The musical will reveal new, unexplored layers of this most complex and passionate Mexican genius as it follows her journey from Mexico City to Paris and New York and finally back to her homeland.
Frida Kahlo’s family has approved a new stage musical based on the life story of the Mexican painter titled “Frida, The Musical” which is set to open on Broadway.
“Frida still has so much to teach us and I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to honor her life and work through this most expressive of mediums“, said producer Valentina Berger. “Her spirit is very much alive in our young creative team“, he said.
Valentina Berger along with the Frida Kahlo Foundation and BTF Media announced the project last week. The music will be by Mexican composer Jaime Lozano and the lyrics will be written by Obie Award-winning playwright Nina Bigger.
Producers said the musical will reveal new, unexplored layers of this most complex and passionate Mexican genius as it follows her journey from Mexico City to Paris and New York and finally back to her homeland, the home of her birth. for one last professional triumph.
“Kahlo redefined beauty, humanism, political activism, feminism and sexuality in her time. Through an explosion of music, along with original images and exclusive material provided by the foundation, the musical “Frida” promises to show the audience new dimensions of Frida Kahlo.
Although overlooked during her lifetime, Frida Kahlo, who died in 1954 aged 47, is now widely regarded as one of the most important painters of the last century, an exemplar of surrealism and a pioneering artistic force in feminism».
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