How lucky can New Yorkers get? There are two Parker shows in the city this month. The Parker show at the Algonquin runs again this year from August 17 through the 28th. Tuesday through Saturday at 9 with additional shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30. To make reservations call 212-840-6800. www.dorothyparker.com
Parkerfest Draws Close; We Get Photos
Click here for the latest news about Parkerfest ’99. Make your plans to be in New York Aug. 28-29 right now! Good news from the Left Coast: fellow Parker fan Kurt VanderSluis has sent in photos of Dorothy Parker sites in Hollywood and Los Angeles. This is great for the site, because for 30 years…
Parkerfest is Here
Mark your calendars: Saturday, Aug. 28, 1999, is Parkerfest in the Big Apple. The Dorothy Parker Society of New York is organizing events to coincide with Parker’s birthday on Aug. 22. At least three big events are on tap. First, things kick off with a walking tour of many of the locales in Dot City,…
New Parker Book in the UK
Now available in the U.K. is The Uncollected Dorothy Parker. See the June 14 news item about this great book. A must for all Parker fans. www.dorothyparker.com
Stuart Y. Silverstein Interview
Great new content! Our first author interview, with Stuart Y. Silverstein, author of Not Much Fun, The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker, which presented for the first time more than 120 poems not found in other Parker collections. Silverstein answers questions about Parker’s place in American literature, as well as the Round Table and her…
Stuart Y. Silverstein: Q&A
Writer-Researcher on Parker, her place in American letters, and the Algonquin Round Table We have the good fortune to ask Ten Questions of Stuart Y. Silverstein. His 1996 book, Not Much Fun, The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker, presented for the first time more than 120 poems not found in other Parker collections. The book…
Hepburn on the Lake List
The American Film Institute last week named Katharine Hepburn No. 1 on the list of the 25 greatest female movie stars of the century. We all love that Dorothy Parker had once panned Hepburn’s acting (in The Lake) more than 60 years ago, when Dottie said Hepburn “ran the whole gamut of emotions from A…
The Uncollected Dorothy Parker
One of the best new collections of Dorothy Parker verse is now coming out in a U.K. edition. We got word from Jeanette at Duckworth Publishers in London that The Uncollected Dorothy Parker will be out July 22. This is the same book as Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker. This book…
2 New Locales Added
Two new locales have been added. 1915 Boarding House is where Dottie lived when she was on the staff of Vogue. Girlhood Walk in Riverside Park is inspired by a photo of young Dottie as a girl in the park, which appears in a biography. Both of these additions add more background into Parker as…
Dash and Lilly Review
It has taken a few days for Dash and Lilly to sink in. Many Parker fans have e-mailed their opinions of the movie to the site. While this isn’t a review of the movie, which was eagerly anticipated because Bebe Neuwirth was playing Dottie, I wanted to list a couple of points: Bebe was wasted….