A new play based on the work of Dorothy Parker is opening in June at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles. Might As Well Live: Stories By Dorothy Parker will open June 6 at the Acme Theatre at The Complex. It is written by Adam Scott Weissman. “Dorothy Parker once said the first thing…
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April is Algonquin Round Table Month at the New York Public Library
We are really pleased to announce the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Branch is going to be celebrating the Algonquin Round Table in April during its popular Story Time for Grown-Ups series. The location is 455 Fifth Avenue, corner of 40th Street. Love a good story? Sit back and relax as we read you a…
Monthly Party Returns Feb. 28 with Dandy Wellington and His Band
The Dorothy Parker Society is honored to be teaming up with Wit’s End for so many years on our joint monthly speakeasy parties. This month, Wit’s End will be celebrating its 6th Anniversary with a huge party, featuring live music from Dandy Wellington and His Band, on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Flute Midtown. Because the…
Fanny Brice Show at 54 Below Brings 1920s Star Back
I am really excited to learn a member of the Dorothy Parker Society is continuing an amazing project that would tickle Mrs. Parker to know about. Actress-Singer Kimberly Faye Greenberg is bringing her one-woman show Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice to 54 Below in Manhattan on February 12, 2015. When I…
Launch Party for the Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide
The launch party for The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, by Kevin Fitzpatrick, was held at the Algonquin Hotel. There were many VIP guests, the descendants of the Vicious Circle: the great-nieces of Dorothy Parker, the grand-daughter of Murdock Pemberton, the nephew of Arthur Sullivan, the grandson of Deems Taylor, and the…
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….