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Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Death of Robert Benchley

Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Death of Robert Benchley

Posted on November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Seventy-five years ago today, hard-working Robert Charles Benchley died in his hospital room. He was just 56 years old. Benchley, once the country’s premier humorist, had stayed active until the end. In 1933, he began his first radio show, broadcast … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Robert Benchley
5 Things You Don’t Know About Herman J. Mankiewicz

5 Things You Don’t Know About Herman J. Mankiewicz

Posted on October 8, 2020October 9, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The trailer has been released for the new David Fincher-directed film Mank, about Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. The movie will come out in theaters in November and on Netflix in December. Mank is only the second biographical … Read the rest

Posted in NewsTagged Herman Mankiewicz, Netflix, New Yorker, TV
Algonquin Hotel Gut Renovation Moves Bar, Reconfigures Lobby

Algonquin Hotel Gut Renovation Moves Bar, Reconfigures Lobby

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

In the most extensive renovation in many decades, the Algonquin Hotel is underway with a major overhaul that has removed the bar, restaurant, front desk, and ceiling. The Round Table is gone, and so is the perch that Hamlet had … Read the rest

Posted in NewsTagged Algonquin Hotel
1939 Radio Broadcast with Broun, Perelman, Powell, Thurber

1939 Radio Broadcast with Broun, Perelman, Powell, Thurber

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Listen to the voices of some of the most popular New York authors of the 1930s, all with a tie to The New Yorker. The all-star radio cast includes Heywood Broun, S.J. Perelman, Dawn Powell, and James Thurber. The … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Dawn Powell, Heywood Broun, James Thurber, S.J. Perelman
Vicious Circle Virtual Tours Begin April 3

Vicious Circle Virtual Tours Begin April 3

Posted on April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

I’ve turned the Algonquin Round Table walking tour into a virtual tour. I supply the tour, you can watch with friends and family, and try out your best wisecracks on each other. Plus we can cover a lot more ground … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Algonquin Round Table, History, Talks
Bedtime with the Algonquin Round Table

Bedtime with the Algonquin Round Table

Posted on March 27, 2020April 15, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

For those trapped indoors now there is relief coming from 1920: Weekly “Bedtime with the Algonquin Round Table” to be held on live video conference via Zoom, hosted by Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, author of The Algonquin Round Table New York: … Read the rest

Posted in Events, NewsTagged History, Talks
Radio Pioneers of the Algonquin Round Table

Radio Pioneers of the Algonquin Round Table

Posted on January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

When I was compiling the material for my book, The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide, I was struck by the group’s versatility. I’d originally believed the group, which met from 1919 to about 1927, was the … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Alexander Woollcott, CBS, Deems Taylor, NBC, Radio, Robert Benchley
The Flop of 1934, Divided By Three Fails to Find an Audience

The Flop of 1934, Divided By Three Fails to Find an Audience

Posted on December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Eighty-five years ago the Algonquin Round Table members Peggy Leech and Bea Kaufman were licking their wounds after their debut collaboration flopped on Broadway. The two friends worked for about a year on a drama that failed to succeed. Divided … Read the rest

Posted in NewsTagged Beatrice Kaufman, Broadway, George S. Kaufman, Margaret Leech
117 Years Ago Today 1st Guests Arrived at the Algonquin Hotel

117 Years Ago Today 1st Guests Arrived at the Algonquin Hotel

Posted on November 22, 2019December 13, 2019 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Today is the anniversary of the opening of the Algonquin Hotel in 1902. Guests 117 years ago checked into the newest hotel on the block, located at No. 59-63 West Forty-fourth Street. When the Vicious Circle launched a century ago … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Algonquin Hotel, Algonquin Round Table, History
Classic Woollcott Letter Turns 85 Years Old

Classic Woollcott Letter Turns 85 Years Old

Posted on November 10, 2019November 9, 2019 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

One of the greatest keepers of correspondence of the Algonquin Round Table was the man who the group formed around, Alexander Woollcott. Of all 30 members of the Vicious Circle, only he had his letters posthumously published. One of his … Read the rest

Posted in History, NewsTagged Alexander Woollcott, Broadway, History, Lake Bomoseen

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