I’ve seen Lynn Ruth’s show twice in San Francisco, and recommend it. Although known in SF as a standup comic, she’s also a writer, and a natural storyteller. Her stories here stem from real life, span the nearly eight decades of her life, and reveal a passion and enthusiasm for life that’s both heartwarning and hilarious.

Performer Lynn Ruth Miller tells both touching and funny autobiographical stories about growing up and growing old, holding nothing back. She is completely charming and captivating!

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I thoroughly enjoyed this show.

I agree with Solitaire that it was endearing, adorable and inspirational. I also came away with something more. I was taken on a journey through a lifetime.

There was nostalgia, and a look at “life back then”. I found it interesting that the first story told was a tale of one generation “trying to forget” the history, the culture, and the roots of their parents’ generation, and the absolute fascination of the following generation for those very things. The gist of the story for me was not so much just the story itself, but what it illustrates about how each generation views those that came earlier.

From this opening, we move through the eras and get glimpses of courting in another time, the kindness and loyalty of friends, the ties that bind families; the family we’re born with and the family we choose. We end with a look through the lens of what it’s like to grow old in today’s world.

After some reflection I realized what it was I had seen. This is a carefully crafted and well-thought-out performance. Yes, Lynn Ruth Miller is a dear, wonderful, lovely woman, and a fine storyteller. She made me think of my own grandmother. But I was not fooled. She isn’t JUST a sweet older lady telling tales. Here is a woman who is strong, keenly intelligent, wise, extremely talented, who has developed the grace to move through whatever life throws at her; and frankly… I want to be like her when *I* grow up.