Yael Lubetzky

Off-Broadway Review: “Miss America’s Ugly Daughter: Bess Myerson & Me” at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater

February 26, 2020 | i am, i will, i do, Off-Broadway, Uncategorized > | “Miss America’s Ugly Daughter: Bess Myerson & Me”, Anna Holbrook, Barra Grant, Elisha Shaefer, Eve Brandstein, Florence Kemper-Bunzel, Joan Marcus, The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, Tom Jones, Yael Lubetzky

The audience seemed to enjoy the production now playing at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater entitled “Miss America’s Ugly Daughter” written and performed by Bess Myerson’s daughter Barra Grant. This comes to the New York stage after a successful year long run in Los Angeles. It is basically a solo show except for the voice of Bess Myerson provided…

Off-Broadway Review: “Downtown Race Riot” at the New Group at Pershing Square Signature Center’s Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre

The 1970s was a decade of unrest across the United States. Racial divides were exacerbated by socio-economic disparities and rising tensions between members of minority communities and the systemic racism inherent in the majority white population. This unrest was particularly evident in urban areas like New York City and, more specifically, in the West Village of Manhattan. One such riot…