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Gloria Estefan & Daughter Emily Estefan Write Music & Lyrics for New Musical ‘BASURA’
Gloria Estefan and Emily Estefan have written the music and lyrics for the musical 'BASURA.'
BASURA(Spanish for “garbage”) will narrate the journey of Paraguay’s Recycled Orchestra, a group of young artists who turn scrap material into instruments and music into possibilities. Based on the award-winning documentary Landfill Harmonic, BASURA brings the sound of Paraguay’s Recycled Orchestra to the theater as a “heart-swelling reminder that even in the most unlikely places, you can build something beautiful,” according to a press release. Alex Lacamoire ( Hamilton, In the Heights) is the musical supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger; Patricia Delgado ( Buena Vista Social Club) the choreographer, and Ken Cerniglia ( Hadestown,Newsies) the dramaturg.
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