Becoming Dr. Ruth
Off Broadway, Museum Of Jewish Heritage
Reviewed by Shani R. Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: Tovah Feldshuh beautifully captures the sexual health pioneer Dr. Ruth and her extraordinary story.
Tovah Feldshuh doesn't so much bring the former Karola Ruth Siegel to life—because the 93-year-old Dr. Ruth Westheimer has plenty of energy and spark of her own going on—as she infuses warmth, pathos, mischievousness and humor into the tragedies and ultimate triumph that is the nonagenarian's ongoing existence...
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