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We are happy to pass on the news that there is another new Dorothy Parker play coming to New York. The Portable Dorothy Parker Written by Annie Lux Directed by Lee Costello Performed by Margot Avery The New York International Fringe Festival Venue #11 64 East 4th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 505-6757 IATI…
A new play based on the work of Dorothy Parker is opening in June at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles. Might As Well Live: Stories By Dorothy Parker will open June 6 at the Acme Theatre at The Complex. It is written by Adam Scott Weissman. “Dorothy Parker once said the first thing…
The Dorothy Parker Society is honored to be teaming up with Wit’s End for so many years on our joint monthly speakeasy parties. This month, Wit’s End will be celebrating its 6th Anniversary with a huge party, featuring live music from Dandy Wellington and His Band, on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Flute Midtown. Because the…
The launch party for The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, by Kevin Fitzpatrick, was held at the Algonquin Hotel. There were many VIP guests, the descendants of the Vicious Circle: the great-nieces of Dorothy Parker, the grand-daughter of Murdock Pemberton, the nephew of Arthur Sullivan, the grandson of Deems Taylor, and the…
LONG BRANCH — She was a media celebrity, decades before they invented the phrase. A hard-partying rehab veteran, back when such things were kept strictly confidential. A crusader for civil rights, in an age when that was considered career suicide. An Oscar nominated screenwriter, back when a serious author simply didn’t socialize with THOSE people….
The Dorothy Parker Society is pleased to be invited to two free private screenings, in New York and Los Angeles, for the exciting new documentary about the artist-sculptor Altina Schinasi.