See it if you are intrigued by recounts of changes over time in famous mother/not famous daughter relationships, esp. of Bess Meyerson/Jews.
Don't see it if you do not like one woman stand up comedy/vignettes, plays about mother/daughter relationships, sitting 90 min. w/out interval small house. Read more
See it if Anyone woman who has a mother /daughter relationship will appreciate the depth of the comments. Enjoyed the dynamics of the mother/daughter
Don't see it if If you do not like one woman shows or not into dynamics of relationships then this is not for you...
See it if You enjoy true story one person shows done excellently. Very absorbing and enjoyable. Sad but true story.
Don't see it if You do not like solo performances.
See it if you are interested in Bess Meyerson, mother-daughter relationships, family dysfunction, personal stories
Don't see it if you don't like solo shows or intimate theater.
See it if you've any interest in a former pop culture New Yorker and Miss America! You know how the children of narcissistic celebrities turn out!
Don't see it if you don't enjoy a "telling" one-woman show about the former Miss America.
See it if you want to know more about Bess Meyerso's daughter.
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See it if You are interested in Bess Meyerson and how someone with notariety can affect the life of their child.
Don't see it if You don't like a one actor show and don't like straight acting.
See it if You like biographical one person shows. You will laugh, you will wince & be moved by the story Ms. Grant shares about life with her mother.
Don't see it if You don't care for biographical one-woman shows. Read more
"Bess Myerson’s ‘Ugly Daughter’ Recalls Miss America Dearest Barra Grant’s autobiographical solo play plumbs her fraught relationship with her mother, the famous politician and beauty queen Bess Myerson."
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"Miss America's Ugly Daughter Dishes on a Beauty Queen's Private Cruelty: Bess Myerson's daughter performs her confessional solo show off-Broadway."
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"Barra Grant Tells of Her Iconic and Infamous Mom in 'MISS AMERICA'S UGLY DAUGHTER: BESS MYERSON AND ME'"
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"Grant is a pleasant, undemonstrative performer…While not given to histrionics, she earns our engagement as she…leads to…an act of forgiveness. 'Miss America's Ugly Daughter' is neither a mess nor the best of Bess but the inherent fascination of its subject covers a multitude of sins."
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"It is certainly an informative evening and of course who doesn't love a little gossip about celebrities. It is not so much that Ms. Barra has written a meaty role to showcase her acting ability but the honesty of purely being herself telling her story."
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"Barra Grant, Miss America's (Bess Myerson's) daughter, has no respite from harangues from Bess and the latter's two failed marriages and multiple relationships."
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