Ahead of its upcoming first Broadway performance February 21 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Buena Vista Social Club has revealed digital lottery and general rush policies, which will offer theatregoers ways to see the new musical for as little as $45.
Opening night is March 19.
The show's digital lottery will be run via Rush.Telecharge.com, where entries will be accepted beginning at midnight ET the day before a desired performance. Winners, who will have the opportunity to buy up to two $49 tickets, will be drawn at 10 AM ET with a second drawing at 3 PM ET. Winners will have five hours to finalize the purchase, and seats may be partial view.
Rush tickets will be available in person at the Schoenfeld Theatre box office on the day of each performance for $45, subject to availability. Rush tickets are limited to two tickets per person, and on a first-come first-served basis.
Inspired by the Grammy-winning 1997 album of the same name, Buena Vista Social Club features a book by Marco Ramirez (The Royale). The musical brings the album to life, and tells the story of the legends who lived it. Director Saheem Ali (Fat Ham), as well as choreographers Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck (Illinoise), are returning after staging the musical's 2023 world premiere Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company.
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The Broadway cast will feature Natalie Venetia Belcon as Omara, Julio Monge as Compay, Mel Semé as Ibrahim, Jainardo Batista Sterling as Rubén, Isa Antonetti as Young Omara, Da’von T. Moody as Young Compay, Wesley Wray as Young Ibrahim, Leonardo Reyna as Young Rubén, Renesito Avich as Eliades, Ashley De La Rosa as Young Haydee, and Justin Cunningham as Juan de Marcos with Angélica Beliard, Carlos Falú, Carlos Gonzalez, Héctor Juan Maisonet, Ilda Mason, Marielys Molina, Andrew Montgomery Coleman, Sophia Ramos, Anthony Santos, Martín Sola, and Tanairi Sade Vazquez. Casting is by Tara Rubin Casting's Xavier Rubiano and Frankie Ramirez.
The Buena Vista Social Club band features music supervision by Dean Sharenow; orchestrations, arrangements, and music direction by Marco Paguia; additional arrangements by Javier Diaz and David Oquendo; and music consultation by Juan de Marcos and David Yazbek. Comprising the band are Paguia, Oquendo, Gustavo Schartz, Hery Paz, Eddie Venegas, Jesus Ricardo, Díaz, Mauricio Herrera, and Román Diaz.
The production also features scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado; costume design by Dede Ayite; lighting design by Tyler Micoleau; sound design by Jonathan Deans; and wig, hair, and makeup design by J. Jared Janas. Arabella Powell will serve as production stage manager.
Buena Vista Social Club is both the name given to this extraordinary group of musicians and the album, recorded in just seven days in 1996. The trio of Cuban bandleader Juan de Marcos González, American producer and guitarist Ry Cooder, and British producer and label owner Nick Gold assembled an impromptu group of Cuban musicians in Havana’s 1950s vintage EGREM studios. The album would become a worldwide phenomenon: awarded a Grammy in 1997 and, at over eight million copies, outselling any other record in the same genre. The acclaim of the album has elevated the artists (including Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, and Omara Portuondo) to superstar status and inspired an award-winning film by Wim Wenders.
Buena Vista Social Club is produced on Broadway by Orin Wolf, John Styles, Barbara Broccoli, Atlantic Theater Company, Luis Miranda, LaChanze, and John Leguizamo, with Executive Producer Allan Williams.
Visit BuenaVistaMusical.com for tickets.
