Someone has already bought the $10,000 martini at the Algonquin Hotel’s Blue Bar, which we told you about last week. The story was all over the papers today, as a Westchester guy proposed to his girlfriend with a $13,000 martini & diamond. What would Dorothy Parker think of this? How about one of her classics:…
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.
Silverstein Court Battle to Supreme Court
The Dorothy Parker copyright case we’ve been following since the late 1990s is now being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court. The article here says, "The question under copyright law is, to what degree did (Stuart) Silverstein exercise creativity in selecting and copyediting Parker’s lost verses for publication?" This case is the reason that Penguin…
Algonquin $10,000 Martini is International News
The Algonquin Hotel made international news this week after they unveiled their $10,000 martini. Included in all news is Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table. Congratulations go out to GM Anthony Melchiorri and Quinn & Company, the hotel’s crack PR firm. Here is the story from Reuters & CNN: New York hotel offers $10,000…
Parker Show on Nov. 18 Discounted
Another Dorothy Parker show is onstage in New York this month. Here is the press info for this one-night only production. Discount Offer for THE LADIES OF THE CORRIDOR by Dorothy Parker and Arnaud d’Usseau starring Marian Seldes and featuring David Greenspan. Tickets only $20 (normally $30) available at http://www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu or by phone 212.992.8484 using…
DPSNY Night Out on the Town
The Dorothy Parker Society of New York “Theatre Night” is Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, as The Peccadillo Theater Company presents The Talk Of The Town which is running now through Sunday, December 5. The musical is at the Bank Street Theatre, 155 Bank Street, in the West Village. Tickets are $19 (general admission) get ’em…
2005 Gatherings, We Don’t Have “Meetings”
Last night we had a good turnout attend the Bob Mankoff (cartoons editor of The New Yorker) talk at the Small Press Center. Then we hit the Blue Bar at the Algonquin and ran up a $200+ bar tab! Yeah! So here is the schedule for the rest of the series of “The New Yorker…