![]() ![]() When Sholem Asch wrote God of Vengeance in 1907, he didn’t imagine the height of controversy the play would eventually reach. “ Indecent is more than a play about forbidden love: It’s about theater as a life force.” - New York Post The historical perspective is vast and knowing.Has there ever been anything quite like Indecent, a play that touches-I mean 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?.An extraordinary play.” - Newsday ![]() “A moving and fascinating play.A singular achievement. Rich in sympathy and humor, Indecent has the scope of an epic but the intimacy of a chamber piece.It celebrates and illustrates the power of theater.” - Time Out New York Indecent, the powerful play by Paula Vogel, sheds an eye-opening light on a little-known time when theatrical history, Jewish culture, and the frank depiction of homosexuality intersected, with explosive results.” - New York Times Vogel’s play thrums with music, desire, and fear, and it’s shrewd about the ways in which America isn’t free, and about how art does and doesn’t transcend the perilous winds of history.” - New Yorker ![]() “Revelatory.As intimate and immediate as a whispered secret. ![]()
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