peterquennell — 14 years ago(November 15, 2011 07:28 PM)

Electric full house tonight, a wet Tuesday and we'd strongly second Charles Isherwood writing in the Times on November 8 - and add that she is VERY funny:
The flickering of those stage lights barely registers beside the incandescent Nina Arianda, the sensational young actress recreating the role that made her a name to watch when she first starred in the play Off Broadway.
Portraying an actress giving the audition of a lifetime, Ms. Arianda is giving the first must-see performance of the Broadway season, a bravura turn that burns so brightly you can almost feel the heat on your face..
Ms. Ariandas performance is so electrifying that a lesser talent than Mr. Dancy might fade into the scenery.
http://nyti.ms/sNmahB
The only similar explosive arrivals I can recall in our 20 plus years of Broadway would be Natasha Richardson in Cabaret, and Cindy Lauper, who she says she admires. Someone compared her to early Streisand.