Hotels hop on the handheld bandwagon Jun 19, 2009
Kindle: Amazon's reader is available at NYC's Algonquin Hotel ... Meanwhile, popular Kindle readers are a hit at Manhattan's Algonquin Hotel and a good fit with its literary pedigree. (USA Today -- Tech)
KT Sullivan coming to Annenberg (2) May 3, 2009
Since 1992, KT has been a regular headliner at the Oak Room of New York s Algonquin Hotel and for several years has starred at the Sabarsky Caf; of the Neue Gallerie on Fifth Avenue and Live on the Park in London. She made her West End debut in Vienna to Weimar at London s Jermyn Street Theatre in 2004 and has returned annually in Noel Coward and Irving Berlin revues. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
New York City hotels from $129 Mar 24, 2009
Algonquin Hotel from $143 a nightThe Broadway Night Out special, available to residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, offers a 20 percent discount off nightly rates (which start at $179 per room), a complimentary room upgrade, continental breakfast for two, and your choice between free parking or a $25 food-and-beverage credit at the Round Table Room restaurant. Guests can also take advantage of a complimentary booking service to arrange for tickets to a Broadway show, an opera, or a... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Lainie Kazan Feb 20, 2009
She has performed in Los Angeles at the Cinegrill and The Catalina Bar and Grill, in New York City at The Regency, in Las Vegas and Atlantic City at the Atlantic City Hilton, Harrah s Casino and Resort and Trumps Castle and the hallowed stages of New York s Rainbow and Stars, Tavern on the Green and the famed Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel. She has starred in numerous films, television series and has produced several best-selling recordings. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Letterman spot ‘just the beginning' for three brothers from Ontario Feb 8, 2009
After staying up late to watch their network television debut Wednesday night, Klaas and his band mates, who happen to be his younger brothers, sat in the lobby bar of Manhattan's Algonquin Hotel and predicted greater things were yet to come. Yesterday, after the show, we had messages flooding in, all really positive, saying: Rock is alive. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The consummate storyteller Mar 9, 2008
He's at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan, just before his latest play, "The Seafarer," opened on Broadway in the fall. "It's bizarre how storytelling has always been there for me, and it's still a huge part of my life.". (Boston Globe)
Making The Scene... Jan 6, 2008
January 6, 2008 -- WHEN this Midtown bar opened in 1936, it rivaled historic venues like the Stork Club and the Algonquin Hotel bar as a seen-and-be-seen scene before there was a C-list. Now, 70-plus years and 3 million later. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
COUNTING ON MY FRIENDS - AND BLESSINGS Nov 25, 2007
who introduced me to self-tanner, fake eyelashes and martinis at the Algonquin Hotel. The amount of money saved in therapy. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
* Steve Martin's memoirs of an oddly successful career Nov 15, 2007
Steve Martin crosses the lobby of New York's Algonquin Hotel in what I at first take to be a disguise of some sort. It's not entirely his fault: the toothbrush moustache he wears is a condition of his lead in the second Pink Panther movie, currently filming in Chicago. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Pulitzer-winning author Norman Mailer dies at 84 Nov 11, 2007
Over lunch at the Algonquin Hotel, Mailer asked Gloria Steinem what women had against him. "You might try reading your books," Steinem told him. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Thomas W. Dawes, 64; musician with the Cyrkle, advertising jingle writer Nov 6, 2007
The show ran for nearly two years off-Broadway beginning in 2004 before it was presented as a cabaret show at New York City's Algonquin Hotel. Thomas Webster Dawes was born July 25, 1943, in Albany, N.Y.. (Los Angeles Times)
Michael Feinstein Oct 26, 2007
He took the act to New York City to play a 16-week engagement at the Algonquin Hotel. Feinstein's 1986 debut album "Live at the Algonquin," soon followed. (Howard County Times, MD)
Sunday savings Oct 10, 2007
Participating hotels include The Algonquin Hotel, Dream New York, Flatotel New York City, Grand Hyatt New York, Loews Regency Hotel, a few Marriott hotels, Millennium Broadway Hotel New York, Paramount Hotel New York, Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, Shoreham Hotel, The Sherry-Netherland, and The Time Hotel. Each hotel is offering a perk, such as a room upgrade or free parking, along with the discount. (MSNBC -- Travel)
RUTH MARCUS: Mukasey should help Justice Department Sep 19, 2007
I most remember his kindness to a minor witness: Knowing of my interest in journalism, he booked a room for me at the Algonquin Hotel of literary fame. Years later, I had occasion to call Mukasey's chambers to request that some documents be released. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
CNW Daybook for Wednesday, September 5, 2007 Sep 5, 2007
TORONTO, Sept. 5 /CNW/ - ALL TIMES ARE LOCAL NEW BRUNSWICK DATE: September 5 EVENT: FCM NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS CITY: ST. ANDREWS LOCATION: Fairmont Algonquin Hotel 184 Adolphus Street CONTACT: Maurice Gingues, (613) 907-6395; Robert Ross (613) 292-5403 URL: TIME: 10:00 EVENT: AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT OPENS IN SAINT JOHN CITY: SAINT JOHN LOCATION: FIC Holdings Inc. 40 Technology Drive CONTACT: Robert Duguay, Communications, Family and Community Services, (506) 444-3684; Giselle... (Canada Newswire)
An idyllic retreat awaits on Campobello Island Aug 31, 2007
The classic Fairmont Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews ... Fairmont Algonquin Hotel. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
'40s glamour and style, and some great singing Aug 24, 2007
The Puppini Sisters (above, at New York's Algonquin Hotel in May) bring old-style harmonies to songs by Blondie and Beyonc. (Robert Caplin for the New York Times). (Boston Globe)
International Jul 22, 2007
New York's Algonquin Hotel has a $10,000 'martini on a rock' (it comes with a diamond at the bottom of the glass). City eateries sell burgers for more than $50. (Guardian Unlimited)
The road to Whynot (7/1) Jul 1, 2007
Twenty years ago, it was possible on Broadway in New York to see a play titled ig River, and afterwards, as theater goers in that city still do, go for drinks, dessert or coffee at the Algonquin Hotel. Closer to home. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
NY critics honor 'Coast,' 'Spring' May 8, 2007
Awards will be presented in a ceremony Monday at Gotham's Algonquin Hotel. Date in print: Tue. (Variety)
Music in the mountains Apr 14, 2007
Cabaret artists K.T. Sullivan and Mark Nadler from the Oak Rom at New York's Algonquin Hotel will present songs by Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin. Durango musician Tim Sullivan is K.T. Sullivan's brother, and he will join in the concert. (Durango Herald)
Butterflies meet wooly mammoths at G.WIZ gathering Mar 9, 2007
A reception will follow at the Algonquin Hotel. Last modified: March 08. (Herald-Tribune)
Singing new life into old songs Feb 5, 2007
A new sensation in the world of musical cabaret, she is just finishing off a three-week-plus engagement at the Algonquin Hotel's legendary Oak Room in New York ... Shes a third-generation entertainer, but singer Maude Maggart, photographed at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan, has still gone her own way in showbiz. (Globe and Mail)
Partridge brings her own voice to songbook standards Jan 7, 2007
NEW YORK -- The Algonquin Hotel here is one of the grand names in a certain kind of jazz: the elegant, debonair, supper-club kind, in which a well-put-together crowd gathers to enjoy the timeless offerings of the Great American Songbook. Yet neither the venue nor the material can be taken for granted these days. (Boston Globe -- Living)
