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‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Review: Exuberant New Broadway Musical Celebrates the Soul of a Nation
'Buena Vista Social Club,' the new musical based on the album and documentary, is the most intoxicating and rapturous show of the Broadway season.
The celebratory musical — with a book by Marco Ramirez (“The Royale”), developed and directed by Saheem Ali(“Fat Ham”) — takes its inspiration from Wim Wenders’ 1999 Oscar-nominated documentary on the making of the album “Buena Vista Social Club.” Among them is the club’s busboy singer Ibrahim (Mel Seme as the elder, Wesley Wray as his younger self); guitarist-singer Compay (Julio Monge and Da’von T. Moody); and pianist Ruben (Jainardo Batista Sterling and Leonardo Reyna). For decades, she has been a successful solo act in Cuba but hasn’t performed in years since the death of her sister and singing partner Haydee (Ashley De La Rosa), who fled to the U.S. to pursue a recording career when Castro took power.
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