Buena Vista Social Club on Broadway Tickets

By: Marco Ramirez
Songs by: Buena Vista Social Club
Director: Saheem Ali
Choreography: Justin Peck and Patricia Delgado
Cast list: Natalie Venetia Belcon (as Omara), Julio Monge (as Compay), Mel Semé (as Ibrahim), Jainardo Batista Sterling (as Rubén), Isa Antonetti (as Young Omara), Da’von Moody (as Young Compay), Wesley Wray (as Young Ibrahim), Leonardo Reyna (as Young Rubén), Renesito Avich (as Eliades), Ashley De La Rosa (as Young Haydee), Justin Cunningham (as Juan de Marcos)
Sets: Arnulfo Maldonado
Costumes: Dede Ayite
Lighting: Tyler Micoleau
Sound: Jonathan Deans
Band: Marco Paguia (piano, music direction), guitarist David Oquendo, Gustavo Schartz (guitar), Hery Paz (woodwinds), Eddie Venegas (trombone), Jesus Ricardo (trumpet), Javier Díaz, Mauricio Herrera, and Román Diaz (percussion)
Other info: Wigs, hair, and makeup by J. Jared Janas; orchestrations, arrangements, and music direction by Marco Paguia; additional arrangements by Javier Diaz and David Oquendo; music consultation by Juan de Marcos

The Buena Vista Social Club musical is named for the title band and its eponymous 1997 album that won a Grammy Award the next year. The band, formed to bring back Cuba’s golden age of music from the 1940s and 1950s, brought many musicians out of retirement to engage an aging population that knew the legends and had the expertise to expose a new generation to son, guajira, and other exciting genres.

Buena Vista Social Club was active for two decades, up until 2015. Now this musical honors the group's legacy and gives us a beat we can all groove to.

Saheem Ali, a Tony nominee for Fat Ham, directs the musical, and the bookwriter is Marco Ramirez (Drama Desk Award, The Royale). Dancing back into New York, Buena Vista Social Club on Broadway promises an electrifying experience of music and dance.

What to Watch For

• Buena Vista Social Club recorded their same-named album in just six days!
• Atlantic Theater Company is a downtown Off-Broadway theatre that has originated some of the world’s most famous musicals, including three recent Tony Award winners for Best Musical: Spring Awakening, The Band’s Visit, and Kimberly Akimbo. See what they produce now before the world sees it later!
• The musical brings together a renowned choreography team. Justin Peck won a Tony Award for Best Choreography for the recent revival of Carousel, and he also choreographed Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning West Side Story film. Patricia Delgado, a principal dancer with the Miami City Ballet, co-choreographs Buena Vista Social Club and was Peck’s associate on West Side Story.
• The Buena Vista Social Club album was preserved in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress in 2022 for its cultural significance.