Venus in Fur by David Ives is loosely based on the book by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. It is played by a cast of two: Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy. I believe it is my first time seeing Dancy on Broadway and I won’t ever forget him now. I knew Arianda from the Broadway play Born Yesterday. She was captivating then and she is even more mesmerizing now.
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These two kept me glued to my mezzanine seat. There wasn’t an intermission (probably because it was a screening) yet it moved along very quickly. Hint: If you can, get a mezzanine seat, especially for this play. You get a better sense of things looking down. Arianda played an almost similar role to her debut performance in Born Yesterday, where she went from a childish mistress into a confident semi-educated woman. In Venus in Fur, she acts a silly young lady who appears to not be good enough for the play she’s come to audition for, until she starts to read for the role!
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Jane
