Tag: the great comet

Sometimes, that “something different” is especially significant. When Shoba Narayan stepped in as the principal Natasha during Denee Benton’s vacation from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 in March, she became the first South Asian leading lady on Broadway since Bombay Dreams nearly fourteen years ago. Nearly every person I interviewed who called Narayan one of their favorite understudies mentioned this – and not because of some vague diversity support, but because they had very personal connections.
“The fact that I was finally seeing a woman who looked like me on Broadway for the first time was a very important factor that attracted me to the show itself and caused me to become a fan of [Narayan],” says Lar, a young woman of South Asian descent. A fan who identified themselves as “Chai” agrees: “There is something so amazing and unique about seeing a woman who comes from an ethnic background similar to mine.”