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Real Women Have Curves
Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical to Premiere on Broadway in 2025

It was announced today that Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, produced by Barry Weissler, Fran Weissler, and Jack Noseworthy will debut on Broadway in 2025. The Broadway premiere follows a critically acclaimed world premiere in 2023 at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) at Harvard University.

The new musical, based on the play by Josefina López and HBO’s Real Women Have Curves, (screenplay by Josefina López and George LaVoo) will feature music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning artist Joy Huerta of the Mexican pop duo Jesse & Joy and composer/lyricist Benjamin Velez, book by Lisa Loomer, additional material by Nell Benjamin, music supervision by Nadia DiGiallonardo, and direction & choreography by Tony and Olivier Award winner Sergio Trujillo.

Summer 1987, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. After eighteen years under the roof of her immigrant parents, Ana is ready to spread her wings. Her dreams of college and a career in New York City are bursting at the seams, but her family’s expectations would keep her home, working at their garment factory (and being driven crazy by her mother). Is it worth sacrificing the dreams of her family by Ana fulfilling her own? Based on the play by Josefina López that inspired the iconic hit film, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical is an uplifting and empowering new show that explores life’s unexpected curves.

“I am thrilled to be a part of bringing Real Women Have Curves: The Musical to Broadway,” said Grammy Award-winning artist Joy Huerta, who will pen music and lyrics. “Songwriting for theater is a new undertaking for me, and it’s been a thrill to collaborate with Sergio, Bejamin, Lisa, Nell, and the rest of this extremely talented team. Ana’s story is such a powerful and universal one that already holds so much cultural relevance, and we look forward to bringing it to new audiences in this musical format.”

Dates, cast and additional creative team will be announced at a later date.