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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Remember "Buena Vista Social Club," the album? Even if you don't, now there's "Buena Vista Social Club," the musical, an exuberant blast from the past – old Cuban music for a new audience. The ...

Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos and the Buena Vista Orchestra transform the Vilar into a hot Havana nightclub on Wednesday. In the 1950s, a rotating group of musicians collectively known as the Buena Vista ...

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 ...

When the Buena Vista Social Orchestra convened for its inaugural performance in August, few in attendance knew what to expect. Steven Machat did. Having assembled the entourage with bandleader Jesus ...

The Buena Vista Social Orchestra is under the direction of Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos, original bandleader, arranger and trombonist of the Buena Vista Social Club. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Empire Theatre ...

It would be hard to imagine a better group of artists to bring to life the golden age of Cuban music that the one Ry Cooder cobbled together in Havana nearly three decades ago. Guitarist, vocalist and ...

A musical about the Cuban artists behind the “Buena Vista Social Club,” an internationally-recognized album of the country’s most popular musical stylings, will open on Broadway next year. Producers ...

Prepare to be romanced by the sounds of warm vocal harmonies, lively brass and captivating rhythms as the Buena Vista Social Orchestra come to the Dr. Phillips Center Sunday. The storied and unique ...