San Francisco Playhouse INDECENT — PICTURE PREVIEW

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...Indecent is based on the real-life events surrounding the scandalous Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s ‘The God of Vengeance,’ considered to be a seminal work of Yiddish theatre by some, and a piece of traitorous libel by others. With a klezmer-infused score and filled with joyous songs and dances, this play charts the history of that incendiary work, the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it, and the evolving identity of the culturally rich community that inspired its creation..."