With the publication of The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide (Lyons Press) on Jan. 6, I’m publishing more of my research files online. This is a good one that ties Dorothy Parker to her hometown. In her last months of living in Manhattan before she went West to try Hollywood screenwriting for…
Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick
I'm a writer and sightseeing guide. I'm the author and editor of seven books tied to New York history. I started the Dorothy Parker Society in 1999 with friends at the Algonquin Hotel.
Dorothy Parker in 1930 News
With my new book The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide (Lyons Press) coming out on Jan. 6, I have been putting some of the research material online. This brief newspaper report about Dorothy Parker arriving on a steamship in New York Harbor is from the New York World, Feb. 1, 1930. She…
Rare 1952 Algonquin Hotel Radio Show Uncovered
While researching my book The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, I uncovered a lost 1952 radio show recorded inside the Algonquin Hotel, The Tex and Jinx Show. Among the guests are owner Ben Bodne, Broadway librettist Alan Jay Lerner, and screenwriter-author Anita Loos. It’s an amazing time capsule of the hotel, at…
Readings, ceremony, party and film mark Parker’s induction to Hall of Fame, Nov. 13
LONG BRANCH — She was a media celebrity, decades before they invented the phrase. A hard-partying rehab veteran, back when such things were kept strictly confidential. A crusader for civil rights, in an age when that was considered career suicide. An Oscar nominated screenwriter, back when a serious author simply didn’t socialize with THOSE people….
Dorothy Parker Show Coming to Off Broadway
There is a Dorothy Parker production coming to Off Broadway, at the Soho Playhouse, in October and November. Excuse My Dust (A Dorothy Parker Portfolio) October 5th, 2014 – November 9th, 2014 Soho Playhouse 15 Vandam Street New York City NY 10013 (212) 691-1555 Get tickets here. From the press release: Michael Shannon will present…
Dorothy Parker Society Invited to 2 Film Screenings for New Documentary ‘Altina’
The Dorothy Parker Society is pleased to be invited to two free private screenings, in New York and Los Angeles, for the exciting new documentary about the artist-sculptor Altina Schinasi.