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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…
We have the scoop from Dorothy Parker Society officer Maureen Van Trease, who is once again presenting her show, Those Whistling Lads! The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker. It was performed last year to great reviews. Maureen is doing something very similar to what Mrs. Parker did: giving the money to charities. She…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyJkStj16vc We are happy that DPS member William Zeffiro has his new musical opening this week. The Road to Ruin is a throwback to the old musicals of the 1920s. The 1928 Exploitation Musical has “sex, bad mommies, worse daddies, bottled water and Christians conspire to bring down Little Sally Canfield, ‘The Nicest Girl at…
The Los Angeles chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society presents an evening of frolic and LA history in the 20s on Thursday, July 31, at 6:30-10 pm at Casa Del Mar, 1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Phone: (310) 581-5533. We will have time to get to know each other during cocktail hour between…
As we previously announced, the production of Those Whistling Lads! the Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker has been accepted into the prestigious 2008 New York City Midtown International Theatre Festival. It will run Sunday, July 20, through Friday, August 1, at the Workshop Theatre Mainstage, 312 West 36th Street. Director Maureen VanTrease has…
This is the season for new shows based on Dorothy Parker material. We heard from playwright-actress Maureen Van Trease, a member of the Dorothy Parker Society and a volunteer at our mentoring program, about her new show. Those Whistling Lads! the Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker has been accepted into the prestigious 2008…