Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick

If Dorothy Parker was a rock star, she’d be Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde. I’ve always thought that. So it put a huge smile on my face last night at the Knitting Factory, where Concrete Blonde performed to a sold-out crowd, that Johnette told the audience she was a “big Dorothy Parker fan” AND had…

We got a message about a new site and CD of Dorothy Parker-inspired music. Light – and Darkness – of Love; 7 poems by Dorothy Parker – Music by Karin Moberg. Vocals: Elisabeth Jansson, Guitar: Karin Moberg. We haven’t heard it yet, but it sounds intriguing. You can visit the site here. www.dorothyparker.com

The What The Hell Book Shop has 6 new additions to it. There are 2 new collections of American poetry that Mrs. Parker is included in (one with audio CD of her reading her work); there is now additions of magazines subscriptions. The periodicals are all tied to Mrs. Parker in some way; and with…

At The Dead Poet, from top: three actresses from the show Candy, Anne and Jenn; Melissa (VP), Kevin (Prez) and Stu Silverstein; Jayne runs the table; Lynn, Jayne and Patricia. The Dorothy Parker Society of New York picked up their glasses on Dec. 13 to celebrate Mrs. Parker. The group descended on one of the…

We’re going to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the publication of “Enough Rope”. Mrs. Parker’s first book of collected poems came out in December 1926. We’ve picked the perfect place in Dot City to hold the event: The Dead Poet, 450 Amsterdam Ave (bet. 81st and 82nd), on the beautiful Upper West Side. This is…

Among the cast, from top, are Anne Levy, Bryan Brendle and Candy Simmons. I’ve been waiting for a Dorothy Parker production that isn’t set in the Roaring Twenties. Who hasn’t thought that “A Telephone Call” couldn’t be done with a cell phone in hand, rather than one of those old-fashioned big black rotary dial things?…