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During a Saturday matinee of the Holocaust drama "Irena's Vow," a man walked in late and called up to actress Tovah Feldshuh to halt her monologue until he got settled.
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Feldshuh, who is astounding, has a tough task: telling Irena's tale as both the elderly Irena and the younger woman.
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In future, their stories will be told, as Irena's is, by others.
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The most affecting performance of all, perhaps, is to be found in Marcia Gay Harden's portrayal of Irena's mother, Janina -- an impossibly slender role of few words, from which Ms. Harden extracts astonishing depths.
Against the Darkness 2009
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The UN event included a staged reading of a new play, "Irena's Vow" to open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theater on March 29.
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Dan Gordon's script is effective at gleaning the drama and ethical imperatives in Irena's tale, yet he punctuates them with occasional comic moments to cut the unending terror.
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Such is the power of Irena's Vow, the true story of Irena Gut Opdyke and the 12 Jews she hid in occupied Poland during World War II.
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Ironically, they are secondary characters in the drama; the story is Irena's: her sacrifices, her compromised personal circumstances.
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Dramaturgically speaking, "Irena's Vow" suggests an after-school special whose script is salted with punch lines apparently intended to make the unthinkable palatable to matinee crowds.
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By bringing Irena's story to light, the girls effected changes in Poland's Holocaust education, in people's perception of that period of time, and have illuminated the story of a grand hero for their country and the world.
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