Anna in the Tropics

Thanks to Mr. Smits, as a dapper-Cuban émigré, and Daphne Rubin-Vega, as his adulterous lover, "Anna" also exudes something even more elusive on Broadway these days: the glow of sexual chemistry.

Wondering and sly at the same time, Ms. Rubin-Vega's beautifully drawn Conchita seems poised on the edge of unspeakable rapture and despair as she listens to Juan Julian read.

--NEW YORK TIMES

Daphne Rubin-Vega ... has a smoldering, almost feral quality as Conchita

--NEWSDAY

Daphne Rubin-Vega has great poignance as his lover

--DAILY NEWS

Daphne Rubin-Vega plays Conchita with lonely vulnerability

The production fares best when depicting the love affair of Conchita and Juan Julian ... nothing warms the heart on a cold New York night like this assignation...

--NEW YORK SUN

Rubin-Vega ... is the most vivid of the actresses

--THE RECORD

With the fragility of a troubled orchid, Rubin-Vega shows the poised Conchita as being wary of her newfound feelings before she surrenders to passion

--NJ.COM

Conchita, played with a roiling intensity by Daphne Rubin-Vega

--Roma Torre NY 1 NEWS

Rubin-Vega as the wounded, risk taking Conchita ... deserve Tony Award consideration

--MIAMI HERALD

Daphne Rubin-Vega's passionate, tremulous portrait

It is Rubin-Vega, sinuous, sensual, simmering and slinking, who creates whatever fascination the play generates

--THE HARTFORD COURANT