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How ‘Real Women Have Curves’ Took the Fast Track to Broadway
Huerta (Jesse & Joy) and Velez wrote the show together, while apart, during lockdown -- and it might explain how they got it to Broadway so fast.
Huerta and Velez, appearing together on Variety’s “Stagecraft” podcast, said the two of them didn’t really start collaborating in earnest until late 2020 — which means that, in an industry where it’s standard for projects to take at least seven years to make it to midtown, “Real Women Have Curves” managed to do it in five. For this particular project, however, the pandemic lockdown necessitated an unusual working process for the duo — who didn’t meet in person until they’d been collaborating on the show for a year and a half. Along the way, Huerta also revealed that, although she’s going back to touring with her band now that “Real Women” has opened, she wants to stay involved in theater.
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