Jukebox Broadway musicals need conflict and the evil suits at Capitol Records are a perennial villain for artists who just want to be themselves. In “Buena Vista Social Club,” the venerable label even ...

Entering “Buena Vista Social Club” is like stepping into a heady world of the senses, of heightened emotions, and of passionate music and dance. The Social Club was a real place for locals in Havana ...

Two hours and 10 minutes, with one intermission. At the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W 45th St. “Buena Vista Social Club,” the new musical that opened Wednesday night at the Gerald Schoenfeld ...

HAVANA — In a rattan chair with a large oval backrest, almost like a throne, the 94-year-old “Diva” of Buena Vista Social ...

The sound of Havana is coming to Broadway. Nearly 30 years after the Grammy-winning album Buena Vista Social Club became a critical and commercial success, a new musical inspired by the making of the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick A new musical inspired by the 1997 hit album gives a fictional back story to the veteran performers of the Havana music scene. By ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Of all the “Buena Vista Social Club” songs, the beloved “Chan Chan” is the most recognizable. But figuring out where in the musical to put it became a challenge. Credit...Sara ...

The Buena Vista Social Club were artists who'd been all but lost to the world after the Cuban Revolution — until they united for a 1997 album. Now, their unlikely story takes a new stage: Broadway.

Officially, playwright and screenwriter Marco Ramirez began working on the Broadway musical “Buena Vista Social Club” a little more than six years ago. But if you start the clock when the Cuban ...

Based on real-life events and people, Buena Vista Social Club features many characters and lots of great Cuban music. It takes such skill to reflect music of a bygone era, even more to sound fresh and ...

HAVANA — In a rattan chair with a large oval backrest, almost like a throne, the 94-year-old “Diva” of Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo, sat in her home in Cuba as she reminisced about her ...