"Venus in Fur" is not an easy play to watch. David Ives' Tony Award-nominated play, which opened Thursday at Birmingham Festival Theatre, is not only a play within a play. It's a book within a play ...
In 1870, the Austrian nobleman Leopold von Sacher-Masoch published a novella that fictionalized some of the kinkier domination fetishes he'd recently lived out with his mistress. Titled Venus in Furs, ...
Venus in Furs, the 1870 erotic novel by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, concerns a nobleman with a passion for pelt-draped, whip-wielding women. Kink aside, it’s a lackluster work, bereft of plot and ...
BroadwayWorld: Review: VENUS IN FUR Heats Up the Stage at Live Theatre Workshop
Review: VENUS IN FUR Heats Up the Stage at Live Theatre Workshop
TheWrap: ‘Venus in Fur’ Review: Actress and Director Tussle for Sexual Power in Roman Polanski’s Latest
‘Venus in Fur’ Review: Actress and Director Tussle for Sexual Power in Roman Polanski’s Latest
The Aspen Times: Aspen Fringe Fest revives ‘Venus in Fur’ for one night at the Wheeler
The Aspen Fringe Festival’s 2014 production of David Ives’ “Venus in Fur” generated a rare level of buzz for a limited-run play in the Roaring Fork Valley. But after its two sold-out festival ...
Aspen Fringe Fest revives ‘Venus in Fur’ for one night at the Wheeler
At first, everything seems bracingly direct, including the title, “Venus in Fur.” An irresistible object – a voluptuous actress trying out for an erotic role – meets an immovable force – a director ...