Real Women Have Curves - Previews- Page 5

[THDavis]

Posted: 4/17/25 at 12:25pm

Skip23 said: "

One little quibble: in the second act, there are two songs that could easily be cut without damaging the show. Just a thought.


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I had a similar thought, but I also thoroughly enjoyed all of the music and never felt it boring or self-gratuitous (even the two that I’m guessing you’re referring to). And with a run time of 2:15, it didn’t feel to me as though it weighed it down.

[Wick3]

Posted: 4/17/25 at 11:24pm

Elisa Galindez performed this evening and she was great!!! Saw a few members of the audience wearing a tshirt with hear face on it so I'm guessing she has a fan club! :)

From what I remember, I don't think they altered any of the choreography (Elisa was able to do the split during the dance in act 1.) Kudos to Elisa and I hope Tatianna is feeling better.

[Ptero2]

Posted: 4/18/25 at 9:02am

Me and the people I saw this with were SHOCKED that Elisa was an understudy - she was fantastic. Overall, one of the best new musicals of the season and a big surprise for me.

(Whoever decided to keep RWHC as the title of this deserves a stern talking to... "Make It Work" was right there!)

[BwayinVan]

Posted: 4/18/25 at 9:51am

I’m seeing this tonight. Curious if Tatianna will be back. Must be tough to be out for a period during previews. Either way I’m looking forward to a totally new work. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/18/25 at 9:55am

BwayinVan said: "I’m seeing this tonight. Curious if Tatianna will be back. Must be tough to be out for a period during previews. Either way I’m looking forward to a totally new work."

Elisa is again on for Ana tonight. 

[Wick3]

Posted: 4/18/25 at 7:57pm

Elisa is amazing!!! I hope Tatianna is ok and feeling better.

[BwayinVan]

Posted: 4/18/25 at 8:55pm

At the show tonight and they’ve stopped it in act 1 for technical difficulties. Gotta love live theatre

[BwayinVan]

Posted: 4/18/25 at 11:49pm

So the technical stop lasted about 15 mins and then they started up again. Not sure what the issue was but didn’t notice any other issues for the rest of the show. Overall I that it was good. A talented cast telling a story that is as relevant now as ever. A couple of understudies were on tonight. I agree there are a few songs that don’t advance the story and the role of Henry either needs to be explored further once all together. The ensemble doesn’t have much to do as the main women of the factory are the main ensemble. It took me till almost the end of act 1 to realize there were additional members of the ensemble. Overall I enjoyed it. It’s a fun night at the theatre and it’s refreshing to see fresh faces up on stage of all shapes and sizes. Do I think it will win a bunch of Tony Awards? Probably not but I hope it sticks around for a while 

[Melissa25]

Posted: 4/19/25 at 2:04am

BwayinVan: It took me till almost the end of act 1 to realize there were additional members of the ensemble.

At the curtain call, Mariachi players came out and took a bow but I did not remember them appearing on stage during the show. Did I miss them? I know they were walking around the lobby before the show started. 

[THDavis]

Posted: 4/19/25 at 9:27am

Melissa25 said: "BwayinVan: It took me till almost the end of act 1 to realize there were additional members of the ensemble.

At the curtain call, Mariachi players came out and took a bow but I did not remember them appearing on stage during the show. Did I miss them? I know they were walking around the lobby before the show started."

I thought it was the male ensemble members that were bowing in the mariachi costumes followed by the ladies in the dresses. 

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 4/19/25 at 6:37pm

Just saw the matinee today and loved it! Elisa was on for Ana again and I thought she crushed it. Looks like she’s the dance captain so not surprised they didn’t have to change any choreo haha, per that earlier comment. 

This show is so heartwarming (and timely!) and the music is great - I really hope it can find an audience in this crowded season. Wishing it the Maybe Happy Ending word of mouth path!! 

[syzygy619]

Posted: 4/23/25 at 11:38am

There are some balcony tickets for sale on telecharge for opening night this Sunday!

[Sauja]

Posted: 4/23/25 at 12:23pm

This show is so charming! I don't know how likely it is, but I'm rooting for this to have a similar trajectory to Maybe Happy Ending--way undersold at the start but then buoyed by great reviews. An incredible ensemble cast. In almost any other year, I'd think Tatianna Cordoba would be a shoe-in for a Tony nomination. She's a delight, and she has such a beautiful voice. Crossing fingers and toes that this can find some more audience. A complete pleasure.

[DaveyG]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 9:43am

Finally caught this last night and absolutely adored it. Tatiana is so special. The whole cast is wonderful. I hope they get the reviews they need to break through. 

[broadway86]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 3:03pm

Saw yesterday's matinee, thoroughly enjoyed it. By the end, there are some lovely emotional payoffs, and a handful of catchy songs. I can see nominations for the production, Tatianna Córdoba, Florencia Cuenca, and very possibly a win for Justina Machado.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 4:33pm

I also saw this last night and I found it so winning. It’s so easy to root for these characters and this show. There was a standing ovation after the title song, and honestly, the joy in the theatre was so electric, it felt warranted. What a wonderful show that I hope gets the healthy run it deserves.

[THDavis]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 5:21pm

HeyMrMusic said: "I also saw this last night and I found it so winning. It’s so easy to root for these characters and this show. There was a standing ovation after the title song, and honestly, the joy in the theatre was so electric, it felt warranted. What a wonderful show that I hope gets the healthy run it deserves."

It’s the effusive energy vibrating through the audience that left me buzzing both times. I sort of felt a sense of community with the audience - like we were all seeing, hearing, and understanding something in the same way. That’s a shared feeling of humanity that’s not often experienced in current times. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 8:32pm

HeyMrMusic said: "I also saw this last night and I found it so winning. It’s so easy to root for these characters and this show. There was a standing ovation after the title song, and honestly, the joy in the theatre was so electric, it felt warranted. What a wonderful show that I hope gets the healthy run it deserves."

I love this show so much and the audiences I have attended with absolutely feel the same. I would love for them to do more advertising and more performances on morning/late night shows. And yes, it absolutely deserves a healthy long run on Broadway. 

[DAME]

Posted: 4/24/25 at 8:45pm

Such a joyful show.  Not only does it deserve a healthy run, but it should be done everywhere.

Updated On: 4/24/25 at 08:45 PM

[MezzA101]

Posted: 4/25/25 at 4:10pm

‘Real Women Have Curves’ Is Now a Broadway Show. Here Are 5 Things to Know.

 

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[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/26/25 at 11:02pm

Hard to concentrate on the show tonight when Andrew Lloyd Webber is near me. All I wanted to do was watch him watch a musical. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/26/25 at 11:08pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Hard to concentrate on the show tonight when Andrew Lloyd Webber is nearme. All I wanted to do was watch him watch a musical."

 

I watched him watch Cats last summer….

 

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 4/26/25 at 11:43pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Hard to concentrate on the show tonight when Andrew Lloyd Webber is nearme. All I wanted to do was watch him watch a musical."

Where were you/he seated? I was a few rows behind Michael Urie tonight, and within earshot of someone rummaging through a plastic bag for literally 2 hours. 

This show is winning, for sure, but clunky. If I had never seen a musical before, I would have been blown away, but I have, so alot of this dragged for me, and you can see every plot development coming miiiiiles away. The play is structured poorly- very dramatic moments are quickly tossed away for strange stabs at comedy (she leaves the factory at a moment of serious tension to suddenly...get laid? Why? Because they wrote a great song for that moment and shoe-horned it into the story....). Act 2 opens up with a very heavy, poorly written scene, but then transitions into one of the most fun songs of the night (if not the season), which really should have opened Act 2. Stuff like that.

Some of the performances felt amateurish to me, if im being honest, but the ones that didnt, really didnt. I hope Justina Machado is recognized come Tony time- she is FANtastic in this show. She's given every funny line, and she wins every scene shes in (which is quite a few-- i could see her be considered co-lead in this...). She's worth the price of admission. I also thought Mason Reeves took a throwaway role and made a real meal out of it. 

While I was less than blown away, the audience was with them every step on the way, and the title song--which was a hoot- got a full standing ovation. I didnt love it, but i hope the critics are kind to this one, and it gets a decent run.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/26/25 at 11:49pm

We were in the front mezz. No noises up there, thankfully. After a week or so of the WORST audiences it was nice to be in a full house of people who apparently knew what theater etiquette was. As for the show itself, I think it’s fine. I think act two is so much stronger than act one it’s almost a total imbalance of the material. But I had a good time and I’m glad the audience seemed to love it. 

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 4/27/25 at 1:07am

PipingHotPiccolo said: "Jordan Catalano said: "Hard to concentrate on the show tonight when Andrew Lloyd Webber is nearme. All I wanted to do was watch him watch a musical."

Where were you/he seated? I was a few rows behind Michael Urie tonight, and within earshot of someone rummaging through a plastic bag for literally 2 hours.

This show is winning, for sure, but clunky. If I had never seen a musical before, I would have been blown away, but I have, so alot of this dragged for me, and you can see every plot development coming miiiiiles away. The play is structured poorly- very dramatic moments are quickly tossed away for strange stabs at comedy (she leaves the factory at a moment of serious tension to suddenly...get laid? Why? Because they wrote a great song for that moment and shoe-horned it into the story....). Act 2 opens up with a very heavy, poorly written scene, but then transitions into one of the most fun songs of the night (if not the season), which really should have opened Act 2. Stuff like that.

Some of the performances felt amateurish to me, if im being honest, but the ones that didnt, really didnt. I hope Justina Machado is recognized come Tony time- she is FANtastic in this show. She's given every funny line, and she wins every scene shes in (which is quite a few-- i could see her be considered co-lead in this...). She's worth the price of admission. Ialso thought Mason Reeves took a throwaway role and made a real meal out of it.

While I was less than blown away, the audience was with them every step on the way, and the title song--which was a hoot- got a full standing ovation. I didnt love it, but i hope the critics are kind to this one, and it gets a decent run."

I agree with just about every word of this, and I was a bit surprised at how uneven it was considering the strong word of mouth.  I felt the opposite of Jordan where I thought act 1 was far better than act 2--it felt a little textbook perhaps but I thought it did a great job of establishing the characters and flowed well, whereas act 2 seemed to go on too many tangents and then wrap things up too neatly. 

My main problem (which I suppose would vary depending on your preference) is that it felt a little too feel-goody.  Like Piccolo said, it's the kind of show where you know how it's going to end and feel comfortable in the fact that all the conflicts will resolve neatly, and that just left me a little less than excited.  They seemed to have wanted to intertwine the two main conflicts (the dress order and Ana's career path) together, but in retrospect they seem to have little to do with each other for the majority of the plot and I think I actually would've preferred it if the sisters were co-leads and it was more of a coming of age story for both of them.

But like I said, I think the characters are well written and I enjoyed a lot of the dialogue they had with each other, which made them really seem like they had lived in relationships.  I also found the music quite tuneful and fun to listen to, with a good mix of humor and pathos (though I think the title song should've been saved for an encore or something--it just felt shoehorned in).  But while I'm generally positive on it, I found it hard to get invested in the plot simply because it felt predictable.