Evoking the Jewish experience through traditional songs and dancing, this stirring production will leave you with a deeper appreciation for the art and experiences we often take for granted. Follow the explosive tale through scandals, war and rewrites as a defiant, dedicated few refused to let it be silenced.Ĭelebrate the Tony Award-nominated play “that deeply touches so much rich emotion about history and the theater, anti-Semitism, homophobia, censorship, world wars, red-baiting and, oh, yes, joyful human passion” ( Newsday). Paula Vogel’s Indecent follows the trajectory of the play God of Vengeance, written in 1906, which features a brothel owner and his daughter who falls in love with one of the brothel’s prostitutes. But when its Broadway debut was deemed “indecent,” it begged the question of who gets to decide what is considered art and what deserves to be censored. By Paula Vogel Directed by Kelsey Leigh Ervi Indecent, a deeply moving play with music, inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture and by others as an act of traitorous libel.
Through this theme, Vogel tries to show how important it is for. One theme in this play is the theme of writing.
Many European productions of the provocative Yiddish story were highly successful in the early 1900s – even with a same-sex romance at its center. Indecent is a play written by Paula Vogel. Pulitzer-winning playwright Paula Vogel tells the emotional true story of Sholem Asch’s groundbreaking play, The God of Vengeance, and the passionate artists who risked everything to share it. Missed Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel's Tony Award-winning play 'Indecent' during its run on Broadway The powerful production makes its way to Great Perf.
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