Bella Bella
Bella Bella
Closed 1h 30m NYC: Midtown W
84% 184 reviews
84%
(184 Ratings)
Positive
97%
Mixed
2%
Negative
1%
Members say
Entertaining, Funny, Great acting, Relevant, Clever

About the Show

Four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein returns to MTC taking on New York City’s very own political firebrand, Bella Abzug, in his new raucous solo show. 

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Critic Reviews (17)

The New York Times
October 22nd, 2019

"Abzug and Fierstein, on the Same Ticket in ‘Bella Bella’: When the former Edna Turnblad plays the feminist firebrand of the 1970s, there’s no dress but it’s still a drag."
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Time Out New York
October 22nd, 2019

4/5 stars "Informative and respectful throughout, but there's an unavoidable incongruity in the fact of Fierstein's male presentation. The tradeoff for this is Fierstein himself: He's so distinctive a performer and so immensely appealing as Abzug…that it's hard to imagine the role being played by anyone else.
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Deadline
October 22nd, 2019

"Harvey Fierstein’s ‘Bella Bella’ Is Classic Harvey Harvey"
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Variety
October 22nd, 2019

"Fierstein wrote this homage to legendary New York politician Bella Abzug -- and plays her, too."
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The Hollywood Reporter
October 22nd, 2019

"Four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein wrote and performs this affectionate solo tribute to political firebrand Bella Abzug, set on the night of her 1976 bid to become New York State's first female Senator."
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Theatermania
October 22nd, 2019

"Harvey Fierstein Takes On New York Politics in 'Bella Bella': Fierstein plays the real-life politician Bella Abzug in a new solo show."
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BroadwayWorld
October 22nd, 2019

"Harvey Fierstein Tips His Hat To The Iconic Abzug in 'BELLA BELLA'"
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Lighting & Sound America
October 30th, 2019

"Nobody works a room like Harvey Fierstein. In a time dominated in part by a fraught conversation about women and power, it's good to remember how Abzug built an indelible career by demanding that her voice be heard -- even if, all these years later, a man has to play her.:
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