The Tony Award-winning play, based on the story of a Broadway acting troupe arrested for indecency for performing Sholem Asch's "God of Vengeance" and their fight against censorship.
Acting
Seven actors play dozens of roles with breathtaking transformation.
Direction
Taichman's staging makes filmed theater feel urgently cinematic.
Production
Live klezmer band on stage, grief and joy in every note.
Director
Rebecca Taichman
Richard Topol
Lemml
Max Gordon Moore
Sholem Asch / Eugene O'Neill / Avram Zederbaum
Adina Verson
Madje Asch / Rifkele / Chana Mandlebaum
Katrina Lenk
Menke / Halina Cygansky
Mimi Lieber
Esther / Vera Parnicki
Tom Nelis
Rudolph Schildkraut / Yekel / Otto Godowsky / Elder Sholem Asch
Steven Rattazzi
Nakhmen / Mendel Shultz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual 'God of Vengeance' cast was arrested in 1923 during a matinee performance on Broadway—the only time actors were jailed for indecency in New York theater history.
Sholem Asch originally wrote the play in Yiddish in 1906; its first English translation deliberately softened the lesbian relationship, which this production restores to center stage.
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