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Apartment Building at Childhood Home Spot to Be Named for Dorothy Parker

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Dorothy Parker has lent her name to children, pets, a racehorse in Ireland and a bald eagle in Missouri. Her name is on gin distilled in Brooklyn, a disco in Brazil, and hotel suites and bed & breakfast rooms. Prince famous named a song for her. Plus there are more than 25 people walking around…

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David Bowie

David Bowie Book Club to Read Parker

Posted on January 2, 2018January 28, 2018 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

When David Bowie made a list of his 100 essential books, The Portable Dorothy Parker was included. It’s between Black Boy (Richard Wright) and The Outsider (Albert Camus) in a chronological list that was assembled for a record-breaking exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 2013. Now, Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, is…

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Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide

Daily Beast Digs into “I Like A Martini” Quote

Posted on September 11, 2017January 27, 2018 by admin

Wayne Curtis writing for the Daily Beast today digs pretty deep into the famous quote always attributed to Dorothy Parker, but never proven she really said it: I like to have a Martini,
 Two at the very most.
 After three I’m under the table,
 After four I’m under my host. In an exhaustive detective search,…

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Why I Haven't

Lost Dorothy Parker 1916: Why I Haven’t Married

Posted on February 13, 2017February 13, 2017 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

An appropriate “lost” piece for February. When Dorothy Parker wrote this for Vanity Fair she was 23 and in the first year of her staff job on Vogue. In 1917 she married Edwin Pond Parker II before he left for Army service in the Great War. Why I Haven’t Married Sketches of My Seven Deadly…

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“Just One More”

Dorothy Parker Production in Brazil

Posted on April 21, 2016April 28, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The appeal of Dorothy Parker is universal, and a new production in Brazil based on her work has been put onstage. The Pequeno Ato (Little Act) Theatre in São Paulo has “Just One More,” directed by Einat Falbel and Giseli Ramos. There must be something about Mrs. Parker’s appeal in the country; in 2011 a…

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Claudia Baumgarten

Dorothy Parker Production Included in New Orleans Festival

Posted on March 29, 2016April 12, 2016 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

A new Dorothy Parker show opens on Friday, April 1, as part of the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans. From the press release: WIT & WRATH: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DOROTHY PARKER Written and performed by Claudia Baumgarten; Directed by Diana Shortes; Musical accompaniment by Lulu. Are Dorothy Parker’s self-deprecating quips, biting…

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Dorothy Parker Society Invited to 2 Film Screenings for New Documentary ‘Altina’

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

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.

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Electronically, Parker’s Ills are Spilled Again

Posted on May 27, 2014May 28, 2014 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

In a month when Michael Jackson and Led Zeppelin both put out new albums, Dorothy Parker joins their company with new material from her longtime publisher. While Jackson’s heirs performed a séance to bring out new songs and Jimmy Page himself remastered Whole Lotta Love, Penguin Classics turned to their own house archivist on all…

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Montreal Singer Records Dorothy Parker-themed Album

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

We’ve been following the progress of Myriam Gendron in Montreal. This month, the Canadian singer-songwriter released an album based on Dorothy Parker verse. Not So Deep as a Well is a co-release by Feeding Tube Records and Mama Bird Recording Company. She licensed the material from Mrs. Parker’s estate. The Parker poems that are on…

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The Tattooed Ballerinas

The Tattooed Ballerinas to perform Dorothy Parker in Brooklyn

Posted on December 19, 2013December 19, 2013 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

A group of dancers will be debuting a new piece in Brooklyn, New York, on January 30, 2014. I Wish I Could Drink Like A Lady is the brainchild of Hattie Mae Williams, who leads the troupe, the Tattooed Ballerinas. The company formed under the direction of Hattie in 2003. The performance is at the…

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