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The Cryer Arts, Entertainment, and Community Section

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The Cryer - JULY 2023

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Maine State Music Theatre to Present: BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY

BRUNSWICK, ME - Before The

Beatles, before The Stones, rock

and roll was born. Over 90 years

ago, a young man from Lub-

bock, Texas, changed the face of

popular music, only to die tragic-

ally in a plane crash at only 22.

Now, Maine State Music Theatre

(MSMT) 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

Andrew Harvey as Buddy Holly at

MSMT [Jared Morneau Photography]

Crowd-pleasing musical recounts meteoric rise to fame of bespectacled, 50’s rock’ n ’roll icon

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, with a book by Alan Janes

and featuring the music of Buddy

Holly and others, opened at Lon-

don’s Victoria Palace Theatre

in 1989, where it ran for over

12 years. Subsequent smash hit

productions included a thrilling

Toronto try-out which preceded

a commercial run at the Shubert

Theatre on Broadway. Decades

of wildly successful productions

from around the world followed,

including a record-breaking pro-

duction at MSMT in 2014.

“For my 10th anniversary sea-

son, I knew I just HAD to do this

show again, which was such a

runaway success in my first year

‘in charge’ of MSMT,” says Art-

istic Director Curt Dale Clark.

“We sold out and you couldn’t

get a ticket – people were calling

and begging us for seats! We’re

very excited to return in 2023

with BUDDY: The Buddy Holly

Story and then, the be-bopping

that’s sure to follow up and down

the aisles!”

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 Col-

lege, with performances continu-

ing through July 15.

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 Bop-

per. 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 cre-

ative team of BUDDY: The

Buddy Holly Story: Angela

Howell (Director, Music Direc-

tor, Choreographer), Donavan

Dolan (Production Stage Man-

ager), Charles Kading (Scenic

Design), Ryan Joyner (Projec-

tions), Annalise Caudle (Light-

ing), Shannon Slaton (Sound De-

sign), Jane Alois Stein (Costume

Design), Kevin Foster (Wig and

Hair Design).

Tickets for BUDDY: The

Buddy Holly Story, and all

MSMT productions, can be pur-

chased only by calling the Box

Office at 207.725.8769 or by

visiting www.msmt.org.