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A new video has been released of Tony Award nominee Lorna Courtney performing Mountain in the Sky, one of the songs featured on Jaime Lozano's upcoming album, Songs By An Immigrant Vol. 3. The album will be released on streaming and digital download platforms worldwide on August 22. With music by acclaimed musical theatre composer and Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Jaime Lozano, the new album features award-winning Latin artists and Broadway stars, including Grammy and Latin Grammy winner Tony Succar, Grammy-winning music producer Trooko, multi-grammy Award winner and National Medal of Arts artist-saxophonist Paquito D’ Rivera, Latin Grammy winner Jair Alcalá and his band El Plan, Tony, Grammy Emmy, and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), Krystina Alabado (Mean Girls), Tony Award nominee...

Twenty-three years and one Broadway musical later, and “Real Women Have Curves” is finally getting its sequel… kind of. “20 Pounds to Happiness” is billed as being the “companion piece” to the iconic 2002 Sundance feature.

López collaborates with actress/director Yelyna De León for “20 Pounds to Happiness,” which centers on a “full-figured Latina in a Real Women Have Curves Support Group who must decide between staying loyal to her girlfriends and risk losing the man of her dreams.” Carlo Mendez, Riley Shanahan, Christiana Leucas, Soledad St. Hilaire, Iyari Limon, Rafael Sigler, and Tricia Cruz co-star.

“20 Pounds to Happiness” will screen at the Cannes marketplace with MultiVisionnaire Pictures handling worldwide sales. The feature will debut at the Marché du Film at Cannes with a market screening on Tuesday, May 14 in Screening Room Palais C.

López co-wrote the 2002 film with George Lavoo, basing it on the play “Real Women Have Curves” that she wrote in 1988-90. Recently,...

The family of Frida Kahlo has authorized the development of Frida, The Musical, a new stage work based on the life story of the groundbreaking 20th Century artist.

“Frida still has so much to teach us, and I am thrilled at the chance to honor her life and her work through this most expressive medium,” said producer Valentina Berger in a statement. “Her spirit is very much alive in our young creative team, who continually dazzle me with their big creative swings and mind-bending talent.”

Berger, along with the Frida Kahlo estate and Btf Media, announced the project today. The first workshop is slated for 2023, and the musical will feature music by the Mexican composer Jaime Lozano and lyrics by the Obie Award-winning playwright Neena Beber.

In the announcement today, the production said the musical will reveal “new, rarely explored layers of this most complex – and ardently Mexican – genius as...

In anticipation of its New York presentation with the New York Musical Festival Nymf this July, producers Jorge de la Garza and German Cavazos hosted a special concert version of the new musical Children of Salt on June 6 at The Metropolitan Room. The musical features music by Jaime Lozano and book and lyrics by Lauren Epsenhart, with arrangements amp orchestrations by Jesus Altamira and Jaime Lozano, musical direction by Geraldine Anello and musical supervision by Zach Dietz.

In anticipation of its New York presentation with the New York Musical Festival Nymf this July, producers Jorge de la Garza and German Cavazos will present a special concert version of the new musical Children of Salt, music by Jaime Lozano and book and lyrics by Lauren Epsenhart, with arrangements amp orchestrations by Jesus Altamira and Jaime Lozano, musical direction by Geraldine Anello and musical supervision by Zach Dietz, starring Mauricio Martinez and Florencia Cuenca, on Monday, June 6 at 930pm at The Metropolitan Room 34 W 22nd Street. Tickets are 24-115 and can be purchased by calling 212.206.0440 or by visiting metropolitanroom.com.

Manchester, England - November 3: Wayne Rooney of Manchester United in action during the UEFA Champions League match between Manchester United and Cska Moscow at Old Trafford on November 3 2009, in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)

London, England - November 07:  A dejected Courtney Lawes of England looks on as his team head towrds defeat during the Investec Challenge Series match between England and Australia at Twickenham on November 7, 2009 in London, England.  (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Oxford, England - November 04:  Olly Lindsay-Hague of England poses for a portrait during the England Sevens photo call on November 4, 2009 in Oxford, England.  (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Nagano, Japan - November 06: Takahiko Kozuka of Japan performs in the Men Short Program on the day one of Isu Grand Prix of Figure Skating Nhk Trophy at Big Hat on November 6, 2009 in Nagano, Japan. (Photo...