i have the audacity to call paula vogel.ore i finished the sentence, which you like to make a play with me about "the god of -- >> yes! [laughter] the only thing she wanted to say was, it is about more than a moment in 1923. it is a play that spans a much larger period. i said yes, yes. charlie: what is it about in your eyes? this tells the story of life of one piece of art, "god tovengeance" as an optic look at this turbulent time in history. it goes from 1907 to the early 50's when the playwright himself for bids to production of the play. the production of the play. it is a look at american and jewish history through the eyes of one piece of art. how does one piece of art reflect this. bank of time? ultimately, the story of the courage,s out for speaking out in times or hatred -- of hatred and in times of and creating art against all odds. "indecent," the odds keep increasing, and they keep telling their story over and over and over again. it comes to new york at a time of a time of enormous immigration reform. a real cut

paula vogel read the play and liked it very much.ted the play as a young yale dramatist and all that, and then they come to you. how did you end up producing this? >> well, it went, actually, where i saw it at the vineyard theater in new york, and it was a relationship i had with paula for many years because 20 years ago i produced how i learned to driveway is her beautiful play. so i was the natural person they would call and say daryl, come see this play. i think it has the sensibilities you were attracted to. they were right. in the process of my loving the play and figuring out how to move it to prodway was the step that was the most exciting for me because i love the play very much. it stands for so many things i care about. also, paula had never been produced on broadway. a woman who worked in theater, wonderful writer, teacher, mentor in her 60s, and i felt it would be important on so many levels to bring this play to broadway. >> rose: did you call paula and say i want to talk to you about this play? how did this happen? >> 2

paula vogel read the play had liked it very much. rebecca directed the play.ey come to you. how did you end up producing? at theent where i saw it vineyard theatre in new york and it was a relationship i had with paula for many years. 20 years ago, i produced how i learned to draw. they would say, come and see this play. i think it has the sensibilities you are attracted to. the process of my loving the play and then figuring out how to move it to broadway was that it was the most exciting for me because i love the play very much. been -- hadula had never produced on broadway. i felt it would be important on so many levels. charlie: did you call paul and say, i want to talk to you about this play? play,appened upon this "god of vengeance." i was sort of gob smacked by it. family of sanity trial from the transcript of the 1923 production. the night it opened, they were all tossed in jail. i attended to create a piece that interwoven the transcript of the trial. was very work, but it clear that it was a very important story to tell and i was in -- i was determin