Venus on Film

For this week's Burning Questions column I go looking through the current crop of Broadway shows for potential cinematic treasures. At the top of my list is David Ives' Venus in Furs starring the riveting - and now Tony-winning - Nina Arianda.

With this terrific show ending at the end of the week there is some urgency behind posting. Like Liza in Cabaret or Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon it would be ideal for the originator of the role to be the one immortalized on film. So come on money men - with such a bare bones production, financing would be a limited risk, especially when Nina's brilliant performance guarantees attention.

Remember how great it was when Broadway adaptations made new stars instead of providing vehicles for the existing ones?


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