Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
Photos of Dorothy Parker are not plentiful. There are perhaps 50 or so out in the public realm, in total. That seems odd in today’s Instagram-driven culture. But there are really not that many. So when a new one popped up on the New York Public Library Digital Archive in 2014, it was a revelation….
It is Hollywood awards show season, so this is the perfect time to uncover a long-lost Dorothy Parker book review about the town that she loathed so much. This incredible find is the review of the classic What Makes Sammy Run? written by Budd Schulberg. Parker wrote the review for PM, a left-leaning New York…
Good news, A Star Is Born fans. It is getting good reviews and is “certified fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes. After a week in theaters it’s doing really well and generating Oscar buzz. Dorothy Parker is also being mentioned in news stories as being part of the original Oscar-named original picture. We’ve been tracking this movie…
May 18-20 (was) quite a weekend in Los Angeles with TWO Dorothy Parker inspired shows running, with the Impro Studio presenting their popular Dorothy Parker Unscripted improvised shenanigans at Santa Monica’s Broad Stage, and, right next door in Venice, the Pacific Resident Theatre debuting their 15 cast member Dorothy Parker Project which dishes up both…
Congratulations to playwright Steven Vlasak and the entire cast of his comedy Nights at the Algonquin Round Table. It has been a smash success in Los Angeles and audiences love it. The show has been extended after winning multiple awards. A message from Steven today, who also runs the Dorothy Parker Society Los Angeles Chapter:…
The year 1953 was a major one in the life of Dorothy Parker. She was living in Manhattan again after years spent in California. In June she was subpoenaed by Senator Joseph McCarthy, along with Lillian Hellman and Rockwell Kent. On August 22 Parker turned sixty. In October her last Broadway play, The Ladies of…
To celebrate the 123rd anniversary of the birth of Dorothy Rothschild, we have events planned in New York and Los Angeles. If you can’t make it, raise a glass wherever you are. New York – Monday, August 22, Noon, Dorothy Parker Upper West Side Walking Tour. Visit Mrs. Parker’s neighborhood and walk in her footsteps…
Possibly the best movie-related news in the world of Dorothy Parker came down this week. According to the New York Daily News, Bradley Cooper is behind a remake of A Star Is Born, and his Vicki Lester will be Lady Gaga to his Norman Maine. The 1937 classic screenplay was co-created by Dorothy Parker, her…
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…
With the publication of The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide (Lyons Press) on Jan. 6, I’m publishing more of my research files online. This interview with Dorothy Parker took place months before her marriage to Alan Campbell, and before she made her second attempt at Hollywood screenwriting in late 1934. This story…