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Calleri Jensen Davis casting, formally Calleri casting until very recently, have a casting partnership that spans over twenty years. Television credits include Dickinson, The Path, Army Wives, Lipstick Jungle, Hope and Faith, Ed, Monk, and numerous pilots for Netflix, Fox the CW NBC ABC among many others, Films they have cast have been screened at Sundance, The Cannes Film Festival, and have won dozens of awards.Broadway credits include the upcoming productions of Thoughts of a Colored Man, For Colored Girls who have considered suiside when the rainbow is enough, and Blue all opening on Broadway this year. Past Broadway credits include Burn This, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Elephant Man, Of Mice and Men, Fool For Love, Venus In Fur, 33 Variations, Chicago, A Raisin in the Sun, Hughie, James Joyce’s The Dead, and the Bright Star National TourAdditional New York and Regional credits include Playwrights Horizons, Classic Stage Company, Rattlestick, The Flea, Keen Company, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Long Warf, The Cleveland Playhouse, The Actors Theater of Louisville, Hartford Stage, The Alliance, Center Theater Group, Humana, The Old Globe, Syracuse Stage, OSF, Alley Theater, Berkley Rep, McCarter Theater and dozens more.
This week, Rachel answers a listener question about how to define the relationship. Then she jumps into a conversation with her guest, Scarlett, about Scarlett’s journey in owning her sexuality.Conversation with Scarlett begins at 12:58:00How to be a Healthy and Happy Submissive, by Kate Kinsey:https://www.katekinsey.com/how-to-be-a-submissive.html NYT Theatre Review for Venus in Fur, by David Ives:https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/theater/reviews/venus-in-fur-by-david-ives-with-nina-arianda-review.html (Based on the novel, Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch)--------Let’s keep talking! Have a question or idea for a topic? Email winedine@allportsopen.com!Podcast artwork by Yogesh Nankar (Design by Dreamers).Intro and Outro music by John Bartmann.
This week, Rachel answers a listener question about how to define the relationship. Then she jumps into a conversation with her guest, Scarlett, about Scarlett’s journey in owning her sexuality. Conversation with Scarlett begins at 12:58:00 How to be a Healthy and Happy Submissive, by Kate Kinsey: https://www.katekinsey.com/how-to-be-a-submissive.html NYT Theatre Review for Venus in Fur, by David Ives: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/theater/reviews/venus-in-fur-by-david-ives-with-nina-arianda-review.html (Based on the novel, Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch) -------- Let’s keep talking! Have a question or idea for a topic? Email winedine@allportsopen.com! Podcast artwork by Yogesh Nankar (Design by Dreamers). Intro and Outro music by John Bartmann.
This week Ty & Violet read an excerpt from Venus In Fur by David Ives
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It's time for a little laughter, don't you think? This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob take on a hilarous two-hander by David Ives: "Venus in Fur." When a nervous new playwright/director holds auditons for the part of the leading lady, a wacky young actress shows up to claim the part. What happens next... comedy. Pure and simple. Join us as J&J talk about Greek mythology, classic literary metaphors, and, yes, sex. CONTENT WARNING: This play and this conversation contain mature themes/language. ------------------------------ We had so much fun talking about this play, and we’d love to keep the conversation going! What were some of your thoughts if you’ve read or have seen the play? What are you favorite themes? Characters? Plot Points? Or do you disagree with us on any of our thoughts? We’d love to hear from you. Check us out on social media or email at: Email: noscriptpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/No-Script-The-Podcast-1675491925872541/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noscriptpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noscriptpodcast ------------------------------ Our theme song is “Blessed” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows: Music: http://www.purple-planet.com ------------------------------ Logo Design: Jacob Mann Christiansen Logo Text: Paralines designed by Lewis Latham of http://lewislatham.co/ ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We’ll see you next week. ------------------------------
Over drinks and nibbles, the audience stand in for Mish Grigor's family and have a conversation about sex in her play The Talk, Opera Australia's regional tour of Madame Butterfly features children's choruses from the local community, David Ives' sexually charged play Venus in Fur comes to Canberra, and S. Ansky's The Dybbuk gets a startling reinterpretation by Chamber Made and Samara Hersch in Dybbuks.
Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Venus In Fur Directed by Green Room Award winner Kirsten von Bibra and starring Darcy Kent and Lightning Jar’s Tilly Legge, Venus in Fur by David Ives is a whip-smart exploration of sexual politics, gender and power through the lens of sadomasochism. For more visit http://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/wp2016/event/venus-fur-david-ives/2018-03-09/ Theatre First RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4839371.rss Subscribe, rate and review Theatre First at all good podcatcher apps, including Apple Podcasts (formerly iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, audioBoom, CastBox.fm, Podbean etc. If you're enjoying Theatre First podcast, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #theatre #stage #reviews #Melbourne #Australia #AlexFirst #TheatreFirst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Get your Irish on for St. Patrick’s Day with a rundown of the fun events happening this holiday weekend, find out about Venus In Fur, Scudpocalypse, the Art of Gardening and more in this weekend’s rundown of fun in WE2M!
Lachie has a chat to two of the producers of Lightning Jar Theatre about their current production of Venus in Fur, as well as the founding of their production company and how they caught the acting bug. Tix: https://www.facebook.com/events/157152054920874/ Insta: @lightningjartheatre FB: facebook.com/lightningjartheatre/Theme Song by Jess Newman.
As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast 03-Dec-2017 With T R P Watson - Gareth James - JohnnyFox - Plays Discussed Secret Theatre - Sam Wanamaker Playhouse [00:20] Goats - Royal Court Theatre [08:02] A Christmas Carol - Old Vic Theatre [16:09] Venus in Fur - Theatre Royal Haymarket [28:22]
This week we're discussing new West End play Venus In Fur, currently on at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London -- starring Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer and David Oakes from ITV's Victoria. It's a comedic two-hander play that quickly turns chilling (and that we were wholly surprised by!) Warning --- our podcast is not spoiler-free this week as we discuss the ending of the show! Alongside that, listen in to hear us talk about our favourites of the week, including Philip Pullman's Northern Lights and Margaret Attwood's Alias Grace. You can connect with us @realllw on Twitter or leave your comments on this track, and enjoy!
In IT'S ALL GOOD, a short play by a master of the form, David Ives (Venus In Fur, All in the Timing), a Chicago native visits his hometown and encounters his past. Directed by Tony Award winner John Rando, IT'S ALL GOOD features Carson Elrod, Rick Holmes and Kelly Hutchinson. As you'll hear, this is a four character play, but at the last minute, one stellar actress was struck down by extreme flu and Kelly valiantly assumed both roles! Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation moderated by our Producing Artistic Director, Claudia Catania. Playing on Air is a public radio show and podcast featuring great American short plays with great American actors. We distribute audio productions of contemporary short plays, translating stage works into enduring modern radio theater. We aim to redefine radio drama for today's digital, mobile audience.
“Battle of the sexes.” That phrase dates back to at least 1914, when the notorious filmmaker D.W. Griffith (he of “Birth of a Nation”) released a blatantly sexist film with that title. “Battle of the Sexes.” Over the years, what that phrase means and how that particular battle is fought, has vastly evolved. Consider, for example, the enormous differences between Lerner and Lowe’s beloved 1956 musical “My Fair Lady,” and David Ives’ spicy 2011 comedy-drama “Venus in Fur.” We begin with that last one. Currently running at San Rafael’s Belrose Theater, directed by Carl Jordan and presented by Marin Onstage, ‘Venus in Fur’ is a two-person examination of sex, power and the pleasures of pain. There is a bit of light sadomasochism. There is leather and a dog collar. And it’s hilarious. When an off Broadway audition is crashed, late, by a scattered, goofy mess of an actress—excellently played by Melissa Claire, who plays the character as alternately ditzy, sexy and scary—she convinces the frustrated playwright-director—Tyler McKenna, quite good in a tough role—to let her audition. At first she seems totally unprepared. But she seems to know the play by heart, even though the script has not yet been distributed. And she seems to know quite a bit about the 1870 novel on which the new play is based, a novel written by the man for whom the term “masochism” was named. What follows is a series of escalating power trips and challenges and sexual intimidation, in which the rules, and the roles, change several times. Very adult, very funny, and full of surprises, this is a play designed, in part, to make you rethink how women are traditionally portrayed in theater and literature. Which brings us to ‘My Fair Lady,’ now playing at 6th Street Playhouse. Much tamer, compared to “Venus in Fur,” and clearly the product of an early era, the beloved musical ‘My Fair Lady’ was itself a taming-down of G.B. Shaw’s furious social critique ‘Pygmalion.’ It features some of the best songs ever written for the stage—‘Wouldn’t it be Loverly,’ ‘With a Little bit of Luck,’ ‘I Could Have Danced All Night,’ ‘The Street Where You Live,’ ‘I’m getting Married in the Morning.’ Impressively sung by a strong-voiced cast—who are somewhat poorly supported by a spotty orchestra. The production’s pleasures include a marvelous Norman Hall singing two of the show’s most famous songs, and some delightful costuming by Tracy Hinman. The play is directed with obvious affection by Craig Miller, who employs some impressive touches—crumpled poetry, a well-timed tear, but despite the cleverness of these inventions, it can’t quite make this dated, deeply tired show seem less like the out-of-touch dinosaur it is. As the self-impressed professor of linguistics Henry Higgins, David Yen is thoroughly entertaining, though not very likable, gleefully aiming a barrage of insults at Eliza Doolittle, an unhappy flower girl who asks him to teach her proper English enunciation. As Eliza, Denise Elia sings the part beautifully, effectively underplaying the character’s usual fire, thus emphasizing Eliza’s fear and uncertainty—making Higgins even less likable in the process. That, it must be said, has always been the primary failure of ‘My Fair Lady’—a Battle of the Sexes” love story in which the last thing we want is for main characters to fall in love. ‘Venus in Fur’ runs Fridays and Saturdays through May 21 at Belrose Theater, Visit marinonstage.org. ‘My Fair Lady’ runs Thursday–Sunday, through June 6 at 6th Street Playhouse. www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) SEMINAR, by Theresa Rebeck, at St. Louis Actors’ Studio, (2) THE WORLD BEGUN, by Nancy Bell, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, (3) VENUS IN FUR, by David Ives, at West End Players Guild, (4) OLIVER, by Lionel Bart, at The Alpha Players of Florissant, (5) HAPPY DAYS, by Samuel Beckett, at The Black Mirror Theatre Company, and (6) MARY POPPINS, by Julian Fellowes, Richard M. & Robert B. Sherman, et al., at Christ Memorial Productions.
In this episode we take our first dedicated look at films depicting S&M, Dom/Sub relationships. Sure, we've discussed Fifty Shades in the past... but honestly, that doesn't even feel like it counts. This time we're discussing Secretary (2002) and Venus In Fur (2014).
Something kinky has been taking place lately in the world of mainstream entertainment. Sadism and masochism are now to romantic comedy what romance and comedy use to be to romantic comedy. From the 2002 movie Secretary to 2011’s three-novel series 50 Shades of Grey (released as a movie earlier this year), many of our favorite new “love stories” are disturbingly, conspicuously twisted. Standing somewhere between those two examples is David Ives’ Tony-winning 2010 stage play "Venus in Fur," now running at Main Stage West in Sebastopol. Winner of the Tony for Best Play and Best Actress, Venus in Fur stands as a career high-water-mark for Ives, who’s best known for work like All in the Timing and Lives of the Saints, both collections of short one-acts. Ives’ work, by and large, has tended to sacrifice plot in the service of playing with language. Few playwrights are as masterful and entertaining with words and sentences as is Ives. But as an inventor of compelling stories, he’s always been a little lacking. Perhaps that’s the reason he’s chosen to adapt so many classic tales by other people when tackling full-length plays, works like Piere Corneille’s "The Liar" and Moliere’s "The Misanthrope." With "Venus in Fur," Ives fuses his best instincts into one show, fashioning a language-rich play about a playwright-director who’s just completed an adaption of the 1870 novel Venus in Furs, by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. And here’s where it gets kinky. Sacher-Masoch is the gentlemen for whom the term “masochism” was named, and Venus in Furs is the novel that brought the concept of sadomasochism into public awareness. At Main Stage West, Anthony Abate plays Thomas the playwright, who has been auditioning actresses for the part of Vanda, an aristocratic woman who spontaneously takes a sex-slave and learns to mistreat him in degrading ways. As Thomas is about to leave his New York office, with the role of Vanda still uncast, in walks an actress whose name is also Vanda (mysterious!), played by Rose Roberts, who’s pretty much astonishing from start to finish. Vanda is a hot mess of an actress, dropping F-bombs left and right, desperate to audition though she’s three hours late, clutching a bag of props and costumes and a copy of the script she’s somehow gotten her hands on - despite the fact that almost no one has read it but Thomas and his producers. It is difficult to describe what happens next without spoiling the delicate series of revelations and red-herrings Ives incorporates into his gradually intensifying - and frequently hilarious - if not exactly plot-heavy story. The audition quickly turns into a battle of wits, sexuality, and gender assumptions. Thomas is surprised when that Vanda seems to have memorized the entire script, and as the audition commences, he reluctantly reads the role of the sex-slave to Vanda’s dominatrix. Sacher-Masoch’s soft-porn story-within-the-story - which Vanda eventually eviscerates with her dead-on critical analysis - eventually overlaps onto the intensifying power-play taking place between director and actress. There’s a bit of smoke-and-mirrors going on in Ives’ script, which would have little story at all were it not for the story within the story, but Ives’ work the smoke and mirrors well enough that few will notice that not much actually happens. But then, what does happen is extremely entertaining and even a little thought-provoking, thanks largely to director David Lear, who adds a few bold additions to Ives’ original vision. Ultimately, this uneven but highly intelligent play has lots to say about what men and women think about men and women. Funny, thoughtful, and painfully to-the-point, Venus in Fur is so good it hurts. "Venus in Fur" runs Thursday–Sunday through April 25 at Main Stage West. Mainstagewest.org. I’m David Templeton, Second Row Center, for KRCB.
From scandalized master auteur Roman Polanski comes this new film based on the play by David Ives. "Venus in Fur" is about a frustrated theatrical writer-director named Thomas (Mathieu Amalric) who is getting ready to go home after a disappointing series of auditions for the lead actress in his play. Enter Vanda (Emanuelle Seigner) who is drenched, late and woefully wrong for the part. Yet she insists she is made for the role and guilts Thomas into letting her audition, despite his better judgment. Quickly, Thomas realizes Vanda is perfect for the role and finds himself playing the male lead during their sexually tense reading. What follows is an elegant film, rendered by Polanski with such skill that one forgets they are watching a movie, and not getting caught up in a play. Sure, the style is apparent, but what about the substance? Phil admired the masterful control Polanski has over his actors and the overall production, but feels a little let down by the conclusion. Andrew is wowed by the acting and would love to see more plays adapted into films. Catch "Venus in Fur" at your local art house theater and participate in the discussion on this blog. You can download the podcast here by right-clicking on the hypertext link and choosing "save as", or you can use the convenient player located below:If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here
Matthew Socey reviews LUCY, VENUS IN FUR plus pays tribute to film composer Jerry Goldsmith and actor James Garner.
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Edith Bowman and James King sit in for Simon and Mark with guests Angelina Jolie, star of Maleficent, and Seth MacFarlane, whose latest film is A Million Ways To Die In The West. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and reviews of the week's new releases including Edge of Tomorrow, Jimmy's Hall and Venus In Fur.
Kirsty Lang discusses Venus in Fur, the new film by Roman Polanksi; playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, whose 2001 play Bezhti was pulled from theatres after rioting, on her new work for the Birmingham Rep Theatre - Khandan - about cultural clashes in a modern Sikh family; Boyd Hilton reviews HBO / Sky Atlantic drama The Normal Heart, starring Julia Roberts as a doctor dealing with the AIDs crisis in 80s New York; and author Michael Cunningham (The Hours), who has based the characters in his new novel The Snow Queen on real-life friends.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 fortsetter i det solide sporet fra eneren. Walesa er en god polsk historieleksjon, med noen rare virkemidler. De umoralske er outsiderfilm som ikke overbeviser, og Venus In Fur er interessant teaterlek fra Roman Polanski. I denne sendingen skal vi også servere førsteinntrykk fra det kommende storspillet Watch Dogs for Playstation 4, Sven og Tete fra P3-podcasten Heia fotball skal avsi dommen over det nye spillet 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, og du får høre om motorsykkelspillet Trials Fusion er like bra som sine forgjengere.
This week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with actress Amanda Drinkall. Amanda talks about her role in Venus In Fur at the Goodman Theatre and her acting career.
Up and coming actress Gillian Williams stars in "Venus in Fur," a comedy about dominance and submission now playing at the Seattle Repertory Theater through March 9. Gillian talks about pushing boundaries, how much skin actresses should show and how portraying a strong, uninhibited character can impact your life offstage.
Anche quest'anno Hollywood Party seguirà tutti i giorni in diretta il Festival di Cannes 2013. Miriam Mauti e Alberto Crespi trasmetteranno quotidianamente dalla Croisette, per raccontarci tutto di questa 66esima edizione del festival cinematografico più importante del mondo. Dieci giorni di grande cinema, perchè anche quest'anno Cannes ha messo insieme una selezione davvero incredibile ci saranno Paolo Sorrentino con "La Grande Bellezza", Roman Polanski con "Venus In Fur", Steven Sodebergh con "Behind The Chandelabra", Nicholas Winding Refn con "Only God Forgives" ed il film di apertura "Gatsby", di Buz Luhrmann.
On this episode, Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) DOUBLE INDEMNITY, by David Pichette & R. Hamilton Wright, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (2) DAY OF THE DOG, by Daniel Damiano, at St. Louis Actors' Studio, (3) VENUS IN FUR, by David Ives, at the Repertory Theatre Studio Theatre, (4) PASSION, adapted by Pamela Reckamp, at Spotlight Theatre, (5) WAR HORSE, by Nick Stafford, at the Fox Theatre, (6) RABBIT HOLE, by David Lindsay-Abaire, at the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves., (7) TOSCA, by Giacomo Puccini, at Winter Opera St. Louis, and (8) HARVEY, by Mary Chase, at Over Due Theatre Co.
Actors Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy discuss their roles in the play "Venus in Fur". Also, a conversation with "Carrie" composer Michael Gore and librettist Lawrence D. Cohen, joined by Marin Mazzie, star of the Off-Broadway revival.
Nina Arianda’s star has never shone brighter. Recreating the off-Broadway role that her made a name to watch, the actress returns to Broadway in "Venus in Fur" in what the New York Times called "the first, must see performance of the Broadway season." Downstage Center, with NY1’s Frank DiLella, sits down with Ms. Arianda to discuss, among other things, the acting process, family, her Tony nomination for "Born Yesterday", working in Woody Allen’s "Midnight in Paris", seeing Meryl Streep in "Mother Courage", theatre education, and her dream roles.
Nina Arianda’s star has never shone brighter. Recreating the off-Broadway role that her made a name to watch, the actress returns to Broadway in "Venus in Fur" in what the New York Times called "the first, must see performance of the Broadway season." Downstage Center, with NY1’s Frank DiLella, sits down with Ms. Arianda to discuss, among other things, the acting process, family, her Tony nomination for "Born Yesterday", working in Woody Allen’s "Midnight in Paris", seeing Meryl Streep in "Mother Courage", theatre education, and her dream roles.
David Ives's Sexy Comedy, “Venus in Fur”.