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Buena Vista Social Club Heading to Broadway in 2025
Buena Vista Social Club, about the Cuban artists who brought the Grammy-winning album to life, will premiere March 19 at the Schoenfeld Theater.
The story of Buena Vista Social Club, the musical ensemble primarily comprised of Cuban musicians (many of them elderly), whose acclaimed debut album from 1997 became a global sensation, will arrive on Broadway early next year, producers Orin Wolf, John Styles and Barbara Broccoli announced on Monday (Sep. 16). The Broadway company features Natalie Venetia Belcon as Omara Portuondo, Julio Monge as Compay Segundo, Mel Semé as Ibrahim Ferrer and Jainardo Batista Sterling as Rubén González — with Isa Antonetti, Da’von Moody, Wesley Wray and Leonardo Reyna as their younger versions, respectively. Buena Vista Social Club was formed in Cuba 1996, in a project organized by World Circuit executive Nick Gold, produced by American guitarist Ry Cooder and directed by Juan de Marcos González, who named the group after a popular music venue in Havana in the 1940s.
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