Today Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is filling movie theaters. Here is the Star Wars connection to Dorothy Parker. Are your ready? You will only read this here: Bebe Neuwirth plays Dottie in Dash and Lilly on A&E.; She of course was Lillith on Cheers. Also on that show was John Ratzenberger (Postman…
Marshall University Web Site
Maybe it is the end of the school year and teachers are finally telling their students that Dorothy Parker is a worthy term paper subject, but traffic here is way up. A new site we were tipped off by from Maria at Marshall University has a general Parker biography, timeline, era and influence, and literary…
Dashing for the Bus
If you live in New York City, you can ride around in a bus with the images of Dashiell Hammett (Sam Shepard) and Lillian Hellman (Judy Davis). The A&E; Web site has a section devoted to Dash and Lilly, with a lot of photos and background material. There is only one photo of Bebe Neuwirth…
Out Now: The Sayings of Dorothy Parker
Special thanks to hip London gal Cyndi for scoring me a copy of the U.K. edition of The Sayings of Dorothy Parker, a slim tome that was tied to Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. Jennifer Jason Leigh is on the cover of this 64-page paperback, only available in the U.K. The Sayings of Dorothy…
Dash and Lilly Coming to TV
We have been buzzing about it for months, and A&E; is finally talking about Dash and Lilly, first reported in January. Live in New York? There is a billboard on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway with the two stars. Of course, Bebe Neuwirth plays Dorothy Parker, but she isn’t on the billboard, which is a drag. It…
Parker Show back in August at Gonk
We got a note from George Demas of the The Culture Project at the Algonquin Hotel. More Parker performed: He says that Social Note: An Evening with Dorothy Parker will be back in August for three weeks at the landmark hotel. As more information is available, it will be here. Maybe we can tie into…
Off- Off- Broadway Show is Excellent
Christine Hahn (left) and Susanna Hobrath star in Laughter and Hope and a Sock in the Eye, a great little show that is playing in New York next week. Make plans to attend a really enjoyable evening for Dorothy Parker fans. For three shows, May 3-5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Producers Club (358 W….
What the hell…The Matrix
Spread the news, Dorothy Parker is back on cinema screens around the world. What does Dottie have to do with the No. 1 movie in the country? How is she linked to Keanu Reeves? If you see The Matrix — the sci-fi thriller that is blowing up box offices — Parker fans are smiling. When…
Links Page Updated
I updated the Parker Links Page, it seems a few of the Parker pages died out. Does anyone know of any new Dottie sites? I am hoping A&E; will make one for their new movie, Dash and Lilly. www.dorothyparker.com
Dottie’s Last Apartment
I was going to a Mets game with Linn and Brooke, and I was in the neighborhood of The Volney apartments. This is where Dorothy lived for the last years of her life, and where she died in 1967. It was a beautiful spring day, so as the weather gets better I will be adding…