The family of Frida Kahlo has recently authorized the production of “Frida, The Musical”, a new stage work that will depict the life story of the legendary Mexican Artist. Kahlo is well known for her vivid and uncompromising self-portraits, serving as a role model for generations of artists and inspiring people with disabilities to pursue their passions. Despite the tragedies that are typically depicted in documentations of Kahlo’s life, this musical willfocus on Kahlo’s witty and humorous side, offering the audience a 3-dimensional look at the painter’s life.
This Broadway Musical is expected to go on stage in 2024 and will follow Kahlo’s life from Mexico to Paris to New York, and finally back to the “Blue House” where she was born and died. This musical is the only one Kahlo’s family has officially authorized and will include untold details and personal stories.
To gather insights of Frida Kahlo’s life, producer Valentina Berger visited the family of Kahlo, as she wanted to give the audience a wider perspective of Kahlo’s life. “Everyone knows a colder Frida, a suffering Frida, but she loved life … She was really, really fun. That’s what we want to portray,” Berger said. “I used to have a sad view of Frida, like — ‘Oh, the poor woman.’ Now, knowing how she was so smart and so clever, I look up to her.”
Kahlo’s family is looking forward to the musical. Mara Romeo Kahlo, heiress to Frida’s legacy, told the Washington news: “‘Frida, The Musical’ honors everything she was: a real woman who fought for her dreams, loved like anybody else and always lived ahead of her time.”
This Broadway Musical is expected to go on stage in 2024 and will follow Kahlo’s life from Mexico to Paris to New York, and finally back to the “Blue House” where she was born and died. This musical is the only one Kahlo’s family has officially authorized and will include untold details and personal stories.
To gather insights of Frida Kahlo’s life, producer Valentina Berger visited the family of Kahlo, as she wanted to give the audience a wider perspective of Kahlo’s life. “Everyone knows a colder Frida, a suffering Frida, but she loved life … She was really, really fun. That’s what we want to portray,” Berger said. “I used to have a sad view of Frida, like — ‘Oh, the poor woman.’ Now, knowing how she was so smart and so clever, I look up to her.”
Kahlo’s family is looking forward to the musical. Mara Romeo Kahlo, heiress to Frida’s legacy, told the Washington news: “‘Frida, The Musical’ honors everything she was: a real woman who fought for her dreams, loved like anybody else and always lived ahead of her time.”
