While my new passion is mostly for prints, it spills over a bit into other 2d art–including drawings and paintings. Today, I’m going to feature a caricature by Al Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld did miraculous line drawings of scenes from shows (mostly Broadway, but some film too), as well as performers and other well-known people. His drawings typically were on the first page of the NY Times Arts and Leisure section every Sunday, and they are marvelous. Here is his drawing of Man of La Mancha, a musical that is loosely based on the novel Don Quixote.interwoven with a loosely interpreted life of Miguel de Cervantes (author of Don Quixote). This drawing is from the original 1965 production starring Richard Kiley starring Richard Kiley (2328 performances, followed by 4 Broadway revivals to date and a film version), and this caricature was eventually used as cover art for the Playbill in later years of the original run.
