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September 26, 2014

Dorothy Parker Show Coming to Off Broadway

We don’t know much about this show yet, but 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


From the listing:


Join veteran Chicago actress Jennifer Engstrom in an exploration of New York’s most celebrated wit, Dorothy Parker. Engstrom bares the soul of the woman who insisted “Never trust a...

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Published on September 26, 2014 09:29

September 11, 2014

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


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. Altina from filmmaker Peter Sanders won best Film and Best Director Award at the 2013 Toronto Jewish Film Festival. Mr. Sanders will attend the screenings and be available for a Q&A.


New York Screening:

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 7pm

IFC Center

323 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10014


Los Angeles Screening:

Wednesd...

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Published on September 11, 2014 07:38

August 29, 2014

Noël Coward & Dorothy Parker Societies at the Algonquin Hotel Sept. 9

The Noël Coward & Dorothy Parker Societies Invite You to a Private Party at the Algonquin Hotel.


The Algonquin Hotel Celebrates

The Return Of The Legendary Round Table

With A Dinner Followed By

A Cabaret Performance In The Oak Room!!


Tuesday, September 9, 2014

6:30 PM

59 W. 44th Street

Between Fifth and Sixth avenues


Come back with us to the time of the Algonquin Round Table group when martinis flowed like water, the wine was good and the conversation even better.


Cabaret star, Steve Ross returns to th...

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Published on August 29, 2014 09:09

August 20, 2014

Great American Poets Day in the Catskills Celebrates Parker

It’s Dorothy Parker Day in the Catskill Mountains! Come out to Bright Hill Press & Literary Center. It’s in Treadwell, a hamlet located within the town of Franklin in Delaware County, New York.


Saturday, August 23, 12-5:30 PM

Bright Hill Literary Center

94 Church St.

Treadwell, NY 13846


Bright Hill’s Second Great American Poets Day – Celebrating the Life and Work of Poet Dorothy Parker. There’s a Parker-style poetry workshop at noon, followed by (from 1 – 5:30) readings, discussion, commentary, an...

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Published on August 20, 2014 09:03

Birthday Present: Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway


This Friday is Dorothy Parker’s birthday, and the Dorothy Parker Society is having parties in New York and the Catskills to celebrate. But a recent review of the new book Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923, makes me want to recommend it as a birthday present from Dottie to you. Los Angeles playwright Steven Vlasak wrote:


If you love Dorothy Parker, then you’ll have a major crush on this new book compiled by Parker expert Kevin Fitzpatrick. It reveals almost 400 pages of “new” Parker...

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Published on August 20, 2014 08:31

August 7, 2014

2 Boroughs Required to Celebrate Mrs. Parker’s Birthday

August 22 is Dottie’s birthday, and we always celebrate it in a style that would befit her. We have two events in two Boroughs that are open to all. Our third annual Dorothy Parker Birthday Party at the New York Distilling Company will be Thursday, Aug. 21, at 7pm. Of course, this is where Dorothy Parker American Gin comes from, and a martini made with it can’t be beat. There will be specials, sample the spirits they distill at the Brooklyn operation, and come prepared to read your favorite P...

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Published on August 07, 2014 22:42

Monthly Party August 30 Salute to Josephine Baker

Kita St. Cyr

Kita St. Cyr

The Dorothy Parker Society monthly party with Wits End is Saturday, August 30, at Flute Midtown, 205 West 54th Street, Manhattan. Drink Prohibition era cocktails and dance to live hot jazz from the Brooklyn Sugar Stompers. Join us as we celebrate the birthday of our lovely hostess, burlesque showgirl Kita St Cyr! Pay tribute to one of her favorite stars, Josephine Baker! Come in your finest jazz age or vintage inspired attire (or Josephine Baker style) to celebrate in style with l...
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Published on August 07, 2014 14:52

June 26, 2014

Book Trailer for Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway


The book trailer for Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923, is up now. Find out about the new book, which early reviews have said great things about it. The press release has more information. Please share the video with your friends.


The book can be ordered at all book shops as well as online retailers:

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-49172-267-1

Perfect Bound Softcover ISBN: 978-1-49172-265-7

E-Book ISBN: 978-1-49172-266-4

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Published on June 26, 2014 06:34

June 17, 2014

Dandy Wellington presents Tuesday Night Social, with Cocktail Guide Signing


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.


Tuesday Night Social

Tuesday Night Social

I’m going to be signing copies of Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide (Lyons Press) and you’re going to be enjoying the music of the inimitable Dandy Wellington and His Band on Tuesday, June 24, for his Tuesday Night Social. It’s a perfe...
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Published on June 17, 2014 07:33

June 13, 2014

NAACP Backs Jersey Girl Dorothy Parker for Hall of Fame

Hall of FameThe Dorothy Parker Society has been lobbying to get Mrs. Parker inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for years. Now Mrs. Parker’s literary executors and estate, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, are backing the cause.


In a statement released on June 12, the NAACP called on everyone to vote for Mrs. Parker to join other New Jersey greats, from Bruce Springsteen to Frank Sinatra. Mrs. Parker was born Aug. 22, 1893, in Long Branch. “The NAACP fully supports that...

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Published on June 13, 2014 12:36