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Iconic Dr. Ruth Returns To Vibrant Life At Island Theatre

Reinvention is the theme as The Island Theatre, the brand-new black box space at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, opens with Becoming Dr. Ruth, a production detailing the life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a woman who shed her skin more times than one can count in her 96 years.

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Dr. Ruth Bio-Play Is Charming But Not As Enchanting Or Vibrant As The Real Thing

Awash in sex, war, adversity, sex, divorce, achievement, motherhood, determination, sex, the Holocaust and sex, it’s difficult to understand how the biographical play Becoming Dr. Ruth can be mildly charming, intermittently funny, occasionally poignant but not as terribly compelling or enchanting as its heroine.

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