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On Friday, June 13, the Tony Award-winning production of Buena Vista Social Club celebrated it’s 100th performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway. See photos here! The celebration comes hot on the heels of the production taking home 5 Tony Awards including Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Natalie Venetia Belcon), Best Sound Design of a Musical (Jonathan Deans), Best Choreography (Patricia Delgado & Justin Peck), and Best Orchestrations (Marco Paguia). A Special Tony Award was awarded to the musicians who make up the band of Buena Vista Social Club. AIn Buena Vista Social Club, step into the heart of Cuba, beyond the glitz of the Tropicana, to a place where blazing trumpets and sizzling guitars set the...

Following a five-award sweep at the 2025 Tony Awards, the Buena Vista Social Club family gathered at Ascent Lounge in Midtown to celebrate one of the most memorable nights of the Broadway season. Check out photos from the celebration! Cast members, musicians, and special guests toasted a production that brought Cuban rhythm, soul, and storytelling to the Broadway stage—and walked away with some of the night's top honors. Among the evening’s notable guests was Lin-Manuel Miranda, who stopped by the party after appearing in the Hamilton 10th anniversary tribute during the Tony ceremony. Buena Vista Social Club was awarded Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Natalie Venetia Belcon), Best Choreography (Delgado and Peck), Best Orchestrations (Marco Paguia), and Best Sound Design of a Musical (Jonathan Deans). The ensemble’s celebrated...

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Jonathan Deans took home a Tony Award for 'Best Sound Design of a Musical' for his outstanding work on Buena Vista Social Club. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction! Deans has worked on many musical productions on Broadway, West End and Worldwide, as well as plays and spectacles, such as sixteen productions of Cirque du Soleil. His recent musicals have been The Lonely Few, Redwood, Buena Vista Social Club, Hippest Trip/The Soul Train Musical. His ability to create immersive soundscapes has earned him a reputation as one of the leading sound designers in the entertainment industry. He is known for his attention to...

Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending topped Thursday's Tony Awards nominations with 10 bids each.

Close behind with seven apiece are Dead Outlaw, John Proctor Is the Villain, Sunset Boulevard, and The Hills of California.

Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending, and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical are up for Best Musical.

English,The Hills of California, John Proctor Is the Villain, Oh, Mary!, and Purpose are the Best Play nominees.

Among the acting nominees are George Clooney, Sadie Sink, Sarah Snook, and Nicole Scherzinger.

Clooney was nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Good Night, and Good Luck, his Broadway debut. Notable snubs in the category were Othello stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington.

See Final 2025 Tony eligibility rulings: Jinkx Monsoon, Jeb Brown, and Bernadette Peters will compete as featured players

Sink (John Proctor Is the Villain) and...

Crystal Lucas-Perry, Fedna Jacquet, Marchánt Davis, Shannon Matesky and Ebony Marshall-Oliver will join the previously announced Jordan E. Cooper in the cast of Cooper’s upcoming Broadway play Ain’t No Mo’, produced by Lee Daniels.

Daniels made the casting announcement today.

The comedy, which received a critically acclaimed Off Broadway production at New York’s Public Theater in 2019, begins previews at the Belasco Theatre on Thursday, November 3 ahead of an official opening on Thursday, December 1.

Ain’t No Mo’ blends sketch comedy, satire and avant garde theater as it asks the incendiary question, “What if the U.S. government attempted to solve racism … by offering Black Americans one-way plane tickets to Africa?”

Understudies announced today are Nik Alexander, Jasminn Johnson, Michael Rishawn, Kedren Spencer, Brennie Tellu and Emma Van Lare. The creative team includes director Stevie Walker-Webb making his Broadway debut, and the design team is Scott Pask (scenic design...