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| February 18 2021 |
Dorothy Parker
An opera adaptation of Parker's book 'Men I'm Not Married To' by composer Lisa DeSpain and librettist Rachel J. Peters premiered virtually as part of Operas in Place and Virtual Festival of New Operas.
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| August 22 2020 |
Dorothy Parker
Parker was privately re-buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, in the family plot reserved by her father.
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| August 18 2020 |
Dorothy Parker
Parker's urn was exhumed from the NAACP memorial garden, with two NAACP executives and a rabbi present for the ceremony.
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| 2018 |
Dorothy Parker
Drag queen Miz Cracker portrayed Parker in an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10.
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| 2018 |
Dorothy Parker
Referenced in the film Can You Ever Forgive Me?, where Melissa McCarthy plays Lee Israel, who forged letters in Parker's name.
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| 2014 |
Dorothy Parker
Composer Marcus Paus created the operatic song cycle 'Hate Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra', setting Parker's early 20th-century poems to music.
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| 2014 |
Dorothy Parker
Chicago jazz bassist/singer/composer Katie Ernst released an album 'Little Words', featuring authorized musical settings of seven of Parker's poems.
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| 2014 |
Dorothy Parker
Canadian singer Myriam Gendron created a folk album titled 'Not So Deep as a Well' using authorized lyrics from Parker's poetry book.
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| 2014 |
Dorothy Parker
Lesley Abrams reprised her one-woman show Dorothy Parker's Last Call at the Live Theatre Workshop in Tucson.
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| 2010 |
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker's Last Call play selected for the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, DC.
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