There are a lot of amazing festivals and shows to see in the Bay Area this weekend. Here are a few that should be on your radar.Litquake, San Francisco’s popular annual literary festival, returns this week and the schedule, as always, looks spectacular.
Other events include Litquake Out Loud a celebration of the Bay Area’s LGBTQ+ writers’ scene; the always popular Poetry World Series, and a the iconic closing night Lit Crawl, a series of events staged at drinking establishments throughout the Mission. Those works include the world premiere of Ho’s “Threads,” set to music by Michael Wall; Duong’s “Written in Calligraphy,” set to music by Eddie and Kiyoshi Yoshida, which the company debuted in 2016; and the company premiere of “Off White,” by Mata and Gary Chamip, set to music by Michael Wall.
We’re talking about Paula Vogel’s 2015 play “Indecent,” which recounts the furor that shook New York in 1923 when playwright Sholem Asch’s play “God of Vengeance” opened on Broadway. The play is about a Jewish brothel owner attempting to whitewash his business by feigning respectability within the Jewish faith. Although many warned Asch that the play, which included scenes dealing with prostitution and lesbianism, was inviting trouble, he kept promoting the work until it opened on Broadway.
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