The Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has been very popular in the merchandise business: many pictures of her and her artwork appear on T-shirts, movies, museums, and much more. But there’s one thing that has yet to happen: A Broadway musical.
Tryouts for the musical are expected to happen in 2023, and the musical itself is predicted to release for 2024. It’ll be named Frida, The Musical and will feature artists like Jaime Lozano, playwrights such as Neena Beber, and will be produced by Valentina Berger. It will quite literally turn Frida Kahlo’s life into a musical.
The creators of the new musical on Frida Kahlo are hoping to put her life in a new light, offering insight and new information on things about the artist that weren’t very well known. Some of it will be based on the book by the niece of Frida Kahlo, Isolda P. Kahlo. The book is named Intimate Frida. The other information sources for the musical will come directly from conversations and interviews from her family.
“In all the stories I heard when I was a little child, our family remembered Aunt Frida as a very joyful woman,” Mara Romeo Kahlo had stated during a conversation. “She was passionate about music, arts and Mexican culture. ‘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.”
“Everyone knows a colder Frida, a suffering Frida, but she loved life,” noted Mrs. Berger. “She was really, really fun. That’s what we want to portray. 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.”
Mrs. Beber also recalled that she had a very good sense of humor, and believes that the humorous aspect of Frida Kahlo is often overlooked. “I really connected to her humor,” she said. “I don’t think I knew how funny she was — that she had this wry, dry sense of humor. She really was of the people.”
So far, there have been more than ten songs written for the musical, and it looks very promising.
Tryouts for the musical are expected to happen in 2023, and the musical itself is predicted to release for 2024. It’ll be named Frida, The Musical and will feature artists like Jaime Lozano, playwrights such as Neena Beber, and will be produced by Valentina Berger. It will quite literally turn Frida Kahlo’s life into a musical.
The creators of the new musical on Frida Kahlo are hoping to put her life in a new light, offering insight and new information on things about the artist that weren’t very well known. Some of it will be based on the book by the niece of Frida Kahlo, Isolda P. Kahlo. The book is named Intimate Frida. The other information sources for the musical will come directly from conversations and interviews from her family.
“In all the stories I heard when I was a little child, our family remembered Aunt Frida as a very joyful woman,” Mara Romeo Kahlo had stated during a conversation. “She was passionate about music, arts and Mexican culture. ‘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.”
“Everyone knows a colder Frida, a suffering Frida, but she loved life,” noted Mrs. Berger. “She was really, really fun. That’s what we want to portray. 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.”
Mrs. Beber also recalled that she had a very good sense of humor, and believes that the humorous aspect of Frida Kahlo is often overlooked. “I really connected to her humor,” she said. “I don’t think I knew how funny she was — that she had this wry, dry sense of humor. She really was of the people.”
So far, there have been more than ten songs written for the musical, and it looks very promising.
