Independent Arts News Reporting Finding Dorthy Parker Returns
Reported on Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Pictured Above: Ann Hardara, Julie Halston, Anika Larsen, Jackie Hoffman. Photo Credit: David Lawrence.
NEWSROOM POST: NEW YORK, NEW YORK
The week-long engagement of Finding Dorthy Parker will run January 15 – 22, 2026 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
New York, NY – Back by popular demand, Finding Dorothy Parker, an evening celebrating the wit and wisdom of Dorothy Parker, will play a week-long return engagement, January 15 – 22, 2026 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Café (407 W. 42nd Street, NYC). Compiled and directed by five-time Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane, the evening features an all-star ensemble of Broadway favorites: Tony Award honoree Julie Halston (Tootsie, You Can’t Take It With You), Ann Harada (Avenue Q, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella), Jackie Hoffman (Hairspray, The Addams Family, Xanadu), and Tony Award nominee Anika Larsen (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Rent). Finding Dorothy Parker plays January 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22 at 7PM, with a 2PM matinee on January 18. For tickets and information, visit TheBeechman.com.
Finding Dorothy Parker is a sparkling revue and whirlwind tour of Dorothy Parker’s hilarious and wise material performed by some of the funniest women on Broadway. Dorothy Parker was the razor-sharp wit of the Roaring Twenties, a cocktail-sipping literary firecracker who made her mark with her words and her style. Parker’s dazzling wit graced the pages of Vanity Fair (where she was a staff writer and theater critic), The New Yorker (where she was one of its earliest contributors), Vogue, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, and her short stories, poems, and reviews have been collected into several books. Whether she was penning scathing reviews, unforgettable one-liners, or melancholic poetry, Parker’s unapologetic brilliance and biting humor made her a legend. Dorothy Parker – An intoxicating mix of biting social commentary and campy fabulousness that continues to sparkle like a glass of champagne.
Finding Dorothy Parker features music by composer Alistair Wroe (Prince Faggot at Playwrights Horizon, choreography by Jeffrey Guggliotti, and musical direction by Brad Simmons.
“I have always wanted to do an evening of Dorothy Parker with four of Broadway’s funniest ladies in the style of Don Juan in Hell,”. Says Douglas Carter Beane. “Well we’re not in Hell now. We’re in Hell’s Kitchen. So hello, Vagina Monologues and Love, Loss and what I Wore. …Come meet your sassy sister!”
LISTINGS INFORMATION: Finding Dorothy Parker will play a return-engagement at West Bank Café (407 W. 42nd Street, NYC) on January 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22 at 7PM, with a 2PM matinee on Sun. January 18. Tickets are $40 – $50 (+ $2.45 service fee). There is a $25 food/beverage minimum per guest. Seating and table service begin 90 minutes prior to showtime. Patrons are asked to arrive at your assigned entry time to ensure efficient and timely service. For tickets and information, visit TheBeechman.com.
