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Paula-Vogel

Theater Review: Another View of “Indecent” — Flat and Obvious

In the case of a scene set in the Lodz Ghetto, the lineup of characters on the way to the concentration camps veered, for me, close to Holocaust porn.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Indecent, Paula-Vogel, Sholem Asch

Theater Review: “Indecent” — A Dangerous World for People of Faith

Indecent is a play of contrasts: piety versus blasphemy, joy versus heartbreak.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Huntington-Theatre-Company, Indecent, Paula-Vogel, Rebecca Taichman

Theater Interview: Playwright Paula Vogel on “Indecent” and a Love of Yiddish

“Yiddish is above all a language of yearning, a language of anxiety.”

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Theater Tagged: Indecent, Paula-Vogel

Theater Review: New York Stage Round-up — “Indecent,” “Sweat,” and “Bandstand.”

Sweat and Indecent serve as forceful reminders that art matters — as if proof was needed.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand, Broadway Musical, Indecent, Lynn Nottage, Paula-Vogel, Sweat

Coming Attractions in Theater: November 2009

By Bill Marx Somewhere an enterprising graduate student is working on a trenchant study of the correlation between holiday stage entertainment and the American economy. When things were looking bright and profitable the shows became cynical and comic, with mischievous elves placing whoopee cushions under our delusions of good cheer. Now that unemployment is high […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater Tagged: A Civil War Christmas, American Repertory Theater, Best of Both Worlds, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston-Conservatory, Charlestown Working Theater, Donald Margulies, Huntington Theater Company, John Kuntz, Lyric stage company of boston, Machinal, November theater picks, Out on the Edge, Paula-Vogel, Shipwrecked!, Theater Offensive, Zeitgeist Stage Company

Theater Commentary: Does Playwriting Have a Future?

To mark the dedication of the New College Theatre at Harvard on October 17, a panel of four playwrights gathered to address the question “Does Playwriting Have a Future?” To allay suspense, the answer is yes (whew, that’s a relief).

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Commentary, Theater Tagged: Adam-Rapp, boston-globe, Caldwell-Titcomb, harvard-university, John-Guare, Melinda-Lopez, New-College-Theatre, Paula-Vogel, Robert-Brustein, Theater, Uncategorized

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