Venus in Fur, starring Hugh Dancy and Nina Arianda, begins previews at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
Venus in Fur goes behind the scenes at an audition, where a man and a woman blur the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex. Portraying an actress named Vanda, Arianda arrives at the audition studio with a bag filled with S&M gear and period costumes. Soon, the playwright joins her in reading his own script, which touches on themes of domination and the nature of attraction.