Havana Music Hall
CREATIVE TEAM
Music & Lyrics: Richard Kagan
Book: Carmen Pelaez
Artistic Director: David Arisco
Director & Choreographer: Maria Torres
Music Supervisor & Orchestrations: Larry Blank
Dance Music Arrangements & Dance Orchestrations: Oscar Hernández
Lyric Translator & Cuban Music Historian: Jose "Perico" Hernandez
Cuban Musicologist: Luis Serrano
Music Director: Brian Murphy
CAST
Older Rolando: John Herrera
Young Rolando: Alexander Pimentel
Older Ramona: Isbelia Duran
Young Ramona: Linedy Genao
Older Julio: Rodrigo de la Rosa
Young Julio: Phillip Andrew Santiago
Alberto: Bruno Faria
Maria: Elaine Flores
Mercedes: Anissa Gathers
Ensemble: Jorge Barranco, Angely Carucci, Sarita Colon, Michael Focas, Hector Fortun, Christopher Hernandez, Lauren Horgan, Macia McGeorge, Jane Papageorge, Robbie Smith
Photos by Alberto Romeu
Actors' Playhouse
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Regional - 2018
Production Photos
Miami New Times
"Havana Music Hall offers an experience where the creative and the political meet, personal stories are told, loss and desperation revealed."
Miami Art Zine
"[The show is] about the power of the homeland, the power of family - and the power of music … the response from the audience has been overwhelming positive."
Miami Herald
"The cast of actor-singer-dancers delivers impassioned performances. The confident [Alexander] Pimentel and luminous [Linedy] Genao have terrific voices and are sympathetic protagonists."
Florida Theater On Stage
"And there is the 20-member Latinx cast and nine-member band, about half from South Florida originally or currently … the older Ramona is played by Isbelia Duran, a standout."
ArtBurst Miami
"'Baila Maria' showcases the talents of the young Rolando, Ramona and Alberto, and 'Mambo Cha Cha Rhumba' gives [Maria] Torres and the show's dazzling dancers a license to thrill. Which they do."
BroadwayWorld
"This show not only will leave you swaying in your seats (the dancing was incredible!) but it will leave you thinking - thinking about people who endured hardships … anyone with an immigrant experience can relate to this musical."
