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The first major magazine article on Dorothy Parker and her history with Lillian Hellman is in the April issue of BookForum. The story is by Marion Meade, who goes beyond her 1988 book, “Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?” to shed new light on the dysfunction between the two. I have never been a…
We’re having the party on the 28th to celebrate the release of “The Portable Dorothy Parker.” Today I added interviews I did with Marion Meade, who edited the book and wrote the introduction, and Seth, who is the cartoonist who drew the cover and the jacket design. In the Meade interview, she says, “I took…
This was sent to us by Dorothy Parker Society member Carol Novack, who is doing a readin in Greenwich Village on 3/25. She also runs Mad Hatters’ Review: Edgy and Enlightened Literature, Art and Music in the Age of Dementia Poetry, Prose & Anything Goes Reading SeriesCurated by Publisher/Editor Carol NovackInaugural Reading: Friday, April 7th,…
About once or twice a year, someone asks when Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle is coming out on DVD. The movie is now 12 years old. We just learned that you only have to wait until September 5. The release news here says the DVD is packed with extras, including a director’s commentary and…
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We have another review of the Paris production Hotel Dorothy Parker sent to us by director-playwright Rachel Salik. The show is such a success it has been extended and will move to a larger theatre. Rachel says that in mid-April the show will move to the 350-seat Théâtre de la Pépinière-Opéra and run all summer….