The Buena Vista Social Club Gets Bigger and Smaller on Broadway

In musical theater, the book’s often the trickiest thing to get right and the easiest target for criticism. If you don’t believe that the characters have a reason to break into song, blame the book. If the night feels like it’s dragging, blame the book. And if the songs are already hits, and the dancers are already fantastic, but you’re not quite achieving liftoff? Well, there’s always one place to look. That’s what I have to assume happened in production meetings...