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…
Wit’s End Brings Back Jazz Babies Jan. 29
Wit’s End, the best vintage party in town, is back with another year of fun times, cocktails, big parties and live music. Join us for the first installment of Wit’s End in 2011! We’re back from our holiday break, and have an amazing lineup for you to keep things hot in the January chill! Saturday,…
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…
“Close Harmony” a Smashing Success at Parkerfest
On Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, for Parkerfest, the Dorothy Parker Society held a staged reading of “Close Harmony” at UrbanStages Theatre, 259 W. 30th Street. It was written in 1924 by Dorothy Parker and Elmer Rice. We believed it had not seen the light of day since. The DPS booked the actors and theatre to…