VIA PRESS RELEASE | “Buena Vista Social Club brings the thrill of music making to Broadway.” —The New York Times
The producers of the new hit Broadway musical Buena Vista Social Club™ and World Circuit Records have announced that the show’s Original Broadway Cast Recording will be released on CD on 1st August 2025. Produced by GRAMMY® Award Winners Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek, co-produced by Marco Paguia and Orin Wolf, and Executive Produced by Allan Williams, a vinyl version will be available later in 2025.
Winner of 5 Tony Awards, including Special Tony Award for Best Band (the first time this award has been presented to a band), Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations, Best Sound Design of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actress (Natalie Venetia Belcon) in a Featured Role in a Musical, Buena Vista Social Club™ is making history on Broadway as the first musical featuring its entire score sung completely in Spanish, with the show’s story and scenes performed in English.
The recording features the original Broadway cast as well as the Tony Award winning Buena Vista Social Club Broadway Band: Marco Paguia (Piano, Music Director), David Oquendo (Guitar), Renesito Avich (Tres), Gustavo Schartz (Bass), Hery Paz (Woodwinds), Eddie Venegas (Trombone), Jesus Ricardo (Trumpet), Javier Díaz (Percussion), Mauricio Herrera (Percussion), Román Diaz (Percussion), and Leonardo Reyna (Piano).
Inspired by true events, the new Broadway musical Buena Vista Social Club™ brings the GRAMMY® Award-winning album (produced by Ry Cooder) to thrilling life—weaving fiction with history to reimagine the story of the legends behind the music. A world-class Afro-Cuban band is joined by a sensational cast in this unforgettable tale of survival, second chances and the extraordinary power of music.
The Broadway band of Buena Vista Social Club™ features creative consultation by David Yazbek, music supervision by Dean Sharenow, orchestrations, arrangements, and music direction by Tony nominee Marco Paguia, additional arrangements by Javier Díaz and David Oquendo, and music consultation by Juan de Marcos.
Buena Vista Social Club™ officially opened on Broadway at the Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) on Wednesday, 19th March 2025, to critical acclaim. This production made its world premiere at the Atlantic Theatre Company, New York City in December 2023 and was nominated for Best Musical by the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle organisations.
ABOUT BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB™ | Buena Vista Social Club™ is both the name given to an extraordinary impromptu group of musicians and the album they recorded in 1996, in Havana’s 1950s vintage EGREM studios with the trio of American producer and guitarist Ry Cooder, Cuban bandleader Juan de Marcos González, and British producer/label owner Nick Gold.
It was clear from the atmosphere of the recording sessions that something very special was taking place. However, no one could have predicted that Buena Vista Social Club™ would become a worldwide phenomenon—awarded a Grammy in 1997 and, at over 8 million copies, outselling any other record in the same genre.
The acclaim of the original album elevated the artists, notably—Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, and Compay Segundo—to superstar status, inspired an award-winning film by Wim Wenders and has contributed to popularising Cuba’s rich musical heritage. The timeless quality of the music and the sheer verve of the veteran performers have ensured that this will go down as one of the landmark recordings of the 20th century.
