#indecent play

[artistisdead]

no bc i just watched indecent and come from away proshots and now i need great comet proshot immediately

#i also think katrina lenk and the cast of indecent were robbed #indecent play #come from away #great comet of 1812 #natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 #the gret comet #yep yep theatre content coming thru lol

[andmynewlymeltedheart]

no thoughts just indecent (ignore my craft stuff on the floor)

#indecent play #indecent #indecent paula vogel #paula vogel

[thetimeididntknowyou]

I should've been seeing Indecent for the 3rd time in London today

I miss theatre so much

#one day i will see that rain scene in person #watch me already crying at the thought #indecent play

[erikahenningsen]

Sholem Asch shows Lemml America

#indecent #indecent play #indecent broadway #broadwayedit #theatreedit #not yours #indecent* #this is a lemml stan blog #i wish this was shot in HD =/

[singingaboutwishingx]

in love w katrina lenk gang rise up

#bianca spills the tea #katrina lenk #the band's visit #indecent play #indecent broadway

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(That banner doesn’t really do the show justice.)

After a less-than-ideal experience seeing Indecent at the Ahmanson, I  didn’t want my primary memory of this play to be the inconsiderate jerks who decided to mess around with their phones in the middle of it.  So I tried my luck with the $25 TodayTix lottery to see if things would go a little better than before.

As it turns out I did win a ticket, for what was about the best seat I could have wished for – Orchestra, dead center, a few rows back from the stage.  There were about ten empty seats in the rows ahead but given the stage height I think my location was very nearly ideal.

I’m glad I saw this a second time (not just because of the unexpectedly great seat) and am tempted to go see it again, because the more I think about the show, the more interesting things I remember in it.

(thoughts below, contains spoilers)

It was easier to understand on second viewing. While the story is told chronologically, the changes in location/time/context can be significant, and often rely on music (well-performed by the band and actors) to give a sense of time and place. In a way it reminded me of Come From Away with everyone running around changing hats and such, but while CFA is telling a story, this is telling a story about telling a story and the character transitions are sometimes highlighted more in order to do that.

Visually there were some very striking tableaus and moments - notably the rain scene when it finally happens, and last scene with the acting troupe (which caused gasps and murmurs in the audience).  Might have to go find the Great Performances recording so I can pause and look longer.

I like the theme of creation/translation/interpretation that runs through the play.  If I remember correctly Lemml talks about the way the play and in particular the rain scene made him feel fairly early on, but the audience only gets to see that at the end when we finally see the rain scene performed. Up until that point we only get parts of it in glancing/off-center/filtered ways, starting from the first oddly stilted moment when Sholem and Madje Asch recite words to each other to the reluctant/bluntly emoted first reading to the awkward rehearsals to the rather declamatory way it is expressed in the attic. Only at the end do we get a version that is what I assume to be the closest to reality that we would get on a stage, after having gone through this play-length depiction of translation (first from the writer’s mind to the page, from the page in Yiddish to the page in English, from the page in English to an actor’s version in English of an actor’s version in Yiddish, and finally to an actor’s version in Yiddish).

Enjoyed Lemml’s arc, going from bystander to fanboy to stage manager to director to (in a sense) a writer himself.

Now I want to read the play (that is, Indecent, although God of Vengeance could be good too); there are parts that I think might be more striking in plain text.

#indecent play #indecent

[somelittlevaudevilleimreviewing]

I should have posted this weeks ago, but I went to see Indecent with @kathowards and @undyingdoloresumbrage, and I cannot find the words to express it. Indecent is such an important and relevant story to tell, especially in today’s political climate. Paula Vogel’s play touches on issues of religion, sexual orientation, representation, immigration, and the struggle to find one’s voice and to find acceptance. It is incredibly important to see and understand this show, regardless of religion, sexual orientation, or immigrant status, and I hope everyone has the chance to see it. You should and will cry (we sure did), and maybe you’ll hate the world afterward, but you’ll understand it a lot better. Above all, it’s a story of hope, for a better future, for having learned from our pasts, and for a kinder, more compassionate world.

#indecent play #paula vogel #theatre

[erythriina]

I just need to know if you guys all saw this picture of Katrina Lenk backstage at Indecent from thedressingroomproject instagram

#katrina lenk #indecent #indecent play #indecent bway #god shes so pretty literally wtf #im in love w her #shes so talented & skilled & i love her sm #mine

[afrodesiaq]

saw the play indecent tonight, still processing a lot of feelings about it. im glad to have access to great jewish theatre in my city. and queer jewish theatre, that's like a double blessing.

though now i really want to see god of vengeance, the play that indecent is about - & the first broadway play (in 1923) to show a kiss between two women. i knew that one fact about the play, bc i am extremely gay and a theatre nerd, but i didn't know much else about it or how extremely jewish it was.

(eventually the whole cast was arrested for obscenity, but not entirely because of the lesbianism - the show also depicted sex workers as whole human beings with, y'know, feelings and lives and love and that was Outrageous both among nonjews who were mad about this jewish playwright writing jewish characters extremely jewishly AND among jewish people who were mad that the show had jewish sex workers & would contribute to antisemitism.)

#jumblr #theatre #indecent play #god of vengeance #sholem asch #queer history #jewish history #big holocaust tw if anyone goes to see the play

[thegirlisuedtobe]

huehuehue indecent rAIN SCENE

bitch u gon kill me

#illa answers #requests #indecent play #idk how to draw rain so ye here this is

[erikahenningsen]

Give my admiration to Mr. Asch. He has crafted a play that shrouds us in a deep, deep fog of human depravity. And then, like a lighthouse, those two girls. That is a beacon I will remember.

#indecent #indecent play #indecent broadway #broadwayedit #theatreedit #it's sad jewish hours #not yours #indecent*

[singingaboutwishingx]

virginia is the most relatable character from indecent because freaking out over being in the same room as katrina lenk is a goddamn MOOD

#bianca spills the tea #indecent #indecent play #indecent broadway #katrina lenk #adina verson

[illaneous]

i gotta do everything around here askjdfnakdfj where is the indecent fandom huh????

#indecent #indecent play #art #fan art #katrina lenk #adina verson #broadway #show #old photo #trying some stuff with photoshop its so hard to use??? like why doesnt sai have the same stuff???? #anyways ive been scouring tumblr for anything indecent related and legit no fandom #theres like what three photos/gifs #im exagerrating but still #fan work

[stveholt]

shows that were slept on last season: indecent and bandstand

#hot take #but true #bandstand #indecent play #indecent #both were incredibly moving and remarkable peices of theatre #and they deserve so much more love

[finelythreadedsky]

Paula Vogel, Indecent

#indecent #indecent play #indecent broadway #paula vogel #mine

[patina-millers-biceps]

Me: watches Indecent for the millionth time

Also me: still cries hysterically during That Scene™

#indecent broadway #indecent play #paula vogel