Miss America's Ugly Daughter
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Miss America's Ugly Daughter
71

Miss America's Ugly Daughter NYC Reviews and Tickets

71%
(85 Ratings)
Positive
62%
Mixed
31%
Negative
7%
Members say
Entertaining, Funny, Absorbing, Indulgent, Slow

About the Show

In this solo piece, Barra Grant explores her life growing up in the shadow of her mother Bess Myerson, the first and only Jewish Miss America.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (85)

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728 Reviews | 414 Followers
74
Sad, Quirky, Ambitious

See it if You are interested in the true life of Bess Meyerson and her narcissism, this your play. It read like Page 6 from the NY Post.

Don't see it if You want a happy biography.

197 Reviews | 15 Followers
73
Thought-provoking, Resonant

See it if You like mother daughter dynamics. This is not very flattering to Bess Myerson but it is her daughter’s journey to where she is today.

Don't see it if You don’t like one person plays or have no interest in a daughter’s journey with her mother’s fame, etc.

56 Reviews | 19 Followers
73
Poignant, Wyre, Unrequited-love story, Resonant, Thought-provoking

See it if Either: a)Enjoy one-person shows. b) Have an interest in celebrity lives and/or c) Interested in variations in mother-daughter Relationships

Don't see it if You dislike intimate theater pieces.

155 Reviews | 46 Followers
73
Great set, Indulgent, Ambitious

See it if you know who Bess Myerson was and wonder what happened to her and you love meeting the stars at the end of the show.

Don't see it if you've never heard of Bess Myerson and you have no desire to meet the stars after the show.

68 Reviews | 31 Followers
72
Languid, Glum, Erratic, Unforced, Demonstrative

See it if you remember the first Jewish Miss America & NYC icon & are curious to learn more about her.

Don't see it if you do not like solo, intermissionless plays. Read more

134 Reviews | 22 Followers
72
Indulgent, Quirky, Slow, Funny

See it if to learn more of Bess Myerson's life with all its pitfalls

Don't see it if You want a story this play is the actress telling about her life with her mother

151 Reviews | 19 Followers
71
Entertaining

See it if You have some recollection of Bess meyerson and are interested in her life

Don't see it if You don't know and don't really care about Bess or her daughter is

272 Reviews | 82 Followers
70
Ambitious, Depressing, Indulgent, Relevant, Entertaining

See it if You want to see what happens to the life of an abused child who doesn’t really get over her childhood. A neat package of a play.

Don't see it if You don’t want to see a woman in her 70s dragging the memory of her mother through the mud. She may deserve it but it’s a Sad life journey

Critic Reviews (6)