"A foot-tapping delight - it's still a Buddy brilliant show."
Bill Hagerty, The Sun
"The show is still as fresh and revitalising as Holly’s music itself... the whole company dazzles... No Buddy does it better."
Patrick Marmion, Daily Mail
"This revival certainly delivers - with charismatic newcomer Matthew Wycliffe in fine voice as the star turn fronting a tight lively band... whipping the joint into a jumping jive."
Keith Watson, Metro
"An enduring crowd pleaser"
Mark Shelton, Sunday Express
"Ludicrously enjoyable... (with) splendid performances from a young and talented cast of actor-instrumentalists, one enters a lost age of innocence and pleasure... Buddy Holly’s magnificent music undoubtedly ensures that you leave with a smile on your face and a spring in your step."
Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph
"Oh Boy, Buddy keeps rocking... High-octane and infectious... A gem of a musical."
Julie Carpenter, Daily Express
"High voltage energy... you'll be in seventh heaven."
Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage.com
"Songs that rouse the audience to thrilled participation – and a tumult of nostalgia and excitement."
Nicholas De Jongh, Evening Standard
"A great fun, feelgood musical... If you love Rock & Roll you will love this show. Brilliant."
Danny Pietroni, Magic 105.4
BROADWAY/NORTH AMERICA TOURS/REGIONAL
“The audience is elevated to joyful chaos”
Clive Barnes, New York Post
“It’s a straight ahead, feel-good rave up. Buddy motors along with a gee-whiz innocence... Good times rave on for Buddy on Broadway”
Dan Hubert, Atlanta Journal
“Golden oldies pounded out the way they used to be”
Frank Rich, New York Times
“Buddy shakes up Broadway! Those musical numbers will have you up on your feet clapping. Buddy is a blast!”
Pia Lindstrom, WNBC-TV
“Terrific… Even the chandeliers start to swing”
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
“An infectiously happy and dynamic evocation of musical history. The fantastic energy; the beat; the pure snappy joy of Rock & Roll all hit me for the first time in my misspent life”
William B. Collins, Philadelphia Enquirer
“The audience worked themselves into a hand-clapping exhaustion during the final concert sequence. It would be wise for Shubert to have its house physician in the theatre during all performances”
Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press
“A joyous reopening of a musical memory book from the ‘50s”
William A. Raidy, Newhouse Newspapers
“The audience was on its feet at the end screaming for encores as if at a stadium concert”
Linda Winner, Newsday
“How refreshing to be time-tunnelled to a lighter, less angst-ridden era… Sends people out of the theater on an unstoppable high… Sensational”
Steve Morse, The Boston Globe
“Remarkable… It’s a bona fide crowd pleaser”
Variety
“A big hit that’s got Broadway rockin’ and rollin’! Buddy is sure-fire fun and sure to get you dancing in the aisles!”
Joanna Langfield, LBS Radio
“Extraordinary… blows the Arvada Center’s roof into Westminster… A sensational night”
John Moore, Denver Post
“If you like Rock & Roll, run do not walk to Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story. It was put together by genius. The audience was in an ecstatic swoon”
Patrick O’Conner, WBAH-FM New York
“I think if Dick Clark ever stages one of those ‘50s revival shows in Rock & Roll Heaven, it will probably look a lot like Buddy Holly the musical”
Pat Collins, WWOR-TV
“Paul Hipp in the title role gives one of the most kinetic, infectious and musically shrewd performances in memory”
William A. Henry III, Time Magazine
“Astonishing... Buddy brings down the house and knocks the theatre off its foundations. It's a wild ride that thrills young and old”
Roger Kershaw/Jim Lingerfelt, Stage Door, Toronto
“When the music starts, Buddy soars in a celebration of individuality and emotional freedom, and transforms Paul Hipp into an intense, focused dynamo. The theatre reverberates with joy… A testament to the power of music”
Robert Feldberg, Bergen Record
“Clearly the music never died”
Joe Adcock, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
AUSTRALIA (2009)
“Don't miss it... (Scott Cameron) has developed into a serious and totally charismatic performer... an extraordinary performance”
Kate Peters, Gold Coast Bulletin
“What a night out... Scott Cameron is amazing as Buddy Holly... and had the opening night audience roaring for more... the rock ‘n’ roll show of the year”
Eric Scott, AbsoluteTheatre.com.au
“More electric than ever... Buddy would be proud”
Bob Montgomery (Buddy's childhood friend - 'Buddy & Bob')
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