Real Women Have Curves - Previews- Page 2
Real Women Have Curves - Previews
ajh
Broadway Star Joined: 5/6/11
#25Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 3/30/25 at 8:40am
Really pleased to hear this was looking good in its dress rehearsal. I’ve got preview tickets in a couple of weeks, and I have become slightly addicted to the songs already released. ‘Make It Work’ and the title song are real ear worms. It’s not a particularly original sound but that Latin beat meets theatrical bombast reminds me of In The Heights, and I love that score. RWHC has a decent story, plus the themes of immigrants fitting in within the USA feels extremely relevant….I’m quietly optimistic that this is going to be a good one.
BroadwayBen
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/03
#26Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 3/30/25 at 11:41am
I'm looking forward to this one too...Have they announced if they will (eventually) make a recording?
#27Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 3/30/25 at 3:46pm
I really think once the word gets out, this show will be really hard to get tickets to, the audience reaction was insane, so this will be a hard ticket to get. Buy them now while they are still affordable.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#28Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 3/30/25 at 7:47pm
muscle23ftl said: "I really think once the word gets out, this show will be really hard to get tickets to, the audience reaction was insane, so this will be a hard ticket to get. Buy them now while they are still affordable."
Glad you enjoyed it! But...you attended the invited dress, right? Those tend to be audiences that are already friendly...
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#29Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 3/30/25 at 7:56pm
muscle23ftl said: "I just went to see the dress rehearsal, this show could open tomorrow and it's in excellent shape (I can't say this about the other shows I have seen recently) this show was simply fabulous!"
Well, the show does start in two days :) but I'm glad you loved it. The music is incredible and the tickets are very affordable for the season so hopefully it will be a hit!
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starlightlocamotion
Stand-by Joined: 1/22/14
#30Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 3/30/25 at 7:57pm
For what it’s worth … I know two different people who attended the invited dress last night & raved about it. The feel good show of the season.
#31Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 3/30/25 at 8:19pm
Sales are miserable and I hope they can pick up, but in a best-case scenario at the moment, I unfortunately see this taking THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL’s route. Good WOM, perhaps some better-than-expected notices, but they simply fall victim to a crowded musical season with superior options.
Or, given some of the out-of-town reviews, they could just as easily go out with a whimper like LEMPICKA.
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
Updated On: 3/30/25 at 08:19 PM
#32Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 3/31/25 at 12:00am
Flying away, the wind on my side…
The shapely Latina immigrants of Real Women Have Curves get ready to make it work on Broadway. Based on Josefina López’s 1990 play of the same name which was adapted into a 2002 movie, this vibrant new musical — which premiered last winter in Boston — stars Bay Area product Tatianna Córdoba in her Main Stem debut as Ana García. Also featured are Justina Machado, Florencia Cuenca, Mauricio Mendoza, Jennifer Sánchez, Carla Jimenez, Aline Mayagoitia, Shelby Acosta, Sandra Valls, and Mason Reeves. Real Women Have Curves features an original score by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez, with a book by Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin and direction and choreography by Sergio Trujillo. Previews begin tomorrow (April 1) before an April 27 opening at the James Earl Jones Theatre.
“Ana García dreams of flying away. But when her family’s East Los Angeles garment business receives a make-or-break order for 200 dresses, Ana finds herself juggling her own ambitions, her mother Carmen’s expectations, and a community of women all trying to make it work against the odds.”
Who’s heading to Boyle Heights?
(And thank you, Sutton Ross, for updating the thread title!)
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
#33Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 3/31/25 at 10:51am
Monkey, you are correct, but the people who attended with me were not friends with anyone, so I'm talking for us 3. The audience may have been friendly though. But I feel that the reaction was legit. Unlike when I saw Tammy Faye for example and had a screaming queen next to me but the rest of the audience was a bit more "polite". This felt honest.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#35Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/1/25 at 11:20am
9-piece band for this show. Orchestrations by Velez, Huerta, and Nadia DiGiallonardo, and the conductor is Roberto Sinha.
- 2 Keyboards
- Trumpet
- Drums
- Percussion
- 2 Guitars
- Electric Bass / Acoustic Bass
- Cello
Also worth noting that the official website lists a 2:10 runtime with an intermission. (It clocked in at 2:40 out of town.)
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
Updated On: 4/16/25 at 11:20 AM
#36Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/1/25 at 10:43pm
How was it, peeps?
It's pretty wild that for the first time ever, Broadway now has two Latinx-centered shows running simultaneously: this and the explosive BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB.
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
Updated On: 4/1/25 at 10:43 PM
#37Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/1/25 at 11:29pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "How was it, peeps?
It's pretty wild that for the first time ever, Broadway now has two Latinx-centered shows running simultaneously: this and the explosive BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB."
In the Heights and West Side Story played at the same time.
#38Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/1/25 at 11:35pm
TotallyEffed said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "How was it, peeps?
It's pretty wild that for the first time ever, Broadway now has two Latinx-centered shows running simultaneously: this and the explosive BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB."
In the Heights and West Side Story played at the same time."
Ah - I should've said Latinx-centered new musicals.
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
OhHiii
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/16
#39Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/2/25 at 7:45am
You shouldn’t be saying Latinx at all actually.
#40Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/2/25 at 10:58am
Did anyone else see it?
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#41Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/2/25 at 12:36pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "Ah - I should've said Latinx-centered new musicals"
Just some information if you're interested.
Stop using ‘Latinx’ if you really want to be inclusive
शक्तिशाली महिला
#42Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/2/25 at 2:08pm
Thanks for that article, Sutton. I understand now.
Would love to hear some thoughts from last night's first preview if any of us went. On another note, I just learned that the musical's percussionist has been touring with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for three years now!
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#43Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/2/25 at 2:27pm
In the meantime: https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1jpecb6/real_women_have_curves_first_preview/
macbeth
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/03
#44Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/2/25 at 4:39pm
It's definitely better than it was at A.R.T. where I also saw it. The book is tighter and they've definitely done some work on the music and orchestrations. A decent number of empty seats might make this one a tough sell, but I hope things pick up as previews go on.
Matt Rogers
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
#45Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/2/25 at 5:18pm
They’re not doing themselves any favors by sending around an email claiming “Flash sale!! $48.00 tickets for 48 hours!” And then when you follow the link, there is not a $48.00 seat in the entire theatre.
MemorableUserName
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
#46Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/2/25 at 5:40pm
If you check this week's shows (except Sunday at 2pm), it looks like the $48 tickets are in the last several rows of the balcony.
Beyond this week, it looks like there were only 4 (!) $48 tickets for each show--Balcony Left F11-F17. If any of those 4 are all gone, then there are no $48 tickets left.
mitchern
Understudy Joined: 5/7/03
#47Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/4/25 at 11:39am
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIBziF6g2Zz/?hl=en Lin's on board!
#48Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/4/25 at 12:53pm
Runtime just updated to 2:20.
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
starlightlocamotion
Stand-by Joined: 1/22/14
#49Real Women Have Curves - Broadway
Posted: 4/4/25 at 9:36pm
After having seen the show last night … I can firmly say that I predict this knocks DBH out of the Best Musical noms. It is just utterly jubilant & so timely. I was so incredibly won over by this show, having known nothing going in.
The book is hilarious & crystal clear. The music is infectious. The cast is stellar all around.
This one really came out of left field for me. I cannot recommend it enough.
Of the musicals that have opened thus far, this is up there with Maybe Happy Ending for my favorite of the season. Maybe surpassing it.
Just pure joy.
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