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#26

Real 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.

#27

Real 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?

#28

Real 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-

#29

Real 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...

#30

Real 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!

#31

Real 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.

#32

Real 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.

“I am furious, but I am sailing.”

Updated On: 3/30/25 at 08:19 PM

#33

Real 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!)

“I am furious, but I am sailing.”

#34

Real 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-

#35

Real Women Have Curves - Broadway

Posted: 3/31/25 at 7:50pm

Pretty merch

#36

Real 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.)

“I am furious, but I am sailing.”

Updated On: 4/16/25 at 11:20 AM

#37

Real 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.

“I am furious, but I am sailing.”

Updated On: 4/1/25 at 10:43 PM

#38

Real 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.

#39

Real 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.

“I am furious, but I am sailing.”

#40

Real Women Have Curves - Broadway

Posted: 4/2/25 at 7:45am

You shouldn’t be saying Latinx at all actually.

#41

Real 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-

#42

Real 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

#43

Real 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!

“I am furious, but I am sailing.”

#44

Real 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/

#45

Real 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.

#46

Real 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.

#47

Real 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.

Updated On: 4/2/25 at 05:40 PM

#48

Real Women Have Curves - Broadway

Posted: 4/4/25 at 11:39am

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIBziF6g2Zz/?hl=en Lin's on board!

#49

Real Women Have Curves - Broadway

Posted: 4/4/25 at 12:53pm

Runtime just updated to 2:20.

“I am furious, but I am sailing.”

#50

Real 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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