Ingrid Oliu

Barry and Fran Weissler are adapting the acclaimed 2002 independent film Real Women Have Curves into a musical. Sergio Trujillo has been tapped to direct, with Lisa Loomer writing the book and Grammy-winning dup Jesse & Joy writing the score, likely making it the first Broadway musical with a Latine director, bookwriter, lyricist, and composer.

The critically acclaimed smash hit musical, Disney's Aladdin, Dual Language Edition/Edicion De Lenguaje Dual will be presented by Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo and TNH Productions, in association with El Centro Del Pueblo and CASA 0101 Theater in a new expanded guest production.

The critically acclaimed smash hit musical, Disney's Aladdin, Dual Language Edition/Edicion De Lenguaje Dual will be presented by Los Angeles City Councilmember Gil Cedillo and TNH Productions, in association with El Centro Del Pueblo and CASA 0101 Theater in a new expanded guest production.

REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES is now in its final performances at The Pasadena Playhouse (Artistic Director, Sheldon Epps) and must close Sunday, October 4, 2015. The 25th anniversary production of Josefina Lopez's play directed by Playhouse Associate Artistic Director Seema Sueko was a smash hit with both critics and audiences alike.

The film of Josefina Lopez's Real Women Have Curves in 2002 was a big hit in art houses and won several Sundance prizes including an audience award for Best Actresses Lupe Ontiveros and America Ferrera, long before her Ugly Betty fame. Lopez's semi-autobiographical play from the 90s about the garment industry and the Latina women who struggle to survive in it - the basis for the film - is currently running at the Pasadena Playhouse through October 4 and has terrific direction from Seema Sueko and a closely connected ensemble of five actresses.

The Pasadena Playhouse production of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES by Josefina López and directed by Seema Sueko opened in conjunction with the Wells Fargo Theatrical Diversity Project fundraising event. Legendary director, choreographer and producer Kenny Ortega will be the 2015 Diversity Award Artistic Honoree and Abel Ramirez, founder of El Portal Restaurant, will be the 2015 Community Honoree. Check out the opening night pics below!

REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES by Josefina Lopez runs September 8 - October 4, 2015, directed by Seema Sueko at The Pasadena Playhouse.  Check out a first look below!

REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES by Josefina Lopez runs September 8 - October 4, 2015, directed by Seema Sueko at The Pasadena Playhouse.

REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES by Josefina Lopez runs September 8 - October 4, 2015, directed by Seema Sueko at The Pasadena Playhouse.

The cast has been announced for The Pasadena Playhouse production of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES by Josefina Lopez and directed by Seema Sueko. The cast will feature Blanca Araceli (FX's The Bridge), Santana Dempsey (HBO's The Newsroom), Diana DeLaCruz (ABC Family's Chasing Life), Cristina Frias (The Motherf*cker with the Hat at South Coast Repertory), and Ingrid Oliu (HBO's Real Women Have Curves, Stand and Deliver). REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES plays September 8 through October 4 (press opening on Sunday, September 13).

CASA 0101 Theater will add two additional performances for the Closing Weekend of the hit play, CLEAN START, a new comedy written and directed by Kathy Fischer (The George Lopez Show) and written and produced by Josefina Lopez (Real Women Have Curves). Emmanuel Deleage, Executive Director of CASA 0101, as well as Producer of the show, said today, 'I am happy to announce that we will be adding two additional performances to the Closing Weekend of CLEAN START, due to show's critical acclaim and popularity with the general public. In addition to performances this Friday and Saturday, February 13th and 14th at 8:00 p.m., and on Sunday, February 15th at 5:00 p.m., we will have a matinee performance on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and an evening performance on Sunday at 8:00 p.m.'

Things get messy when a broke, down-on-her-luck Beverly Hills socialite is forced to move in with her Latina housekeeper in East Los Angeles. CASA 0101 Theater is proud to kick off the theater's 15th 'Quinceañera' Anniversary Season with the World Premiere of a new comedy, CLEAN START, written by Kathy Fischer and Josefina Lopez, directed by Kathy Fischer, and produced by Josefina Lopez and Emmanuel Deleage.

NewFilmmakers LA Film Festival presents an evening of independent shorts and features, showcasing the faces of Young Hollywood, and created by the next wave of filmmakers and screenwriters sure to be on the tips of tongues during future award seasons.

Josefina Lopez, the creator, author, playwright and co-screenwriter of "Real Women Have Curves" appeared at a 10th Anniversary celebration of the award-winning film, directed by Patricia Cardoso, co-written by George LaVoo, starring America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros and George Lopez held at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on Thursday, September 6, 2012. Check out photos from the event below!

The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre and Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival will present an evening celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the award-winning film "Real Women Have Curves" with special guest, Josefina Lopez, today, September 6, 2012.

The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre and Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival will present an evening celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the award-winning film "Real Women Have Curves" with special guest, Josefina Lopez, on Thursday, September 6, 2012.