Venus In Fur to Broadway

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:06pm

I'm more excited about this than any other announced opening, so far. I missed the OB production and am thrilled to learn that it's making it to Broadway. Could a Tony be looming ahead for Ms. Arianda?

Updated On: 6/28/11 at 12:06 PM

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:08pm

Oh, this is really exciting news, indeed! I also missed the production off-Broadway and am really looking forward to seeing it on Broadway.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:12pm

Before anyone jumps down my throat, I KNOW it's Venus, not Venue. I guess I was so excited I let my fingers do the talking.

[dreaming]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:23pm

I adored Nina Arianda in Born Yesterday and wasn't able to see this off-Broadway so I could not be more excited. (And I like David Ives, so this should be great!)

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:30pm

Ed, just edit the title in your original post.

I saw her in Born Yesterday and loved her. Will definetly see her in this.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 12:37pm

Uncageg, some of us no longer have an edit link... Not sure why!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 1:23pm

This is very exciting, I hope I get to see this. Was Wes Bentley not good in the original production or just not available? I wonder why he is being replaced.

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 2:14pm

Ray, I was wondering the same thing. I heard Bentley was good. I'm curious to see if he returns or who comes in instead...

[WOSQ]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 2:28pm

Nina Arianda just wiped the stage with poor Wes Bentley. He was not bad at all, but never came close to the force of nature that was this star-making performance. I hope they can find a co-star who can come close to matching Nina's work.

After I left the theatre, what, 15 months ago, I thought that maybe I had just seen something truly rare--that is a nobody emerging quite quickly to another level. Born Yesterday confirmed that I had.

I hope she has good career guidance and doesn't get caught in the television vortex and disappear from the radar screen. This is one talented lady.

Have you seen her work in Midnight in Paris and Win-Win? I couldn't tell it was the same woman.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 2:41pm

She's quite funny in Midnight in Paris...pronounces just about every French words at least two different ways.

Putting this on my short list for January.

[wexy]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 2:46pm

Looking forward to this..

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 3:04pm

Thank you, uncaged. I didn't know that I could do that. I've changed it accordingly. Thanks again.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 3:10pm

I liked the challenge of envisioning a venue in fur.

What's the set-up of the play?

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 5:40pm

Nina Arianda just wiped the stage with poor Wes Bentley. He was not bad at all, but never came close to the force of nature that was this star-making performance. I hope they can find a co-star who can come close to matching Nina's work.

It's not Bentley's fault. It's a poorly written role, and opposite Arianda, no one they can find could match Vanda blow for blow.

[After Eight]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 6:49pm

She was good; the play was horrible.

David Ives is an awful writer. Absolutely awful.

[Katia2]

Posted: 6/28/11 at 6:56pm

Haha this is so weird, just five minutes ago I was listening to an old interview for when she did this show and had no idea this was transferring.
Woot, she was incredible in this. Can't think of how many times I saw it only for her acting. Also she's someone whose voice I could listen to for hours no matter what the hell she's saying.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/29/11 at 12:09am

sorry, but I just don't see this play doing well. it'll be Born Yesterday, Round 2.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/29/11 at 6:14am

It's being produced by Manhattan Theatre Club, a non-for-profit. It will have a limited run and grosses won't matter.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 6/29/11 at 7:57am

Wait. She's the pompous art guy's wife in Midnight in Paris? Such a funny performance.

[Vespertine1228]

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:09pm

I assume Wes Bentley will still be shooting the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games, in which case I don't feel too sorry about him being passed up for this.

Any idea who will replace him? I assume they're trying for someone famous.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/29/11 at 1:18pm

Arianda is just wonderful in MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, she wipes the floor with Rachel McAdams who's such a weak link in an otherwise beautifully cast film.
I forgot Wes Bentley is attached to THE HUNGER GAMES, I'm sure he wasn't available. Good for him for getting film work again, I always wondered why he did so poorly after he was supposed to be the next big thing when AMERICAN BEAUTY won the Oscar.

[Vespertine1228]

Posted: 6/29/11 at 3:00pm

Bentley suffered a series of personal and substance abuse related problems. I believe there was a profile of him in The New York Times that explained the full situation around the time Venus premiered at CSC.

[MiracleElixir]

Posted: 6/30/11 at 12:04am

Enjoyed the play well enough, but it is INSANE for this to be moving to Broadway. Guess some producers just like losing money.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 6/30/11 at 12:49am

SO excited to catch this as I missed it last time!

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/30/11 at 6:01am

Enjoyed the play well enough, but it is INSANE for this to be moving to Broadway. Guess some producers just like losing money.

Again, this production is being done by a non-for-profit theatre company as part of their subscription season.