Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
The Algonquin Hotel sent us the information about the live music coming to the hotel in May. Here’s the press release: Live music at The Algonquin has been a long tradition starting in 1939 when the hotel welcomed Vienna-born singer, Greta Keller, and Cy Walter at the piano as the first performers in the hotel’s…
I am really excited to learn a member of the Dorothy Parker Society is continuing an amazing project that would tickle Mrs. Parker to know about. Actress-Singer Kimberly Faye Greenberg is bringing her one-woman show Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice to 54 Below in Manhattan on February 12, 2015. When I…
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….
There is a Dorothy Parker production coming to Off Broadway, at the Soho Playhouse, in October and November. Excuse My Dust (A Dorothy Parker Portfolio) October 5th, 2014 – November 9th, 2014 Soho Playhouse 15 Vandam Street New York City NY 10013 (212) 691-1555 Get tickets here. From the press release: Michael Shannon will present…
Dorothy Parker loved good food and cocktails, so it makes sense to celebrate in her style with a fantastic night in New York at the glamorous Hotel Chantelle with drinks, dinner, live jazz – and her cocktail guide on the table. I’m going to be signing copies of Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail…
A new play about Dorothy Parker’s early life and career is coming to New York for four performances as part of the 17th annual Black Box New Play Festival at the Gallery Players Theater. Encore, Encore is written by Colin Crowley and directed by Paula D’Alessandris. It opens June 12 in Park Slope, Brooklyn. In…