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Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide

Daily Beast Digs into “I Like A Martini” Quote

Posted on September 11, 2017January 27, 2018 by admin

Wayne Curtis writing for the Daily Beast today digs pretty deep into the famous quote always attributed to Dorothy Parker, but never proven she really said it: I like to have a Martini,
 Two at the very most.
 After three I’m under the table,
 After four I’m under my host. In an exhaustive detective search,…

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles Vicious Circle Show A Smash, Gets Extension

Posted on July 7, 2017July 7, 2017 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Congratulations to playwright Steven Vlasak and the entire cast of his comedy Nights at the Algonquin Round Table. It has been a smash success in Los Angeles and audiences love it. The show has been extended after winning multiple awards. A message from Steven today, who also runs the Dorothy Parker Society Los Angeles Chapter:…

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Claudia Baumgarten

Capital Fringe Festival has Mrs. Parker Production

Posted on June 30, 2017July 7, 2017 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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 BAR. 1421 H Street, NE PERFORMANCES: Thursday, July 6 @ 9:45 pm Saturday, July 8 @ 4:00 pm Sunday, July 9 @ 8:15 pm Tuesday,…

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Mink Coat

Algonquin Party Held for Dorothy Parker Mink Coat

Posted on April 13, 2017April 12, 2017 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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. These were the folks who pledged enough money to actually wear Mrs. Parker’s mink; model Dandy Dillinger was the first. It was an early morning…

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Dorothy Parker’s Mink Coat Back in Manhattan

Posted on March 31, 2017April 1, 2017 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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 folks that backed the campaign. Some of them will actually be wearing the mink at a special backers party at the Algonquin Hotel Round Table…

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1953 Hollywood

In Lost 1953 Speech, Dorothy Parker Rips Hollywood

Posted on March 6, 2017March 7, 2017 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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 Senator Joseph McCarthy, along with Lillian Hellman and Rockwell Kent. On August 22 Parker turned sixty. In October her last Broadway play, The Ladies of…

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Why I Haven't

Lost Dorothy Parker 1916: Why I Haven’t Married

Posted on February 13, 2017February 13, 2017 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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 she married Edwin Pond Parker II before he left for Army service in the Great War. Why I Haven’t Married Sketches of My Seven Deadly…

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Mink Coat

Dorothy Parker’s Mink Coat

Posted on February 1, 2017January 31, 2017 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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 will take care of themselves.” This Kickstarter project is simple: to purchase Mrs. Parker’s vintage mink coat from a collector and bring it back to…

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Hemingway

Hemingway and Parker Lost Book Review

Posted on January 17, 2017January 28, 2018 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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 of Hemingway’s pals, Robert Benchley and Donald Ogden Stewart, were Algonquin Round Table core members. The beloved expatriate couple Gerald and Sara Murphy had both…

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Snowbound Train

Lost Dorothy Parker Christmas Story

Posted on December 12, 2016December 15, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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. This was her first year working for Condé Nast, her first professional job. Down the hall was Vanity Fair, which accepted this piece of writing….

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