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2009 Helen Hayes Award for OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL, (in a tie with Chita Rivera) as Monica P. Miller in ROOMS.
THE WASHINGTON POST:
Rooms' With A View of Punk Love (...full article)
DC THEATRE SCENE:
Rooms' Natascia Diaz and Doug Kreeger (...full article)
DC THEATRE SCENE:
I fell in love with Natascia Diaz at the Kennedy Center’s 2001 Sondheim Festival when she played the role of Petra in A Little Night Music, and stole the audience’s hearts with her gorgeous rendition of “The Miller’s Son”. Since then, I have followed her career closely. Off-Broadway, I saw Natascia in the Zipper Theatre’s production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris three times. My copy of that cast CD is one of my most cherished possessions. And who could forget Natascia’s performance as Rosalie in The Kennedy Center’s recent gorgeous production of Carnival? So when MetroStage’s Artistic Director Carolyn Griffith called me a few months ago to tell me Natascia was going to recreate her 2005 NYMF performance as Monica in Rooms at MetroStage, I was ecstatic. “Bring the Future Faster,” introduced me to Monica, who yearns for a better tomorrow. Natascia performed the song with gusto, intense yearning and optimism. I almost shouted, “Go Girl!”, but I behaved myself. (...full article)
TALKIN' BROADWAY:
"Diaz has the flashier role and audiences can't take their eyes off her, whether Monica is breaking out her rock-star fantasy in the privacy of her bedroom or dealing with the negatives of her relationship with Ian." (...full article)
VARIETY:
"Diaz steps up to vocal and acting assignments that demand plenty of range and stamina. Diaz has developed into an extremely versatile singer, equally at home delivering a heavy punk rock composition from Goodman as she is with a delicate score from Stephen Sondheim or John Kander." (...full article)
Carnival
“At first, Natascia Diaz seems to be channeling Googie Gomez (Rita Moreno’s hilarious role in The Ritz). Like Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Rosalie gets a lot of mileage, and a lot of laughs, out of her matrimonial plight. Diaz keeps the audience in stitches with her lover’s lament and the barbs she directs at Marco, the cad she adores. Diaz flawlessly delivers one of the shows most appealing songs, “Always, Always You.” You can almost hear her purse click shut as she picks up the show, drops it in, and walks off the stage at the end of the number.”
“Natascia Diaz, on the other hand, is the very embodiment of Broadway brass as Rosalie, the magician’s assistant and mistress. She’s the real thing, and when she’s on, the stage comes reliably to life—and one of those times, she’s locked in a box with swords stuck through her, so I’m just sayin.’”
"Meanwhile, it's Diaz who truly lights up the stage as Rosalie. She shows expert comic sensibility yet reveals layers of nuance. Rosalie may be devious, but her love for the supercilious Marco turns out to be pure -- and her duet with La Cause, "Always, Always You," is lovely enough to transcend the tawdry elements of their relationship."
Tick, Tick... Boom!
2006 LA Ovation Award Nomination BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL, Susan in TICK TICK BOOM!
Variety: "Diaz, who created her role Off Broadway, brings a haunting vulnerability and soaring vocal veracity to Susan. In one of the tuner’s most telling numbers, “Therapy,” Susan and Jon attempt to bridge the ever-growing commitment gap between them. They display the lighter side of their relationship in the comically seductive “Green Green Dress.” However, the musical highlight is Diaz’s sumptuous, power-lung rendering of the ballad “Come to Your Senses,” the show’s most melodically rich number."
Savage In Limbo
“Natascia Diaz practically ignites the stage as Denise Savage, an energetic and opinionated young woman that rarely stops talking and fidgeting. Lonely and stuck in a rut, Denise voices her torment (in a dead-on perfect Brooklyn accent, I might add), saying. “I see what could go wrong with everything, so I don’t do nothing.” Her energy is so palpable I would not have been surprised to see a trail of flames following in her footsteps.”
Washington Examiner:
"But in her wild fantasies, it's clear that Denise won't be satisfied with any simple fixes to her situation. Diaz is stunning as this intense young woman who knows she is on a cliff and doesn't want to die there, who howls to anyone who can hear, "This is not life."
Zorro
“But the performer whom everyone will be talking about is Diaz. Her Inez is salty, funny, knowing and full of passion. As a performer she is peerless; every number she anchors delivers the goods.”
“Natascia Diaz as Inez has that je ne sais quoi magnetism that makes it hard not to look at her.”
“Other standouts include Natascia Diaz as the Gypsy. Another great actress that the Producers were lucky to get. Like Carriere, she has a great stage presence and is the only one to match Carriere's abilities. These two are the obvious actors in the show and I wonder if they were chosen to complement one another. Diaz as the Gypsy was beautiful and the comedic relief that the musical needs. She and Carriere are really the only two performers who embrace their characters and give you Broadway worthy performances."