A press release came in today announcing a staged reading that will unite two frenemies onstage. Mrs. Parker and George S.K. is on the way. The info on what looks like a fun show to catch: New Jersey audiences will get a rare glimpse into the inner workings of theater with the world premiere of…
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4th Annual Parker Day A Big Success
Long Branch, NJ – “Long Branch, a town that may not know who Bob Dylan is, but certainly knows who Dorothy Parker was,” said Kevin Fitzpatrick, founder and president of the National Dorothy Parker Society and co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Round Table, in reference to the recent failure to recognize the music legend by…
4th Annual Dorothy Parker Day is Aug. 16
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXs8dlMXg6c]The Dorothy Parker Day Committee in Long Branch, New Jersey, Mrs. Parker’s birthplace, has put out this press release about activities on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. If you are traveling from Penn Station, take the train to Long Branch, on the New Jersey Coast Line. A $5 cab will get you to the library and…
Long Branch to Debut Parker Musical in July
LONG BRANCH – The New Jersey Repertory Company, located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch, is proud to present the world premiere musical, The Little Hours by David Bucknam, based on several short stories by Dorothy Parker. Mrs. Parker was one of the most popular writers in America during the Roaring Twenties and was a…
Dorothy Parker Short Film to Play at Hoboken Festival
We are happy to post this press release; this short film was screened in October 2007 at Dorothy Parker Day in Long Branch, Mrs. Parker’s birthplace. It is a fine film. The release: A film version of Dorothy Parker’s short story The Sexes will have its world premiere at the 2008 Hoboken International Film Festival…
Multimedia Package for Black History Month
The Bergen Record across the river in New Jersey put on its site today a multimedia package for Black History Month about Dorothy Parker. It ties into the nice column written by Lawrence Aaron that is in today’s paper. Reading this, it reminds me that Mrs. Parker belongs in the New Jersey Hall of Fame.