieley, Sutton Foster, Malcolm Gets, Cady Huffman, Mark Jacoby, La Chanze, Mark Linn-Baker, Jan Maxwell, Marin Mazzie, Adam Pascal, Lewis J. Stadlen, and Marissa Jaret Winokur.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, New York, N.Y., June 23, 2003.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of The Spiritus Gladius Foundation.

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Local Subject

Tributes.

Added Author

Binger, James H., producer.

Landesman, Rocco, 1947- producer.

Libin, Paul, producer.

Viertel, Jack, producer.

Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs, 1951-

Kastrinos, Nicole, producer.

Zaks, Jerry, 1946- director.

Hirschfeld, Louise Kerz, 1936-

Gelb, Arthur, 1924-2014.

Chase, David (Conductor)

Hartley, Jan, projection designer.

Marshall, Kathleen, choreographer.

Ettinger, Heidi, set designer.

Gallo, Paul, lighting designer.

Pankin, Jordan, sound.

Dryfoos, Susan W.

Kruse, Mahlon, production stage manager.

Cronkite, Walter, narrator.

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005, performer.

Channing, Carol, performer.

Lane, Nathan, 1956- performer.

Broderick, Matthew, 1962- performer.

Langella, Frank, speaker.

Rich, Frank, speaker.

Garber, Victor, performer.

Hirschfeld, Nina, performer.

Champion, Marge, performer.

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- performer.

Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007, speaker.

Rooney, Andrew A, performer.

Cook, Barbara, performer.

Prince, Harold, 1928-2019, speaker.

Mitchell, Brian Stokes, performer.

Feiffer, Jules, performer.

McDonald, Audra, performer.

Barrett, Brent, vocalist.

Bogardus, Stephen, vocalist.

Callaway, Liz, vocalist.

Chamberlin, Kevin, 1963- vocalist.

Danieley, Jason, vocalist.

Foster, Sutton, vocalist.

Gets, Malcolm, vocalist.

Huffman, Cady, vocalist.

Jacoby, Mark, vocalist.

LaChanze, vocalist.

Linn-Baker, Mark, vocalist.

Maxwell, Jan, 1956-2018, singer.

Mazzie, Marin, vocalist.

Pascal, Adam, vocalist.

Stadlen, Lewis J., vocalist.

Winokur, Marissa Jaret, vocalist.

Hoffman, Patrick.

Jujamcyn Theaters, production company.

New York Times Company, presenter.

Serino Coyne, Inc., production company.

Margo Feiden Galleries (New York, N.Y.), production company.

Parker/Hodges Productions, production company.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Spiritus Gladius Foundation.

Research Call Number

NCOV 2737

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