Capital Fringe Festival has Mrs. Parker Production
A new Dorothy Parker show is coming to Washington, D.C. WIT & WRATH: The Life & Times of Dorothy Parker Written and Performed by Claudia Baumgarten SHOW LOCATION: PURSUIT WINE Continue Reading
Algonquin Party Held for Dorothy Parker Mink Coat
Several of the backers of the Kickstarter crowd funding campaign to purchase one of Dorothy Parker’s mink coats came together last weekend for a party at the Algonquin Round Table. Continue Reading
Dorothy Parker’s Mink Coat Back in Manhattan
The members and friends of the Dorothy Parker Society successfully funded the Kickstarter campaign to bring Dorothy Parker’s vintage mink coat back to Manhattan, where it belongs. These are the Continue Reading
In Lost 1953 Speech, Dorothy Parker Rips Hollywood
The year 1953 was a major one in the life of Dorothy Parker. She was living in Manhattan again after years spent in California. In June she was subpoenaed by Continue Reading
Lost Dorothy Parker 1916: Why I Haven’t Married
An appropriate “lost” piece for February. When Dorothy Parker wrote this for Vanity Fair she was 23 and in the first year of her staff job on Vogue. In 1917 Continue Reading
Dorothy Parker’s Mink Coat
Dorothy Parker, considered one of America’s greatest writers and renowned for her wit, adored the finer things in life. She famously said, “Take care of the luxuries and the necessities Continue Reading
Hemingway and Parker Lost Book Review
In 1940 Ernest Hemingway and Dorothy Parker had known each other socially for perhaps fifteen years. The two writers had crossed to France on an ocean liner with friends. Two Continue Reading
Lost Dorothy Parker Christmas Story
In December 1916, one hundred years ago, Dorothy Parker was 23 and on the staff of Vogue. She would not be married until 1917, so she was still Dorothy Rothschild. Continue Reading
Dorothy Parker Reviews the Ziegfeld Follies
On Saturday I debuted my W.C. Fields History Walking Tour as part of Fields Fest, a 6-week celebration of the life of the great comedian. Dorothy Parker was a huge Continue Reading
French Filmmaker Adapts Dorothy Parker Story
We are pleased to present an interview with French filmmaker Bruno François-Boucher. He is the producer/director of an independent feature film, Life Together, that was filmed in Paris. A component Continue Reading