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Bay Street Theater board member Carol Konner and executive director Tracy Mitchell.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer at the Off-Broadway premiere of "Becoming Dr. Ruth" at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City on December 16.
Members of the Bay Street Theater staff: production manager Mike Billings; sales and sponsorship manager Paul Anthony Mongelluzzo; assistant production manager Brian C. Staton; administrative associate Marshall Gunter; director of [hilanthropy Kim Fink; artistic director Scott Schwartz; executive irector Tracy Mitchell; Bay Street board member Eric Segal and Joyce Segal.
Broadway producers Mary Magglio and Neal Rubinstein with Bay Street Artistic Director Scott Schwartz, center.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Tovah Feldshuh celebrate following the successful Off-Broadway opening night of "Becoming Dr. Ruth" on December 16.
Jack Kliger, Chairman and CEO of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Tovah Feldshuh, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Bay Street Executive Director Tracy Mitchell and Artistic Director Scott Schwartz.
“Becoming Dr. Ruth,” a play starring Tovah Feldshuh and written by Mark St. Germain, enjoyed a successful evening for its Off-Broadway opening night at Edmond J. Safra Hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New Work on Thursday, December 16.
The one-woman show, which was staged to critical acclaim during Bay Street Theater’s 30th anniversary summer season in 2021, will run through Sunday, January 2, 2022, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage’s newly renovated, state-of-the-art theater in Battery Park City. Tickets start at $59 and are available at baystreet.org. The production has a runtime of 90 minutes with no intermission and is being performed in compliance with current New York State health and safety requirements for indoor performances.
The opening night show featured an appearance from Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who joined Feldshuh on stage following the performance and greeted a long line of guests at the opening night after party. Attendees included President and CEO of the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Jack Kliger; Broadway producers Jamie deRoy, Mary Maggio, and Neal Rubinstein; Broadway HD co-founder and Broadway League member Bonnie Comley and Bay Street board member Stewart Lane; and Bay Street Theater board members Carol Konner, Wendy Hashmall and husband David, and Eric Segal and wife Joyce.
Directed by Bay Street Theater’s artistic director Scott Schwartz, “Becoming Dr. Ruth” chronicles the life of noted psychologist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, from her early years fleeing Nazi Germany, living as an orphan in Switzerland, to her service in the Israeli armed forces as a sharpshooter, and her later life and career in New York. “Becoming Dr. Ruth” is a humorous and heartfelt portrait detailing Dr. Ruth’s remarkable journey against so many odds to become a pioneer in the psychology of human sexuality and the world’s most famous sex therapist. “Becoming Dr. Ruth” reunites Feldshuh and Schwartz in New York for the first time since their major success with “Golda’s Balcony” — which became the longest running one-woman show in Broadway history.
Staff Writer on Jan 3, 2022