You all know Chris Weyant, the political cartoonist, whose work appears in the D.C. paper The Hill, The New Yorker and humbly in this space. Chris sent me this cause I love his work and I have permission to reprint.
Read Dowd in today's NY Times for affirmation.
Last evening Laura and I went to see an off Broadway theater production called Venus in Fur. In a word, extraordinary!
Written by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie and starring Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley. She out of NYU's MFA acting program and he out of American Beauty,the film.
Ninety minutes of non-stop dialogue, humor, pathos, energy, role reversal, and yes, the human condition(dark sides). A double seduction created by a play with in a play. Erotic tension abounds but always with good humor. Amazing ins and outs of the two plays happening at once.
What a piece of theater. Two actors know their craft, practice it and demonstrate it. Total joy and excitement. Go see it before it moves to Broadway and the demand gets wild.
So A Happy Valentine's Day to you all. While a made up holiday for the consumer industry, a joy if you know any one you love and choose to express it.
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