Real plays have enduring themes.(ROAMING SPOTLIGHT)(Real Women Have Curves)(play)(Theater Review)
American Theatre, May, 2005 by Johnson, Cassandra
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Josefina Lopez's 1990 play Real Women Have Curves, adapted into an award-winning film in 2002, takes on perennially human themes--perceptions of beauty, women's roles, family, immigration and labor--and remains "universal and relevant," according to director Abel Lopez (in photo), who revives the play from May 5-29 at GALA Hispanic Theatre.
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Lopez affirms that young people are more assimilated and bilingual than ever in Hispanic-American history, but that there is still a conflict between tradition and contemporary culture. First-generation youth must ...
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