8 of the Best Latin-Themed Musicals Ever on Broadway: From ‘West Side Story’ to ‘Buena Vista Social Club’

8 of the Best Latin-Themed Musicals Ever on Broadway: From ‘West Side Story’ to ‘Buena Vista Social Club’

Two Latin-themed musicals have opened on Broadway within five weeks of each other, receiving some love from the Tonys this year: Buena Vista Social Club, which co-leads the list of nominees for the June 8 awards ceremony with 10 nods, and Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, which received two. Buena Vista Social Club — which narrates the story of the Cuban artists who brought the acclaimed Grammy-winning album of 1997 to the world — competes …

"Real Women Have Curves" brings new energy to Broadway with Justina Machado, Tatianna Córdoba

Tony Award nominee Justina Machado and Broadway newcomer Tatianna Córdoba join "CBS Mornings Plus" to discuss "Real Women Have Curves," a new musical based on the 2002 film. The show explores family, identity and chasing dreams against the backdrop of a struggling garment factory.

Tony First-Timers: Justina Machado's Nomination for Real Women Have Curves Proves That 'Dreams Don't Have an Expiration Date'

You might know Justina Machado best for her TV roles: Vanessa Diaz on the popular HBO series Six Feet Under or Penelope Alvarez on One Day at a Time. But now that she’s turned Broadway’s head as matriarch Carmen García in Real Women Have Curves, she can confess something: “It was always my dream to originate a role in a musical and to be nominated for a Tony. I can say that now.” Jinxing her odds is no risk anymore. Machado is one of this year’s…