ALLIANCE THEATRE PRODUCTION
BASURA
Event Details: Nine-time Grammy Award® winner Gloria Estefan — whose music has sold over 100 million records worldwide — has shaped generations through song. Now, she joins her daughter and acclaimed singer-songwriter Emily Estefan, to co-write the music and lyrics for BASURA, a powerful and bold new musical inspired by the true story of Paraguay’s Recycled Orchestra, where young artists turn scrap material into instruments and music into possibilities. This world premiere musical continues Estefan’s global legacy — proving that music can rise from anywhere and change everything.
What do you do when the world gives you nothing? You build something beautiful. In a community against all odds, an inspired music teacher starts an orchestra for the students, but they have no instruments. Empty paint cans, a fork, and a bent license plate become a violin, an oil drum transforms into a colorful cello, and the newly formed orchestra hits every note to the beat of something bigger. When the students' instruments become symbols of possibility, the sound is heard around the world.
BASURA is directed by the Broadway stage visionary Michael Greif (Rent, Dear Evan Hansen), and written by National Latino Playwriting Award-winner Karen Zacarías (Native Gardens, Destiny of Desire). Grammy Award® and Tony Award® winner Alex Lacamoire (Hamilton, In the Heights) is the musical supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger. Patricia Delgado (Buena Vista Social Club) will choreograph, and Ken Cerniglia (Hadestown, Newsies) rounds out the team as dramaturg.
Based on the award-winning documentary film Landfill Harmonic, the new musical carries the sound of Paraguay’s Recycled Orchestra farther than anyone could have ever imagined. BASURA is an unforgettable journey of rhythm, resilience, and extraordinary music — a radiant, heart-swelling reminder that even in the most unlikely places, you can build something beautiful.
When: 2:00 PM on Sunday, June 14, 2026
Location: Alliance Theatre / Coca Cola Stage
1280 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
Cost: $35 / ticket
Reservations and Seating: Tickets must be purchased directly from the Alliance Theatre. Any tickets in APT’s block of seats not purchased by May 31st will be released to the general public.
APT members will receive instructions on how to purchase tickets by clicking the Register button and signing up for this event.
Seating is assigned for this production, and you’ll be able to select your seat(s) within the APT block of seats during the checkout process.
Parking: Some free parking is available in the Ansley Park neighborhood. Pay attention to the parking signs because they will indicate where and when free parking is available. Parking is also available in the Woodruff Arts Center garage or in any of several other garages in the area such as the Promenade. See this link for information on parking. https://www.woodruffcenter.org/parking-directions/
Questions: Contact Ezra Cohen at ezraco@earthlink.net or 404-355-2311.