Ben Affleck Gives Wife's Broadway Debut a Standing Ovation

Ben Affleck Gives Wife's Broadway Debut a Standing Ovation 11/5/07

Ben Affleck fought back tears of pride as he jumped to his feet to give his actress wife Jennifer Garner a standing ovation at the close of her official first night on Broadway on Thursday (01Nov07).

As Garner, Kevin Kline and the cast of Cyrano De Bergerac took a curtain call, Affleck stood and cheered.

After the show, he beamed, "I think she is terrific and I am really just thrilled."

And it's not just Affleck who loves his wife's new role - the actress' Broadway debut has been declared a hit by the top New York critics.

New York Times critic Ben Brantley has called Garner's performance "captivating", adding "(She) makes Roxane a girl worth pining over."

But Garner insists she won't be reading her reviews - good or bad.

She says, "I'm not going to look at them... I can't stand it."