Venus in Fur
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 26, 2010
Closed Mar 28, 2010
Opened Jan 26, 2010
Closed Mar 28, 2010
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Running Time:
1hr. 45min.
1hr. 45min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
From playwright David Ives and director Walter Bobbie, the creative team behind CSC's critically acclaimed production of New Jerusalem, comes Venus in Fur, a new play based on one of literature's most infamous erotic novels. Venus in Fur goes behind the scenes to an audition for a play in which the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, and love and hate blur.
Wes Bentley and Nina Arianda star.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Classic Stage Company
136 E 13th St
New York, NY 10003
The mainstage has three adaptation/translations of classical plays each season. The theater has a 3/4 thrust stage and seats 180. Classic Stage Company is the Off-Broadway theater that reimagines classics for contemporary American audiences. CSC [...] Read More
136 E 13th St
New York, NY 10003
The mainstage has three adaptation/translations of classical plays each season. The theater has a 3/4 thrust stage and seats 180. Classic Stage Company is the Off-Broadway theater that reimagines classics for contemporary American audiences. CSC [...] Read More
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Venus in Fur
This is a play with an clever & interesting premise, played out superbly by two excellent actors. Vanda is especially talented with her rapid changes of character and transitions between the play and the play within the play.
If I had a gripe I would say that the script could do with a bit of editing, it is about ten minutes too long. The interest in the characaters and subject matter wanes a bit towards the end and a snappier ending would improve the play a lot.
Another comment is that the theater does rather pack people in especially around the sides at full price with views which sometimes obscure the action and even mask the dialogue. I am sure that every theater needs to milk successful productions for revenue but they should be careful not to overdo it which I think Classic Stages came close to doing.
It was, however, all in all, not an unenjoyable afternoon
Reviewed by MACNBOB
on Sunday, Mar 21st, 2010
WOW!!!
Excellent play. I highly recommend it.
Reviewed by odessitka01
on Monday, Jan 25th, 2010
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A young woman's audition for a play takes some hysterical and some creepy turns in David Ives' clever Venus in Fur, now playing at Classic Stage Company. And while such an exercise might not work in lesser hands, director Walter Bobbie's excellently calibrated direction and two deliciously mercurial performances from Wes Bentley and Nina Arianda make this a delectable two-hander.
The play unfolds in a run-down rehearsal room (designed with a keen eye to detail by John Lee Beatty), where playwright-director Thomas (Bentley) has been holding auditions for a play that he's written based on the novel, Venus in Furs, which some consider to be an erotic classic. It's a situation that sets the s[...]