Real Women Have Curves co-composer Joy Huerta hosted a special pop-up concert outside the James Earl Jones Theatre March 18, and Playbill has the pics to take you inside the action.
Known for being part of the Grammy-winning pop duo Jesse & Joy, Huerta performed selections from Real Women Have Curves alongside songs from the Jesse & Joy catalogue in the special acoustic performance, which accompanied a special $50 ticket offer at the James Earl Jones Theatre box office.
Real Women Have Curves will begin its Broadway run April 1 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, and will officially open April 27. Starring newcomer Tatianna Córdoba as ambitious high school senior Ana Garcia, the project is being helmed by Sergio Trujillo, who's directing and choreographing.
The musical is adapted from Josefina López's 1993 play, which also had a 2002 film version. With a score by Huerta and Benjamin Velez and a book by Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin, the work follows a first-generation child of Mexican immigrants torn between joining the family garment business or embarking on her own dream of attending college in NYC.
Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) will play Carmen Garcia, Ana’s hardworking mother who imagines a traditional life for her daughter. Córdoba and Machado will be supported by Florencia Cuenca as Estela, Shelby Acosta (1776) as Prima Flaca, Carla Jimenez as Pancha, Aline Mayagoitia (SIX) as Itzel, Mason Reeves (Frozen) as Henry, Jennifer Sánchez (Elf) as Rosalí, Sandra Valls as Prima Fulvia, and Mauricio Mendoza as Raúl Garcia. Cuenca, Jimenez, Mayagoitia, Reeves, and Valls are all making their Broadway debuts in the production, and all but Mayagoitia are reprising their performances from the musical's 2024 world premiere.
The company will also include Ariana Burks, Quincy Hampton, Zeus Mendoza, Claudia Mulet, Christopher M. Ramirez, Monica Tulia Ramirez, Shadia Fairuz, Elisa Galindez, and Omar Madden.
The production will also have music supervision by Nadia DiGiallonardo, music direction by Roberto Sinha, scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado, costume design by Wilberth Gonzalez and Paloma Young, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by John Shivers, video design by Hana S. Kim, hair, wig, and make-up design by Krystal Balleza, and orchestrations by DiGiallonardo, Huerta, Rich Mercurio, and Velez. Casting is by X Casting's Victor Vazquez and ARC's Duncan Stewart.
Tripp Phillips will serve as production stage manager, with B.J. Holt as general manager and Alecia Parker as executive producer.
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