The Rise and Fall of ‘Real Women Have Curves’ on Broadway

Latino USA

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The musical adaptation of "Real Women Have Curves" was praised by the Tony Awards and across the country for its timeliness as it leaned heavily on one major topic: immigration. Still, the show closed after just two months on Broadway. In this episode, host Maria Hinojosa speaks with two of the lead actresses —Florencia Cuenca and Tatianna Córdoba— about what it takes to keep up with the pace on Broadway, the realities of performing while ICE attacks Latinos, and our relationship with our bodies.

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0:00.0	Future
0:02.2	Dear Latino
0:02.3	Dear Latino USA
0:16.0	Before we start, you should know that if you want to listen to this episode, add free.
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0:27.6	Joining also gets you behind the scenes access and, yes, some chiseme.
0:33.2	So click the link in the episode description.
0:36.7	And after you do that, then click play.
0:39.3	Let's go to the show.
0:47.7	Maria, have you been to any Broadway shows or musicals this year?
0:51.2	Well, I love going to Broadway.
0:53.3	I go as often as I can with my schedule,
0:57.0	though I did make it to the previews of the musical Real Women Have Curves, and I really
1:04.9	loved it. I also saw Real Woman have curves. It was great. This is your machine. Her name is Catalina.
1:12.1	She's named after a telenovela villain.
1:14.4	Because she's evil. Chicken cast spells the last girl who worked her grew a beard.
1:20.6	Well, Jeannie, you and I obviously agree on what we like on Broadway. And by the way,
1:25.9	you have been a producer for Latino USA. You now work with
1:30.1	Futuro Studios, but you are our resident lover of all things on Broadway. Yes. And because of that,
1:38.4	I wanted us to talk about the two Latino Broadway shows that really had a moment this year.
1:43.1	The two shows, Real Women Have Curves starred Justina Mochado, based on the play.
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