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Poster  Hugh Dancy and Nina Arianda star  Venus i Fur Crackles
on Broadway  You know what happens when you’re in a dark, cold,
dry room and you rub a fat long-haired cat the wrong way? Right:
sparks fly. And that’s just what happens in Venus in Fur at the
Lyceum. The play opens as thunder and lightning boom and flash
on a dark stage. What follows is an hour and a half of non-stop
building sexual tension between Vonda (Nina Arianda) and Thomas
(Hugh Dancy). Just the two of them, a bag full of costumes
dragged in by Vonda, a few pieces of furniture and a witty, edgy
script full of twists and turns.With it’s play-within-a-play
structure and 19th century shadow story, the play is quite Tom-
Stoppard-esque. The plot is convoluted, the characters exchange
roles, and, in the end, a bit more clarity would have been
appreciated. But, when leaving the theater everyone can be hard
exclaiming the same thing: Nina Arianda! She is a force of
nature. Beguiling. S