My new favorite show... VENUS IN FUR.

Ok, I know - 'my new favorite show' - I get it. Those of you who know me probably can't believe that I wrote, or would utter, those four words together in a sentence. But hey, I'm a New Yorker now and I'm married to a musical theatre actress... I'm growing, or I'm crumbling...? Ha, whatever.

Venus In Fur. Nina Arianda. Best $50 I've ever spent, pretty much. GO SEE IT NOW.

Nina Arianda was nominated for a Toni Award last year for her performance in Born Yesterday, the OTHER show I've blogged about.

While 'Born Yesterday' was essentially stolen away by Arianda's performance, who completely blew away her fellow cast members with every single line that she delivered, Venus in Fur is every bit a triumph for Arianda as it is just an incredible show that has you on the edge of your seat, then laughing, then feeling hot under the collar, then blushing, then laughing, then back on the edge of your seat... in a nutshell - HOLY SH*T!! 

Go it see NOW. Did I say 'now'? I mean it. NOW.

Born Yesterday - GO SEE IT NOW!

I like theatre, I don't love it. I love movies. LOVE movies and will always pick something on the silver screen over the stage... until now.

Born Yesterday with Jim Belushi, Robert Sean Leonard and Nina Arianda. IT. WAS. AMAZING.

No joke, seriously - INCREDIBLE.

It was so good, I would even go back and see it again. Maybe even go back and see it every weekend until it closes. Belushi was really good, Wilson from House was pretty good too, the story intriguing and funny, the set amazing but the show was STOLEN - ROBBED - by Nina Arianda. She was just amazing, AH-MAAAAYYYY-ZING. She was Marisa Tomei in 'My Cousin Vinny' mixed in with Lorraine Bracco in 'Goodfellas' mixed in with a double dose of original inspiration and a triple dose of 'holy shitballs that was AMAZING?!' did you catch that zinger and can you believe her timing?!?! Amazing.

Nina Arianda for the Toni and someone for god's sake throw her an Oscar too while you're at it. BOOM.