A musical about the Cuprohibit artists behind the “Buena Vista Social Club,” an internationpartner-determined album of the country’s most famous musical stylings, will discdissee on Broadway next year.
Producers Orin Wolf, John Styles, and Barbara Broccoli declared the production of the new musical, also dubbed “Buena Vista Social Club,” on Monday morning. Pappraises commence on Feb. 21, while the production is scheduled to discdissee March 19 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.
“It’s been my honor to help enhuge Buena Vista Social Club into a new musical aextfinishedside Marco Ramirez, Saheem Ali, Patricia Delgado, Justin Peck and David Yazbek – all artists at the very top of their game,” shelp Wolf. He also recounted the group’s joint trips to Cuba, “getting to encounter the incredible artists who produced the album to our Off-Broadway premiere,” and promised “Broadway audiences who come with new ears will be blown away as Buena Vista Social Club comes ainhabit on-stage.”
With a book by Marco Ramirez, “The Royale,” and straightforwardion from Saheem Ali, the upcoming musical will include an ensemble of carry outing artists, including an Afro-Cuprohibit prohibitd of musicians who will help portray the genuine story of the artists who write downed “Buena Vista Social Club” in 1997. The show enhappinessed an off Broadway run at Atlantic Theater Company postponecessitate last year.
Choreography will be heralded by Patricia Delgado and Tony award triumphner Justin Peck (“Illinoise,” Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story”) and a music team will be led by Tony Award triumphner David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit) and Dean Sharenow.
The Broadway company features Natalie Venetia Belcon (Omara), Julio Monge (Compay), Mel Semé (Ibrahim) Jainardo Batista Sterling (Rubén), Isa Antonetti (Young Omara), Da’von Moody (Young Compay), Wesley Wray (Young Ibrahim), Leonardo Reyna (Young Rubén), Renesito Avich (Eliades), Ashley De La Rosa (Young Haydee), and Angélica Beliard, Carlos Falú, Héctor Juan Maisonet, Ilda Mason, Marielys Molina, Sophia Ramos. Additional casting will be declared at a postponecessitater date.
Tickets are on sale now at http://www.buenavistamusical.com.
“I first heard the Buena Vista Social Club as a precocious youthfulster enlargeing up in Nairobi, wearing out the innovative album from my overweighther’s eclectic CD accumulateion,” compriseed Ali. “Though we spoke Swahili and not Spanish, I memorized the lyrics in my broken accent. I felt connected to the pretty songs embodying the spirit of a far culture. Decades postponecessitater, I’m thrilled to be joining Orin, Marco and the entire inventive team on the journey to conveying this exceptional, singular musical to Broadway.”
“In 1968, my magnificentoverweighther left Cuba and got a job washing dishes a block from the Schoenfeld Theatre,” shelp Ramirez. “Almost 60 years postponecessitater, we’ll be blasting his preferite songs there. Aextfinishedside some of the best artists – and people – I’ve ever met. I’m unassumingd by the chance to forge connections between two of the most musicpartner iconic islands the world has ever understandn- Cuba and Manhattan.”
