Paula Vogel's INDECENT to Broadway?

[Kad]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 1:07pm

The play would be the first by Ms. Vogel to reach Broadway. Also of note: So far the current Broadway season features no new plays written by womenThe producers, Daryl Roth (“Kinky Boots”) and Elizabeth McCann ("The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?” who produced with Ms. Roth), said that in collaboration with Cody Lassen (“Spring Awakening”-), they would present “Indecent” this season if they were able to secure a theater.

I saw Indecent at the Vineyard and thought it was fantastic- impeccably staged, full of haunting imagery, and a beautiful look at the dying artform of Yiddish theater and a largely unknown piece of LGBT-related theatre history. Absolutely deserving of a Broadway transfer- and the thought that a theatrical figure such as Vogel has yet to be represented on Broadway is staggering.

Updated On: 8/25/16 at 01:07 PM

[buhbuhbilly]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 1:10pm

I hope so- Katrina Lenk is so amazing and would love to see her back on broadway in a big way. She'll be on in The Band's Visit this Fall/Winter.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 1:11pm

I would be truly overjoyed.

[10086sunset]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 1:44pm

Kad said: "the thought that a theatrical figure such as Vogel has yet to be represented on Broadway is staggering."

 

Could not agree more...

 

 

 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 1:47pm

When you think about how much crap by up-and-coming men gets a transfer, it's unbelievable. Every new play by a woman on Broadway is like starting the fight all over again. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 1:57pm

Scarywarhol said: "When you think about how much crap by up-and-coming men gets a transfer, it's unbelievable. Every new play by a woman on Broadway is like starting the fight all over again. "

Hear hear!

 

 

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 1:58pm

Scarywarhol said: "When you think about how much crap by up-and-coming men gets a transfer, it's unbelievable. Every new play by a woman on Broadway is like starting the fight all over again. "

 

I don't disagree but where is the data to back this up?

[JBroadway]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 2:01pm

I'd love for this to be the case, but I worry for the show's commercial prospects. But hell, maybe it will pull a Humans and make it on prestige alone. 

[Kad]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 2:01pm

It's even more baffling when you consider that Vogel is also the most prominent mentor and instructor of playwrights in the country. Her leadership transformed Brown/Trinity Rep and Yale's programs.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 6:44pm

I hope they find a theater. So many shows trying to get in for this Spring and so few theaters available.

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 7:42pm

Wasn't Paula the original book writer for Waitress?

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:16pm

Broadwayboy, you're correct. Vogel was a member of the Waitress team up until early 2014 when she pulled out.

I echo what others have said--when you look at her history of work and contributions, it's shocking Paula Vogel's work has not been seen on a Broadway stage. But, there's no better time then the present. I hope this pans out.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:55pm

Much like Vogel, it's equally as astonishing that Lynn Nottage has yet to be represented on Broadway either. RUINED not transferring after its staggering and continuously extended run at MTC remains a mystery (something I know Nottage herself has also expressed frustration with.)

Further proof that female writers are still sorely lacking in support when it comes to commercial theater.

Updated On: 8/25/16 at 10:55 PM

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 11:13pm

With Fun Home shortly closing, it would also be great to have another play written by a queer woman and about queer women. 

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 8/25/16 at 11:45pm

somethingwicked said: "Much like Vogel, it's equally as astonishing that Lynn Nottage has yet to be represented on Broadway either. RUINED not transferring after its staggering and continuously extended run at MTC remains a mystery (something I know Nottage herself has also expressed frustration with.)

Further proof that female writers are still sorely lacking in support when it comes to commercial theater.

 

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Ruined not transferring left me totally dumb founded. Too bad, as it was a masterfully done piece.

 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/26/16 at 12:13am

Ruined was leagues better than Eclipsed. And the fact that An Act of God has played twice, but the women who gave us How I Learned To Drive hasn't been on Broadway is crazy. I guess Broadway = commercial and most playwrights writing wouldn't succeed in a for profit situation. 

And the writers of Fun Home aren't all queer, FYI. 

 

 

[Kad]

Posted: 8/26/16 at 10:30am

Ruined not transferring is really, truly puzzling. Seemed like such a no-brainer. ...Particularly now, when producers are taking risks with productions like The Humans or Significant Other or Hand to God.

Hopefully it will not be a decision to be repeated if Sweat is as much of a success.

Updated On: 8/26/16 at 10:30 AM

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/26/16 at 12:42pm

Ruined was in 2009, no? The economy was in shambles.

[LarryD2]

Posted: 8/26/16 at 12:49pm

neonlightsxo said: "Ruined was in 2009, no? The economy was in shambles.

 

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That didn't stop IRENA'S VOW or REASONS TO BE PRETTY from transferring that season...

[Kad]

Posted: 8/26/16 at 1:33pm

Ruined opened in early 2009 at MTC's off-Broadway space and ran- through 9 extensions- until that September.

The 2009-2010 season was indeed inauspicious for Broadway, in terms of content (this was the year of Memphis). Nevertheless, new plays like Race, Looped, Superior Donuts, A Behanding in Spokane, Next Fall, Red, A Steady Rain, and Enron received commercial productions.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 8/26/16 at 1:35pm

Wasn't making excuses, just stating a fact.

[LarryD2]

Posted: 8/26/16 at 1:39pm

neonlightsxo said: "Wasn't making excuses, just stating a fact.

 

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I know. This is just a case where correlation doesn't necessarily prove causation.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/26/16 at 7:59pm

Aren't we forgetting that MTC has a Broadway space of their own, which makes the whole thing even more puzzling. I mean, they transferred Venus in Fur, which wasn't even them, to Broadway. But not a play of such success? weird.