Bummer:

Al Hirschfeld has died.

Also this:

It was announced in 2002 that Mr. Hirschfeld would get perhaps the ultimate tribute from the Broadway theatre community on his 100th birthday, June 21, 2003: The Martin Beck Theatre will be renamed the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on that day.

posted by Quiddity at 1/21/2003 01:31:00 AM