BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story at MSMT

Before The Beatles, before The Stones, rock and roll was born. Over 90 years ago, a young man from Lubbock, Texas, changed the face of popular music, only to die tragically in a plane crash aged just 22. Now, Maine State Music Theatre presents BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story which tells the story of the three years in which he became the world’s top recording artist with such hits as Peggy Sue, That’ll Be The Day, Oh Boy and more. Experience again, or for the very first time, this electrifying musical about Buddy Holly, the iconic, 1950s rock ‘n’ roll pioneer and his fellow headliners on the Winter Dance Party Tour, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, that fateful day in February 1959: the day the music died.

BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story will open with preview performances on June 28, and an official opening of June 29 at the Pickard Theatre at Bowdoin College, with performances continuiing through July 15, 2023.

The cast for MSMT’s revival of BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story include Andrew Harvey in the title role of Buddy Holly, Diego Guevara as Ritchie Valens and Jayson Elliott reprising his role at MSMT in 2014, Big Bopper. Also featured in the cast/on stage band are Hailey Aviva, Noah Berry, Justin Marriel Boyd, Luke Darnell, Mike Dorsey, David Girolmo, Angela Howell, Sarah Hund, Jannie Jones, Adam Lasalle, Sarah Miramontes, Troy Valjean Rucker, Ken Sandberg and Scott Wakefield.

MSMT’s production and creative team of BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story: Angela C. Howell (Director, Music Director, Choreographer), Donavan Dolan (Production Stage Manager), Charles Kading (Scenic Design), Ryan Joyner (Projections), Annalise Caudle (Lighting), Shannon Slaton (Sound Design), Jane Alois Stein (Costume Design), Kevin Foster (Wig and Hair Design).

Tickets for BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story, and all MSMT productions, can be purchased only by calling the Box Office at 207.725.8769 or by visiting www.msmt.org.


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