Written by Gina Zammit
Intelligence, strength, perseverance, optimism, amiability, and sex. These words together can only describe one person.
NORWALK, CT – Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County s professional award-winning theatre company continues its 34th Season with Becoming Dr. Ruth, the true, lesser known story of Dr Ruth Westheimer, America’s most famous sex therapist. This one-women show all about the dramatic, unexpected, and hilarious life of Dr. Ruth will run three weekends both in the theatre and watchable through a live stream from February 5th-21st with performances on Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm and Saturdays & Sundays at 2pm.
Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, know the incredible journey that preceded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a sniper, to her struggle to succeed as a single mother newly-arrive