Indecent
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Indecent NYC Reviews and Tickets

88%
(1165 Ratings)
Positive
95%
Mixed
4%
Negative
1%
Members say
Absorbing, Great acting, Great staging, Thought-provoking, Intelligent

About the Show

Vineyard Theatre's critically acclaimed production of playwright Paula Vogel and director Rebecca Taichman's play about a controversial Yiddish show transfers to Broadway.

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210 Reviews | 150 Followers
100
Must see, Masterful, Riveting, Great acting, Great staging

See it if Profound and historical about the holocoust. The acting is riveting and keeps you glued to the drama. Poignant and emotional.

Don't see it if If not interested in the holocaust or opposed to lesbian scenes. Read more

114 Reviews | 52 Followers
100
Enchanting, Exquisite, Great staging, Great writing, Must see

See it if you enjoy theatre enough to have even found this website

Don't see it if you're an idiot Read more

63 Reviews | 27 Followers
100
Absorbing, Exquisite, Masterful, Thought-provoking, Resonant

See it if You want a moving and impactful play that will linger with you long after you've left the theater. It's as perfect as can be.

Don't see it if You prefer light and frothy material.

134 Reviews | 35 Followers
100
Absorbing, Ambitious, Great acting, Great writing, Riveting

See it if If you treasure great theater.

Don't see it if You only enjoy fluffy fare or have no interest in history. Read more

62 Reviews | 11 Followers
100
Absorbing, Ambitious, Exquisite, Intense, Riveting

See it if you want a brilliant show that stays with you. A beautiful and engaging piece that covers so many important issues about theatre and life.

Don't see it if NOT AN OPTION. You must see this.

75 Reviews | 18 Followers
100
Masterful, Relevant, Great writing, Thought-provoking, Resonant

See it if If you like powerful and important stories told in interesting ways.

Don't see it if If don't like slow moving and repetitive plays. Also if you are not comfortable with gay/lesbian stories. Read more

95 Reviews | 19 Followers
100
Great acting, Great staging, Great writing, Riveting, Masterful

See it if You embrace learning more about Yiddish theatre and the relevance of prejudice during the 1920s in the USA and our current politics

Don't see it if You don't want to enlighten your knowledge and vision of how Yiddish theatre was so experimental and successful

58 Reviews | 8 Followers
100
Ambitious, Delightful, Exquisite, Great acting, Great staging

See it if you are human. run run run run.

Don't see it if you lost some sort of strange bet. Read more

Critic Reviews (101)

NY1
April 25th, 2017

"A heartbreaking tribute to Asch's controversial Yiddish drama 'The God of Vengeance.' If you care about Jewish history or the power of art to transcend tragedy, 'Indecent' must be witnessed...Taichman's direction, blending dance, movement and music, is a thing of beauty. Add to it a wonderfully versatile ensemble effortlessly juggling roles and live klezmer music, and you have 100 minutes of potent theatrical magic. The elegiac ending will leave you in tears."
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Theatermania
April 18th, 2017

"Under Rebecca Taichman's confident and inspired direction, 'Indecent' has been polished to a lustrous shine for this staging, with an achingly poetic majesty that makes it one of the season's unique and essential Broadway events...'Indecent' is a sumptuous theatrical experience, from its mysterious beginning to its heartrending, unforgettable end...The exceptional performances have matured and deepened with the transfer."
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BroadwayWorld
April 19th, 2017

"There is a great deal of passion—beautiful, thrilling, powerful passion—on display at the Cort Theatre where the gloriously uplifting 'Indecent' has transferred...The connecting tissue of the piece's collage of moments is the 'rain scene' where Asch's lesbian characters first consummate their need for each other...To see that honest expression of mutual love, and to know the emotions it stirred in its time, is a breathtaking moment that connects the audience with theatre history."
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Talkin' Broadway
April 18th, 2017

"For what it is, 'Indecent' could not much be improved—its blend of form and function is total enough to be seamless, and it packs an emotional wallop for reasons (and from sources) you may not expect...Theatre, like religion, love, and so many of the other forces that drive our lives and Vogel's compelling, breath-stealing play, is often in the eye of the beholder. That's what makes all those things great—and what, ultimately, makes 'Indecent' great as well."
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Broadway News
April 18th, 2017

"Cumulatively, the many elements of the staging affords us the scope to think as well as feel. Vogel and Taichman provide the audience with many signposts to navigate and much to ponder, so much so that we can become preoccupied with tracking the morphing of the characters, as opposed to investing emotionally in their singular inner lives...The unintended outcome is that 'Indecent' sometimes seems negatively distant, or in the vernacular – a little 'meh.'"
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CurtainUp
April 18th, 2017

"Remarkably moving, relevant and entertaining...It retains the magic of an epic story simply told courtesy of a variety of theatrical devices...Every cast member is a standout, changing characters and accents on a dime...Even more powerful now than when I saw it last year...Here's hoping New York audiences won't overlook this unique and deeply moving play for lighter, glitzier offerings. Go see and enjoy it, and embrace its message."
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TheaterScene.net
April 25th, 2017

“Although Vogel has never shied away from tough subjects, the depth of emotion she mines in ‘Indecent’ is impressive. She takes subject matters like theater history, anti-Semitism, homophobia and close-minded governments and imbues them with color, pathos and even humor. ‘Indecent’ is also a sad memorial for the passing of the vibrant Yiddish theatre scene, which was dealt a death knell when Asch himself refused to let his masterpiece, ‘God of Vengeance,’ be revived.”
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Theater Pizzazz
April 20th, 2017

“Vogel and Taichman pull it off with aplomb. Vogel manages to stress the political issues without losing sight of the love story at the core and while maintaining a sense of humor, and Taichman provides a smooth pathway for the story; but it’s the cast and music team that really make ‘Indecent’ magical. While Vogel’s story takes on Shakespearean proportions in its tragic depth, there is a fluidity and grace that moves through the production.”
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