Just moments after accepting his Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical, Buena Vista Social Club's Jonathan Deans could not stop beaming about one thing: the musicians in the show, and his working relationship with them.
"When I do a production, it's about the production, and my favorite production is the production I've just done. Buena Vista Social Club is the connection I made with the musicians, and the understanding and the sharing that they did," said Deans in an exclusive interview with 半岛体育. Watch the full interview in the video above.
Deans expressed how enriching the experience of working on a bilingual show was. Though the songs are in Spanish, great music is a universal language, Deans says: "The Cuban culture is just something that was very unique and a great experience, and then building a sound system and being able to set it up so they can play and create that emotion to an audience every night is remarkable, and so special. I'm very proud about that鈥攁bout the audience being able to feel exactly what they feel onstage."
Buena Vista Social Club is currently running at the Schoenfeld Theatre.
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