"Some rooms in New York still hum when you whisper. The Algonquin's Oak Room hums like a well-kept secretpolished wood, soft lamps, and the afterglow of a thousand perfect sentences. You can almost hear Dorothy Parker testing a line against the rim of a martini glass. Into that storied hush, the Al Hirschfeld Foundation launched Hirschfeld's Sondheim and unveiled Strokes of Genius: Hirschfeld at the Algonquin, an exhibition running through Sept. 20, from noon to 7 p.m. daily."
"The book, a deluxe 1114 compendium from Abrams ComicArts, gathers more than fifty drawingstwenty-five ready-to-frame prints that catch Sondheim's world before the curtain rises. Bernadette Peters ushers us in; Ben Brantley confers context; David Leopold traces the thread. From West Side Story to Sweeney Todd, from Merrily's ache to Sunday's hush, Hirschfeld's line distills the moment to its unmistakable truth. It is all nerve and grace."
An Algonquin exhibition presents Al Hirschfeld's drawings alongside a deluxe 1,114-image compendium from Abrams ComicArts. The collection gathers more than fifty drawings and twenty-five ready-to-frame prints that capture Sondheim's world before the curtain rises. Bernadette Peters appears; Ben Brantley provides context; David Leopold traces connections across productions. Drawings cover West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Merrily's ache, Do I Hear a Waltz?, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Passion. Portraits include Judy Garland, Yul Brynner, Gertrude Lawrence, Gwen Verdon, Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, and Fran Lebowitz. The presentation pairs theatrical memory with precise, expressive line work.
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