The What The Hell Book Shop has 6 new additions to it. There are 2 new collections of American poetry that Mrs. Parker is included in (one with audio CD of her reading her work); there is now additions of magazines subscriptions. The periodicals are all tied to Mrs. Parker in some way; and with…
Enough Rope, Enough Fun, At Gathering
At The Dead Poet, from top: three actresses from the show Candy, Anne and Jenn; Melissa (VP), Kevin (Prez) and Stu Silverstein; Jayne runs the table; Lynn, Jayne and Patricia. The Dorothy Parker Society of New York picked up their glasses on Dec. 13 to celebrate Mrs. Parker. The group descended on one of the…
Winter Parker Night is Dec. 13
We’re going to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the publication of “Enough Rope”. Mrs. Parker’s first book of collected poems came out in December 1926. We’ve picked the perfect place in Dot City to hold the event: The Dead Poet, 450 Amsterdam Ave (bet. 81st and 82nd), on the beautiful Upper West Side. This is…
21st Century Parker
Among the cast, from top, are Anne Levy, Bryan Brendle and Candy Simmons. I’ve been waiting for a Dorothy Parker production that isn’t set in the Roaring Twenties. Who hasn’t thought that “A Telephone Call” couldn’t be done with a cell phone in hand, rather than one of those old-fashioned big black rotary dial things?…
New Parker Show Sparkles
The cast of The Sexes (According to Dorothy Parker) after the show at the New York Comedy Club. It’s taken a group of young actors to finally bring Dorothy Parker into the 21st Century, and they pulled it off marvelously. I’m talking about “The Sexes (According to Dorothy Parker)” playing now through Friday at the…
More Parker Originals Added
We received photocopies of original Dorothy Parker material, as they appeared in magazines long ago. We’ve been scanning in a few at a time, so fans can see how they looked with the original illustrations. They are quite beautiful to see and read. “Paging St. Patrick” w/ illustration by Charles Baskerville; Life, 1922; “To Marjorie…