Roy Berko
If you only go to one theatrical production this year, make it BECOMING DR. RUTH! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
To see a full review of this show, read Roy Berko's blog here.
Howard Gollop
A thrust stage (open to the audience on three sides) bedecked with sculptural piles of white boxes of various sizes, some adrift in mid-air, would hint of a rather surrealistic evening with the unlikely sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
But like the media sensation herself, "Becoming Dr. Ruth," the decade-old off-Broadway hit by Mark St. Germain, is a surprisingly pedestrian, accessible evening with a convivial grandmother -- who happens to be a Holocaust survivor, transported orphan not unlike "Annie," a sniper for the Israeli underground, a thrice-married swinger, a best-selling author and media personality primarily of the 1980s and '90s.
To see a full review of this show, read Howard Gollop's review here.
Sheri Gross
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Mark Horning
This show is nearly perfect in its presentation with Naomi Jacobson as Dr. Ruth. One minute you will find yourself laughing, the next minute crying. It is simply that great of a show. It is the purest art of entertainment that you will find on stage and is a delight to the mind and soul. Do not miss this show.
To see a full review of this show, read Mark Horning's Review here.
Chris Howey
In this one-woman play starring Naomi Jacobson, playwright Mark St. Germain employs a chronological structure for Dr. Ruth's life, throwing in flashbacks and flash-forwards along the way to delve into assorted nooks and crannies in her life. But the play doesn't linger very long on any of them. The result is a bit like reading a Wikipedia entry for 90 minutes—or rushing through a sexual liaison so you don't miss the cold open on Saturday Night Live.
To see a full review of this show, read Chris Howey's Review here.
