Patricia Delgado is celebrating her Buena suerte…
The Cuban American ballet dancer, répétiteur and teacher earned her first-ever Tony Award alongside her husband Justin Peck during Sunday’s 78th Annual Tony Awards—presented at Radio City Music Hall.
Delgado and Peck won the Best Choreography award for their work on the acclaimed musical Buena Vista Social Club.
Delgado and Peck are longtime collaborators who have been with Buena Vista Social Club since the beginning of its development.
They’ve worked together on various projects, including Steven Spielberg’s 2021 West Side Story.
Buena Vista Social Club marks their first co-choreographer credit.
Set in Havana during the 1950s through the 1990s, Buena Vista Social Club tells the story of the effect of the rise of communism and Fidel Castro on local musicians. It follows four prominent musicians and their eventual collaboration on the 1997 landmark album Buena Vista Social Club. The show’s music is entirely in Spanish. Ali served as its director when it premiered Off-Broadway in 2023 at the Atlantic Theatre Company.
Buena Vista Social Club earned four Tonys.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Musical: Maybe Happy Ending
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Darren Criss, Maybe Happy Ending
Best Revival of a Musical: Sunset Blvd.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!
Best Direction of a Musical: Michael Arden, Maybe Happy Ending
Best Direction of a Play: Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary!
Best Revival of a Play: Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector
Best Play: Purpose
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical: Natalie Venetia Belcon, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Kara Young, Purpose
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Jak Malone, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Francis Jue, Yellow Face
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Sarah Snook, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson (music and lyrics) and Hue Park (lyrics)
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell, Death Becomes Her
Best Costume Design of a Play: Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Dane Laffrey and George Reeve, Maybe Happy Ending
Best Scenic Design of a Play: Miriam Buether and 59, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Jack Knowles, Sunset Blvd.
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Jon Clark, Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Best Choreography: Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Orchestrations: Marco Paguia, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Jonathan Deans, Buena Vista Social Club
Best Book of a Musical: Maybe Happy Ending, Will Aronson and Hue Park
Best Sound Design of a Play: Paul Arditti, Stranger Things: The First Shadow