In Signature’s ‘Crazy for You,’ Natascia Diaz breaks the blond, blue-eyed mold – The Washington Post Express

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“After crying about Jesus for three months, this is a welcome change of pace,” Natascia Diaz says.
When Diaz last appeared onstage at Signature Theatre, it was earlier this year as Mary Magdalene in “Jesus Christ Superstar” — not exactly a comedy. Prior to that, she played Anita in the theater’s 2015-16 production of “West Side Story.” And while Anita is certainly funny, the show doesn’t have a particularly happy ending.

Now Diaz is getting to have some fun as she takes on the role of Irene Roth in “Crazy for You,” an old-school, toe-tapping, all-Gershwin-all-the-time musical.

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