Tag Archive: Fieldsfest

Dorothy Parker Reviews the Ziegfeld Follies

Kevin Fitzpatrick November 21, 2016

On Saturday I debuted my W.C. Fields History Walking Tour as part of Fields Fest, a 6-week celebration of the life of the great comedian. Dorothy Parker was a huge fan of Fields. In my book The Algonquin Round Table…
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News, Research

Algonquin Round Table, Books, Broadway, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, Fieldsfest, Flo Ziegfeld, Research, Vaudeville, W.C. Fields, World War 1

W.C. Fields Fest Begins November 1 in New York

Kevin Fitzpatrick October 24, 2016

I love a good festival. In 1999 my friends and I started the long-running Dorothy Parker-theme Parkerfest. Two years ago I was one of the organizers for the Marx Brothers tribute, Marxfest. And now I am getting back into the…
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News

Broadway, Fieldsfest, Vaudeville, W.C. Fields, walking tour