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Dorothy Parker

Date of Death: June 07, 1967 (73)

Birth Place: West End, NJ, USA

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SEX AND THE CITY Author Candace Bushnell Brings Her One-Woman Show To The Bushnell November 4

Candace Bushnell brings her one-woman show to The Bushnell on November 4, giving audiences a chance to meet the real Carrie Bradshaw.

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts Launches Independent Media Publishing Arm, UNCSA Media

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), with generous support from the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, has launched its first-ever media publishing arm, UNCSA Media, a mission-driven recording label that will feature the creative projects of faculty and alumni from UNCSA across all disciplines and offer curricular opportunities for students to gain practical career skills in intellectual property and entrepreneurship.

Fran Lebowitz Comes to Roy Thomson Hall in April 2024

Roy Thomson Hall welcomes back one of the world’s most insightful social commentators and award-winning author and journalists, Fran Lebowitz on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Learn more about how to get tickets here!

Santino Fontana, Nathan Lane, Judy Kuhn & More to Join Classic Stage Company 2023 Gala

Sarah L. Douglas of SLD Associates and John Weidman (CSC’s I Can Get It For You Wholesale) will be honored at CSC’s 2023 Gala. See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets!

Pulse Theatre to Present CHASING HAPPY by Michel Wallerstein at Theatre Row

Pulse Theatre will present Chasing Happy a new comedy by Michel Wallerstein at Theater Row. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets!

CANDIDE Comes to Skylight Music Theatre in October

Skylight Music Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the long-awaited production of Leonard Bernstein’s masterpiece, Candide. Learn more about the production, and who will star in it, here!

TALES AT THE DORMER HOUSE Returns This Month

Listen to stories by Chester Himes, O. Henry, Katherine Anne Porter, and other well-known American authors while taking in the breeze on the porch of an historic bed and breakfast, drinking lemonade, and enjoying homemade desserts. Learn more about the upcoming lineup as part of Tales at the Dormer House!

ERIN MOHR GETS NAKED* to Hold Two Free Performances at the Zephyr Theatre in August

Written by and starring comedian, Erin Mohr, Erin Mohr Gets Naked* is a one-woman stand-up comedy show for adults, running for two (2) nights, August 11 and 12 at the Zephyr Theatre at 8:00pm in Hollywood.

An Evening With Fran Lebowitz Comes to the Kings Theatre in October

Author Fran Lebowitz will be coming to Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, October 21, 2023. Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 21 at 10am ET, with presales beginning Wednesday, July 19 at 10am ET.

Review: OFF PEAK at Great Barrington Public Theater

Berkshire audiences fortunate, and wise enough to wind their way over the river and through the woods to the Daniel Arts Center McConnel Theater (on the campus of Bard College in Great Barrington) to experience Great Barrington Public Theater’s production of OFF PEAK before it closes July 23 are sure to be glad, they did. Do not miss it!

TALES AT THE DORMER HOUSE to Continue In Cape May

From June 8 through August 10, Classic American Tales (CAT) is presenting 'Tales at the Dormer House,' formerly known as 'Tales of the Victorians' and 'Tales in the Backyard' when previously produced by East Lynne Theater Company (ELTC).  Guests are treated to lemonade and tasty treats while listening to stories by American authors like O. Henry, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mark Twain.  

Interview: Writer/Performer Romy Nordlinger on GARDEN OF ALLA: The Alla Nazimova Story at Theatre West

During the Roaring 1920s until its closing on July 27, 1959, West Hollywood’s landmark Garden of Allah Hotel on Sunset Blvd. hosted the Hollywood elite looking to have a great time socializing and mingling without the prying eyes of the media or autograph seekers in their faces, or their beds for that matter. I decided to speak with Romy Nordlinger, the playwright and performer of Garden of Alla in which she shares the life of Alla Nazimova, a Jewish immigrant from Tsarist Russia who became a Broadway and silent film superstar, visionary Hollywood director and producer, LGBTQIA trailblazer, and creator of the hotel which became world famous on many levels, both famous and infamous.

Great Barrington Public Theater Opens Brenda Withers' OFF PEAK July 6

Off Peak playing July 6-23rd, in the McConnell Theater, Bard College at Simon's Rock, is a tried-and-true comedy reminiscent of Noel Coward or Nora Ephron, with the spark of Dorothy Parker, by award-winning playwright Brenda Withers.

THE PORTABLE DOROTHY PARKER Come to Edinburgh Fringe

The year is 1943; the place, a New York City hotel apartment. Dorothy Parker—writer, poet, screenwriter, critic, wit—is not happy. Viking Press is about to publish a collection of Dorothy's poems and short stories, and an editor is about to show up at her door.

Classic American Tales' TALES AT THE DORMER HOUSE Continue Weekly Through August 8

From June 8 through August 10, Classic American Tales (CAT) presents 'Tales at the Dormer House,' formerly known as 'Tales of the Victorians' and 'Tales in the Backyard' when previously produced by East Lynne Theater Company (ELTC).  Guests are treated to lemonade and tasty treats while listening to stories by American authors like O. Henry, Zora Neale Hurston, and Mark Twain.

Listen: PASTICHENYC Presents A New Musical Comedy Podcast GRACE UNDER PRESSURE

From the acclaimed PASTICHENYC, who recently brought audiences Jane Austen's Persuasion Song Cycle and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth Song Cycle comes the World Premiere of sparkling 8-part comedic, musical, radio drama series, original and unique, GRACE UNDER PRESSURE follows the simple story of a woman alone in New York in the '90s, an age of diminished expectations.

Classic American Tales to Present TALES AT THE DORMER HOUSE This Summer

Through August 10, Classic American Tales will present 'Tales at the Dormer House,' formerly known as 'Tales of the Victorians' when previously produced by East Lynne Theater Company

Classic American Tales Presents TALES AT THE DORMER HOUSE in June

Classic American Tales (CAT) presents TALES AT THE DORMER HOUSE.  This new company has taken on what had been presented by East Lynne Theater Company (ELTC) for 33 years under the name 'Tales of the Victorians.'

A MIRRORED MONET Comes to Edinburgh Fringe in August

A dramatic musical about the life of artist Claude Monet will premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. A Mirrored Monet will run for nine performances at the Emerald Theatre in Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17 - 26 August.

Provincetown Theater to Present 4-STAR SOLO SHOW FESTIVAL

From the legendary wit of Dorothy Parker to the pizazz of a Broadway baby, and from one ripe-n-ready “banana” to a single woman's journey through a Scottish horror story, the second production of Provincetown Theater's 60th Anniversary Season will mark the return of another wildly diverse 4-Star Solo Show Festival, performing throughout the month of June at the company's playhouse at 238 Bradford Street in Provincetown, MA.

Dorothy Parker FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Dorothy Parker has written 4 shows including Close Harmony (Playwright), Shoot the Works! (Bookwriter), The Ladies of the Corridor (Playwright), Candide (Lyricist).

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