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Bella Bella
- Narrated by: Harvey Fierstein
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Performance
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Drama & Plays
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Publisher's Summary
Four-time Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein takes on New York City’s very own political firebrand, Bella Abzug, in his new raucous, heart-rending, and absurdly humorous solo show. Set in 1976, on the eve of her bid to become New York State’s first female senator, Bella Bella finds this larger-than-life, truth-slinging, groundbreaking, hat-wearing icon squirreled away in the bathroom of a midtown hotel awaiting that night’s election results while a coterie of family and celebs await her entrance. Directing is Kimberly Senior (The Niceties).
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- John Kenny
- 08-08-20
loved every minute!
Bronx boy, married to strong woman leader loved and identified with Bella and this reading captured her perfectly.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- timmie metz
- 08-08-20
I loved it! Fun hopeful ride full of spunk!
First person retrospective from a woman with a point of view she is heaven bent on sharing! quick. funny. heartwarming. heartbreaking. full of hope.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- BB
- 08-09-20
Couldn't Keep My Interest
Starts off a little slow but then becomes interesting. I lost interest before it was over though but listened all the way through. Even though it was short, it should have been shorter. If this was 15 or so minutes shorter, my rating would probably be higher. It just ran a bit too long for the content in the story. It started to feel repetitive to me. Overall, it was ok. Nothing spectacular but not awful either. Worth a listen during a commute.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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- Mikey
- 08-15-20
Not my thing.
I didn't understand who the narrator of the story was. Was he portraying a woman? Was he a male friend of a woman narrating on her behalf? I just didn't understand what was going on. Probably my own issue but I didn't get it.
8 people found this helpful
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- Barb
- 08-14-20
I remember Bella
Awesomeness! Harvey Fierstein did an amazing performance delivering his historically accurate accounting of events in such a way I loved. Times then, were turbulent, much like today. A warrior and activist, like Bella Abzug, is surely needed now. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking truth, justice, and the American way.
8 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Marjorie Kruger
- 08-20-20
Ugh
Man hate in the extreme...performed by a man. Ridiculous waste of time. I’ll have to listen to something else right away to get that nasty voice out of my head. Only redeeming quality was the Yiddish, that was good- sadly disappointed.
6 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- James Moore
- 08-15-20
Excellent Performance
This is one of the best hours I've spent since we have been confined because of civil. I fell in love with Bella and Harvey has always been one of my heroes. A ++
5 people found this helpful
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- Paula
- 08-14-20
Insightful and Immensely Entertaining
We need more Bella’s. She was proud to take on the men rather than become one! Ethics needs to be respelled BELLA!
5 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-08-20
excellent
Very well written and performed excellently. Entertaining and very educating too. Make more! ok thanks
5 people found this helpful
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- ALE
- 08-08-20
More realistic than Mrs America
While a more accurate portrayal of Bella Abzug than Margo Martindale’s in “Mrs America”, that still doesn’t make it revelatory or enjoyable.
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