MLB veteran and recording artist José Iglesias, known to music fans as "Candelita", is gearing up to make history as the first Latino MLB player to debut on Broadway. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Iglesias will join the Broadway production of Buena Vista Social Club to play the Narrator, beginning Thursday, August 27, 2026. "Buena Vista Social Club has a lot of history behind it, from my own country Cuba, and all of Latin America, so it was a yes. While he has now made a career for himself as both a baseball player and a singer, Iglesias shared that as a child, living in Cuba, baseball was always the dream. His journey into the limelight began in 2011 when he made his debut in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the prestigious Boston Red Sox.