It is time for another party with our friends at Wit’s End. The Jazz Age Craze is calling all flappers and gents! Flute Midtown 205 West 54th St Saturday, February 26 at 7:00pm-Midnight It’s that time of year again- it’s the Wit’s End 2nd anniversary party! Join us in celebrating the beginning of our third…
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Teaneck Staged Reading Unites Parker & Kaufman Onstage
A press release came in today announcing a staged reading that will unite two frenemies onstage. Mrs. Parker and George S.K. is on the way. The info on what looks like a fun show to catch: New Jersey audiences will get a rare glimpse into the inner workings of theater with the world premiere of…
Dorothy Parker Named to New York State Writers Hall of Fame
The Dorothy Parker Society learned today that Mrs. Parker has been named to the New York State Writers Hall of Fame, and will be inducted in a ceremony on April 1 in Albany at the Empire State Book Festival. The DPS kind of made a stink last year when Mrs. Parker was passed over in…
Al Hirschfeld Chair Rolls Over to NYPL
David Leopold, archivist of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, says that if the great illustrator didn’t draw your caricature in the 20th Century, you pretty much didn’t matter. Dorothy Parker had her likeness dipped in Hirschfeld ink several times, illustrations that appear today on the covers to Complete Stories and Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems…
Dorothy Parker Connected to Clint & Beyoncé in Re-make
News came out today that Clint Eastwood is going to direct the third remake of the classic 1937 Hollywood chestnut A Star Is Born, with Beyoncé Knowles in the role of Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester. Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell and Robert Carson wrote the screenplay for the original, snagging an Academy Award nomination for their story…
Skip the Marathon, Take a Walking Tour Instead
There was no New York City Marathon when the Algonquin Round Table was hanging around the city. And by utter coincidence, while the 39th annual race is being held on Sunday, Nov. 7, we’ll be having the Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour. I think on the tour we’ll talk about which members could have run…