Theater review: 'Venus in Fur'
7 / 10
'Venus in Fur' works hard to keep your interest, but it lacks the dramatic development to fully succeed.
7 / 10
'Venus in Fur' works hard to keep your interest, but it lacks the dramatic development to fully succeed.
8 / 10
Dancy's transition from arrogant dictator to needy supplicant is first class, but Tony Award-nominated Arianda is simply fearsome. Her ability to go from dumb to powerful (also on show last season in the Broadway revival of 'Born Yesterday') is remarkable and her physicality here, from her Noo Yawk accent to crossing her legs like a longshoreman in a frilly dress, is thrilling. The last line of the play is 'Hail, Aphrodite!' but it might as well be 'Hail, Arianda!'
| 2010 | Off-Broadway |
Classic Stage Company Production Off-Broadway |
| 2012 | Broadway |
Lyceum Theatre Transfer Broadway |
| 2017 | West End |
West End Premiere at Theatre Royal Haymarket West End |