Manhattan Theatre Club continues its popular discussion series at the intimate venue of The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR with After Words: Venus in Fur tonight, November 17 starting at 5pm.
The event will explore the sexy new play Venus in Fur, written by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie, starring Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy. Vanda (Arianda) is a talented young actress hoping to land the lead role in Thomas' (Dancy) new play based on the classic erotic novel, Venus in Fur. Her emotionally-charged audition for the demanding playwright/director becomes an electrifying game of cat and mouse, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. Venus in Fur is written by theatrical mastermind David Ives, and directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie.
WQXR host
Elliott Forrest will welcome Ives, Bobbie, Arianda, and Dancy for a dynamic discussion exploring the scintillating play's new home on Broadway, Arianda's reprise in her lauded role of Vanda, and more.
The limited engagement of Venus in Fur opened Tuesday, November 8, 2011.
Manhattan Theatre Club's After Words: Venus in Fur is on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 5pm at The Greene Space, 44 Charlton Street (at Varick Street), New York, NY 10014. Tickets are $20 and are available at
www.thegreenespace.org.
Live Video Webcast streamed online at
www.thegreenespace.org.
After Words, a discussion and performance series currently presented in collaboration with WNYC and WQXR, is part of Manhattan Theatre Club's continuing effort to deepen and enrich the play-going experience for the theatergoing community. Discussions featuring writers, cultural critics and journalists, provide provocative and illuminating insights into the political, cultural, and artistic contexts of the work Manhattan Theatre Club produces.
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space is WNYC and WQXR's state-of-the-art, downtown studio, presenting content for live, radio and web audiences. Through a diverse range of programming that includes live radio broadcasts, audio theater, cultural salons, musical performances, political debates and town hall meetings, The Greene Space is the latest destination in New York City's incomparable arts and culture scene.
Tickets for Venus in Fur are available by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200, online by visiting
www.Telecharge.com, or by visiting the
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Box Office (261 West 47th Street).
New York Public Radio is New York's premier public radio franchise, comprising WNYC, WQXR, and The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, as well as
www.wnyc.org,
www.wqxr.org and
www.thegreenespace.org. As America's most listened-to AM/FM news and talk public radio stations, reaching 1.1 million listeners every week, WNYC extends New York City's cultural riches to the entire country on-air and online, and presents the best national offerings from networks National Public Radio, Public Radio International, American Public Media, and the British Broadcasting Company. WNYC 93.9 FM broadcasts a wide range of daily news, talk, cultural and music programming, while WNYC AM 820 maintains a stronger focus on breaking news and international news reporting. Classical 105.9 FM WQXR is New York City's sole 24-hour classical music station, presenting new and landmark classical recordings as well as live concerts from the Metropolitan Opera, the
New York Philharmonic, among other New York City venues, immersing listeners in the city's rich musical life. In addition to its audio content, WNYC and WQXR produce content for live, radio and web audiences from The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, the station's street-level multipurpose, multiplatform broadcast studio and performance space. For more information about New York Public Radio, visit
www.nypublicradio.org.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director
Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer
Barry Grove, Manhattan Theatre Club has become one of the country's most prominent and prestigious theatre companies. Over the past three decades, MTC productions have earned a total of 18 Tony Awards and six Pulitzer Prizes, an accomplishment unparalleled by a New York theatrical institution. MTC has a Broadway home at the
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) and an Off-Broadway theatre at New York
City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). Renowned MTC productions include Master Class; Good People; The Whipping Man; Time Stands Still; The Royal Family; Ruined; The American Plan; Come Back, Little Sheba; Blackbird; Translations; Shining City; Rabbit Hole; Doubt; Proof; The Tale of the Allergist's Wife; Love! Valour! Compassion!; A Small Family Business; Sylvia; Putting It Together; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Crimes of the Heart; and Ain't Misbehavin.'
For more information visit
www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com. Follow MTC on Twitter: @MTC_NYC or on Facebook.
