By: Catherine Wang

Frida Kahlo, one of the most famous Mexican artists in the world, is soon going to have a new Broadway play about her life performed. The musical will be called “Fridamania”. (Catchy, right?)

The Broadway show is now in production, and will be put together after regional tryouts in 2024 and more research about her life through discussions with her family members. The play will follow her life from Mexico all the way to New York.

Most of the time Kahlo seems to be suffering, and her paintings often suggest that she is in constant pain and agony. Historians usually describe Kahlo’s personality to be cold and serious, but that really isn’t the case when it comes to the perception of her descendants.

For example, the universal heiress of the Frida Kahlo Legacy Mara Romeo Kahlo told the Washington Post that the assumption was incorrect. She said that her aunt (Frida Kahlo) was, “passionate about music, arts, and Mexican culture,” and, “a real woman who fought for her dreams, loved like anybody else and always lived ahead of her time.” She even told the Washington Post that, “In all the stories I heard when I was a little child, our family remembered Aunt Frida as a very joyful woman.”

There has long been a stereotypical view of Frida Kahlo. Many people have always believed that she was cold, gloomy, and serious all the time, but her family says that the assumption is completely absurd. In fact, she was cheerful and passionate about many things.

That’s why the writers of the musical decided to write Kahlo as who she truly was. Smart, creative, loving, caring, and humorous.