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JAN. 18 – FEB. 16, 2020
Directed by MARCIA MILGROM DODGE

Experience the sensational musical about the bespectacled, 1950s rock and roll icon. This non-stop entertaining rock show recounts Buddy Holly’s 18-month, meteoric rise to fame and the indelible impact he left on the industry after his untimely death at the age of 22. Influencing artists from The Beatles to Bruce Springsteen and plenty of musicians in between, the early rocker is immortalized in this mesmerizing musical memoir. Performances include over 20 of his greatest hits like “That’ll Be the Day,” “It’s So Easy to Fall in Love” and “Peggy Sue,” along with Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” and The Big Bopper’s “Chantilly Lace.”

“The never-ending stream of hits keeps the audience tapping their toes for hours.” — D.C. Metro Theater Arts
“High-octane and infectious … A gem of a musical.” — Daily Express


ADVISORY: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story is recommended for ages 12 and up. Buddy’s thick-framed glasses may seem nerdy and innocent today, but his songs about teenage romance, lust and heartbreak were edgy for their time period. Lyrics contain mild sexual innuendo, and there are other mature themes.

RUNNING TIME: The show runs approximately 2 hours, including one intermission.


Promotional photo by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates.

 

 

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Rock and Roll 'til the Early, Early Night!

Jan 9, 2020
Erica Reid

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story explores Holly’s meteoric rise to rock and roll stardom in the most fitting way possible: through an electrifying performance of his iconic catalogue of music.

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Rock to the Rhythm and the Blues

Jan 9, 2020
Erica Reid

Director Marcia Milgrom Dodge gives us a closer look at the sensational musical memoir Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.

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An Inspiration for Rock and Roll Legends to Come

Jan 24, 2020
Gigi Relic

Buddy Holly is considered one of the most influential creative forces in early rock and roll. See what other rock and roll legends have said about him.

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Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper and The Crickets

Jan 28, 2020
Gigi Relic

Learn more about the band that sprung Buddy Holly into rock and roll fame and the singers who accompanied him on the Winter Dance Party bus tour.

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Buddy Holly: A Timeline

Feb 11, 2020
Aly Gomez

Before Buddy Holly became the bespectacled rock legend of the 1950s, he was Charles Hardin Holley — a skinny kid from Texas who could play a lot of instruments.

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Jenifer Morrow

Dec 10, 2019, 09:51 AM
Role : Second Stage Manager
Order : 140

A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association for 30 years, Jenifer has been a stage manager at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park since 1994. She became the PSM (head of the department) in 2005. Jenifer has worked on more than 100 productions, including a number of regional and world premieres, and has traveled to several other theatres to bring co-productions back to the Playhouse. Her recent credits include The Lifespan of a Fact; Tiny Houses; August Wilson’s Two Trains Running; The Second City — It's Not You, It's Me; Cincinnati King; Misery; Murder for Two; Marie and Rosetta; An Evening With Groucho; Shakespeare in Love; Little Shop of Horrors; The Second City’s Holidazed & Confused Revue; A Prayer for Owen Meany; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Secret Garden; and Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical. Jenifer served as the PSM at Santa Fe Stages for several seasons. She has also stage managed at Cleveland Play House, La Jolla Playhouse, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Long Wharf Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, The Ordway and Players Theatre Columbus. One of her most memorable experiences was stage managing the U.K. tour of Miss Evers’ Boys at The Barbican Centre in London and at the historic Bristol Old Vic.

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