There are many reasons to find deep satisfaction in the arrival on Broadway of the play “Indecent,” a fascinating tale wondrously staged about a century-old Jewish drama that featured a scandalizing kiss between two women, whose Broadway cast was prosecuted for obscenity.
It marks the long-delayed Broadway debut of Paula Vogel, who at 65 is one of the theatre community’s most admired playwrights…”Indecent” is also something of a homecoming and even vindication for “God of Vengeance”…”Indecent” is further proof that a play can explore a range of frighteningly relevant issues – threats to the arts and an entire culture, anti-immigrant bigotry, homophobia, even genocide – and do so in a production that is not only enlightening, and moving, but entertaining.

Full review on DC Theatre Scene

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(l-r): Katrina Lenk as ‘Manke,’ Adina Verson as ‘Rivkele’ in INDECENT,

Photograph from the Off-Broadway production.

(l-r): Max Gordon Moore as Sholem Asch and Adina Verson as Madje Asch in INDECENT,

(l-r): Max Gordon Moore as Sholem Asch and Richard Topol as Lemml in INDECENT,

(l-r): Max Gordon Moore as Eugene O’Neill, Richard Topol as Lemml in INDECENT,

(l-r): Adina Verson and Katrina Lenk in INDECENT,

(l-r): Aaron Halva (with accordion), Matt Darriau (with clarinet), Lisa Gutkin (with violin) and company in INDECENT,

(l-r): Richard Topol, Mimi Lieber, Tom Nelis, Adina Verson, Katrina Lenk, Steven Rattazzi and Max Gordon Moore, the company of INDECENT,

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