One Object of Desire, Delivered
CHARLES ISHERWOODJanuary 28, 2010: An audition can be a serious psychodrama, as any actor will tell you — probably at length, over a six pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon or a couple of dirty martinis. But the teeter-tottering test of wills that takes place in “Venus in Fur,” a tasty new comedy-drama by David Ives at the Classic Stage Company, makes even the most fraught encounter between a domineering director and a sensitive performer seem like a play date in the sandbox. Actors may be pleased to hear that in this 90 minutes of good, kinky fun, the upper hand does not necessarily belong to the usual suspect.
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