![]() ![]() The movement has an uncomfortable double meaning, showing history coming to life, while also evoking the embers of the Holocaust. In fact, one of the first scenes shows the actors almost rousing from slumber–or death–and dusting themselves off. ![]() It’s easy to see why Vogel, who is both Jewish and gay herself, was inspired to dust off this piece of theatrical history. The play brought the first lesbian kiss to Broadway in 1923, resulting in obscenity convictions for the entire cast. Written by Polish-Jewish novelist and playwright Sholem Asch, “The God of Vengeance” appears to be a rather soapy story of an Orthodox rabbi who runs a brothel, and his daughter who falls in love with one of the prostitutes. It asks if there’s a price too high to pay for artistic freedom, and whether it’s OK to paint a less-than-flattering portrait of your own people, particularly if they’re already stigmatized. ![]() “Indecent” tells the true story of the play’s struggles and successes in Europe and then New York, wrapping in issues of artistic freedom, anti-Semitism and homophobia. ![]()
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