Episode 43 – Brooks Atkinson & The Lively Years

David & Katherine celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Lively Years, a collaboration by Al Hirschfeld and his friend, theater critic Brooks Atkinson, featuring over 80 old and new drawings by Hirschfeld looking back at over 50 years of American theatre. Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in this episode: Brooks Atkinson Our Town The Visit, 1958 R.U.R., 1973  Waiting For Godot Summer and Smoke, 1952 Arthur Miller The Beautiful People, 1941 Sidney Lumet Critic and Artist Escaping the Theater, 1948 Guys and Dolls, 1950 The Iceman Cometh, 1946 The Cradle Will Rock, 1938 (with added "Nina") Born Yesterday, 1946 (Right Side)  Henry Hull in Tobacco Road (1935) Winterset - 1935 & 1973 Idiot's Delight (1973) Golden Boy (1973) Abe Lincoln in Illinois: 1938 (Original) - 1971 (Pulitzer Prize series) - 1973 Watch On The Rhine: 1941 - 1973 There Shall Be No Night: 1940 - 1973 The Skin of Our Teeth: 1942 - 1973  Bury The Dead, 1973 Osgood Perkins (Lively Years Cover), 1973 One Third of a Nation, 1973 Nathan George in No Place To Be Somebody, 1973 Lost In The Stars: Black Theater Makers Drawn By Hirschfeld - Online Exhibition Hair, 1968 West Side Story, 1957 Raisin in the Sun, 1973 Lena Horne Hirschfeld's Original Drawings for The Lively Years (1973) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel   Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram