Real Women Have Curves - Previews- Page 6

[ElephantLoveMedley]

Posted: 4/27/25 at 9:52am

Pretty surprised by the raves on here. I thought this was actually kind of bad? The plot is as predictable as plots can be, and I can’t recall a single tune from the score. The design elements were serviceable at best. I just didn’t find much of anything to write home about with this one. The audience I was in seemed to eat it up, though, so it seems I might be in the minority for this show.

[Owen22]

Posted: 4/27/25 at 11:37am

* * * * It's a delight with some wonderful performances and some good songs (a couple times I actually get that thing where the melody hits you in a certain giving you an actual physical response).  A sweet show about family and community with a dark throughline where most of the characters are illegal during Reagan's raids on Mexican and South American immigrants in the late 1980's. And there are threads of racism as well, so the sunny story of  this marvelous teenage girl (terrifically played by Tatianna Cordoba) the only naturally born citizen in her family and the dress-making factory where she works, is also a witness to the constant fear of deportation.  However, it's very, very funny. And very much a Woman's musical (of the ten main ensemble members, only two are men). I hope they break legs on their opening tonight!