The Mysterious Bookshop is the place to be on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6:30 for a reading and party to celebrate the publication of The Vicious Circle (Pegasus Books), a collection of crime and mystery stories written by members of the Algonquin Round Table and their friends. The editor of the book is Otto Penzler,…
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.
It’s 1922 as Oak Room Books Monday Night Show
We just heard about the premiere of the new musical Glimpses of the Moon. This Jazz Age musical (based on the Edith Wharton novel) will have its world premiere Monday, January 21 at the famed Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel for an eight-week run (through March 10th), with performances every Monday at 8 p.m….
New Video from DPS Member
Parker Society member Sue Bachner‘s band, Ether Park, has a new video out. We have the world debut of “Where’s Jeffrey?” right here. Watch Jeffrey attempt to finally “come of age” at the prom, in spite of his extremely worried mom, and his fellow Chess Club members. Congrats to Sue and the band, it is…
One More Vicious Show in PA
There is another production in Pennsylvania of Algonquin Round Table material this month. What is it with the Keystone State and the Twenties? We got a note from playwright Michael Gerhardt that his new show The Vicious Circle will be at the Footlighters Theater, 58 Main Avenue, Berwyn, PA 19312. The show is January 18,…
New Community Service Project Begins in 2008
The Dorothy Parker Society is taking part in a community service project that helps New York City schoolchildren. It begins Tuesday, January 8. If you want to participate, contact Kevin Fitzpatrick, president of the DPS. The program is with the Police Athletic League at the Duncan Center. The first meeting will be begin on Tuesday,…
London to Get Chenoweth Singing Parker
London’s Dorothy Parker fans will get the chance to hear one of America’s brightest theater talents singing a Parker-penned song. Kristin Chenoweth, the Tony award-winning star who made her name as Glinda in the original Broadway cast of Wicked, is to make her English National Opera debut in a new co-production, with Théâtre du Châtelet…