Buena Vista Social Club Musical Heads to West End 2027
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- Buena Vista Social Club Musical – won five Tony trophies last year, including a Special Award and a Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Natalie Venetia Belcon.
- Orin Wolf – announced the show will transfer to London’s West End in 2027 and is scouting a venue with the right vibe.
- Lin‑Manuel Miranda – is a producer on the Broadway production and co‑hosted a Buena Vista Dance Along Night for audience members to dance.
- Nick Gold – after seeing The Band’s Visit, granted stage rights to the musical and agreed to a royalty split that includes the original Cuban artists and their families.
- Cuban musicians – will receive royalties through a moral‑rights contract drafted by Wolf, covering artists such as Omara Portuondo, Ibrahim Ferrer’s son, Rubén González’s family, and Eliades Ochoa’s family.
- Saheem Ali – directs the Broadway production, with choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck and orchestrations by Marco Paguia.
Why it matters: The royalty‑sharing contract guarantees the surviving Buena Vista Social Club musicians and their heirs a slice of the Broadway hit’s profits, turning a celebrated stage production into a financially inclusive venture as it expands to London’s West End, while providing producers a culturally authentic brand that can attract audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
