#OTD Phoenix ‘55 with Nancy Walker, 1955

May 23 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Barbara Barrie, Drew Carey, Rosemary Clooney, Joan Collins, Lea Delaria, Alicia de Larrocha, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Betty Garrett, Libby Holman, Charles Kimbrough, and Artie Shaw! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD La Plume De Ma Tante with Pierre Olaf and Three Companions, 1960 This drawing is the first appearance of a number next to Hirschfeld’s signature indicating the number of Ninas in the drawing.

May 22 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Richard Benjamin, Frank Converse, Laurence Olivier, Susan Strasberg, Richard Wagner, and Paul Winfield! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Reginald Carrington in The Skull, 1928

May 21 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Raymond Burr, David Groh, Heinz Holliger, Sam Jaffe, Richard Libertini, Carol Potter, and Fats Waller! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Rose Gregorio in The Shadow Box, 1977

Happy 80th Birthday Cher! We're celebrating the birthday of this timeless legend with a look at her career drawn by Al Hirschfeld! What are your favorite songs, performances, or moments from Cher?

May 20 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Cher, Judy Kuhn, Constance Towers, James Stewart, and Anthony Zerbe! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD John Leguizamo in Sexaholix…A Love Story, 2002

May 19 Hirschfeld Birthdays: James Fox, Grace Jones, Bill Laimbeer, Peter Mayhew, and Pete Townshend! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Robert Morse in Tru, 1990

May 18 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Joe Bonsall, Richard Brooks, Perry Como, Bill Macy, Robert Morse, Nathaniel Parker, Ezio Pinza, and Pernell Roberts! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Lori Wilner in Hannah Senesh, 1985

May 17 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Craig Ferguson, Dennis Hopper, Birgit Nilsson, and Maureen O'Sullivan! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Room Service, with Betty Field, Eddie Albert, Margaret Mullen, Teddy Hart, and Sam Levene, 1937

May 16 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Pierce Brosnan, Harry Carey Jr., Yvonne Craig, Henry Fonda, Janet Jackson, Liberace, Thelma Oliver, Osgood Perkins, Tori Spelling, and Margaret Sullavan! View full works at alhrischfeldfoundation.org

#OTD The Three Tenors with José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, 1991

May 15 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Anna Maria Alberghetti, Joseph Cotten, Constance Cummings, Cleavant Derricks, Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Ricky Ian Gordon, Jason Graae, Jasper Johns, Lainie Kazan, James Mason, Peter Shaffer, Menasha Skulnik, and Joseph Wiseman! View more at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Doctors Churchill and Roosevelt Consult on Future Operations, 1943

May 14 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Sidney Bechet, Mark Blum, David Byrne, Bobby Darin, Bobo Lewis, Patrice Munsel, and Siân Phillips! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Vamping Venus with Thelma Todd and Charles Murray, 1928

May 13 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Bea Arthur, Harvey Keitel, Zohra Lampert, Effie Shannon, Arthur Sullivan, Maxine Sullivan, Zoë Wanamaker, and Stevie Wonder! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD New Girl in Town, 1957 Ft. Cameron Prud’homme, Gwen Verdon, Thelma Ritter, and George Wallace.

#RIP Rex Reed Image: Myra Breckinridge with Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, and Mae West, 1969

May 12 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Burt Bacharach, Gabriel Byrne, Emilio Estevez, Katharine Hepburn, and Ving Rhames! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

Join us for Hirschfeld's Broadway, a special presentation and print sale fundraiser, at George Street Playhouse this Saturday, May 16 at 5PM!

#OTD Lawrence Hilton Jacobs in I Love My Wife, 1979

Happy Mothers Day! Image: Mothers on Broadway, 1949 Ft. Viola Keats in Anne of a Thousand Days, Dorothy Stickney in Life with Mother, Mildred Dunnock in Death of a Salesman, Adrianne Allen in Edward My Son, and Phyllis Povah in Light Up the Sky!

May 11 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Irving Berlin, Salvador Dali, Charlotte D'Amboise, Boyd Gaines, Martha Graham, Margaret Rutherford, and Phil Silvers! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Astor Theatre Art Cover for The Rogue Song, 1930

May 10 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Fred Astaire, Bono, Judith Jamison, Arthur Kopit, Marion Ramsey, David O. Selznick, and Nancy Walker! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Raul Julia Leads the Cast of Nine, 1982

May 9 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Richard Barthelmess, Alan Bennett, Candice Bergen, Albert Finney, Glenda Jackson, Billy Joel, Geraldine McEwan, and Mike Wallace! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Barbra Streisand for the Back to Broadway Album, 1993

May 8 Hirschfeld Birthdays: John Archer, Melissa Gilbert, Carmen Mathews, and Harry S. Truman! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Julie Harris in The Belle of Amherst, 1976 Have you checked out our online exhibition The Belle of Broadway: Hirschfeld Draws Julie Harris? Our guest curator Alan Pally chronicles the career of the stage legend alongside her many Hirschfeld drawings. View here: buff.ly/T4R99OR

May 7 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Anne Baxter, Johannes Brahms, Teresa Brewer, Gary Cooper, Bill Kreutzmann, Jim Lowe Darren McGavin, Robin Strasser, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD Bob Hope at Lincoln Center, 1979

3 days left to visit Hirschfeld’s Icons at the Algonquin! Join us 12-6 PM every day to see drawings and prints of legendary cultural figures. All art is available for sale and helps support the Foundation and our mission to promote theater and support performing arts institutes!

May 6 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Richard Cox, Roma Downey, Stewart Granger, Rudolph Valentino, and Orson Welles! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

This Thursday at 6:30 PM, join us for a special presentation with the Art Deco Society of New York and explore the early career and influences of Al Hirschfeld. The event will be held in the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel where the exhibit Hirschfeld's Icons at the Algonquin runs now thru May 8.

#OTD Something Gay with Hugh Sinclair, Tallulah Bankhead, and Walter Pidgeon, 1935

May 5 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Pat Carroll, Jose Llana, Tyrone Power, Roger Rees, and Douglas Turner Ward! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

#OTD The Visit with John Wyse, Lynn Fontanne, and Alfred Lunt, 1958

May the Fourth Be With You! In honor of #StarWarsDay, here is Hirschfeld’s one and only depiction of Star Wars in the drawing “The World of Culture in 1977”. Chewbacca was featured alongside Irene Worth, Ileana Cotrubas, Paul Cezanne, Pilobolus Dance Theater, Brian Blessed, and Stevie Nicks.

May 4 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Luther Adler, Howard Da Silva, Audrey Hepburn, and Randy Travis! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org

Only steps away from Broadway, legendary stage icons have taken their place on the walls of the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel for a limited-time exhibition of artwork by Al Hirschfeld. Stop by now thru May 8, 12-6 PM every day to get an up-close look at these iconic works.

#OTD Rhoda TV Guide Cover with Valerie Harper and David Groh, 1975

May 3 Hirschfeld Birthdays: Mary Astor, Caitlin Clarke, Betty Comden, Bing Crosby, Robert Cuccioli, Garth Fagan, Dulé Hill, Jane Morgan, Tom O'Horgan, Robert Osborne, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Walter Slezak! View full works at alhirschfeldfoundation.org