Author Archives: Rick Thorne
05/10/2022by Rick ThorneBuddy Holly
Reston, VA
Michael is an Actor/Playwright/Composer originally from Baltimore, MD, who plays guitar, piano, bass, drums and harmonica. He has played the role of Buddy on two national tours (2016 and 17-18) and also in a number of regional productions, including Florida Repertory Theatre (Fort Myers, FL), Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota, FL), and John W. Engeman Theater (Northport, NY).
04/10/2022by Rick ThorneThe Crickets
New York, NY / North Carolina
Ken is an actor/musician who plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, and saxophone at a professional level, and also piano and a handful of other stringed instruments to an intermediate level. He has played the role of Jerry Allison and understudied (and performed as) Buddy, but would also be delighted to be considered for any other roles including the company swing actor/musician. Productions include the Tuacahn Center for the Arts (Ivins, UT), Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota, FL), and Music Theatre of Connecticut (Norwalk, CT) all in 2022.
28/09/2022by Rick ThorneNews
We are thrilled to announce Buddy is beginning a 15-week U.S. tour opening tonight in Medford, Oregon, at the Craterian Theater at the Collier Center for the Performing Arts, and will be traversing the nation in the coming weeks!
01/07/2022by Rick ThorneNews
‘The World’s Most Successful Rock & Roll Musical’
Announces 2023 UK Tour!
28/04/2022by Rick ThorneBoppers, Ritchies & Others,The Crickets
New York, NY
A multi-instrumentalist - drums, piano, and guitar - Armando has played the role of Cricket Jerry Allison in productions of Buddy at John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, Long Island, NY (2019), Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, NY (2019), and the Palace Theater in the Wisconsin Dells (2017). In 2021-22 he played the roles of both Ritchie Valens and Tommy (4th Cricket) in the Florida Studio Theatre production of the show in Sarasota, and at Florida Rep in Fort Myers.
22/04/2022by Rick ThornePast Productions
Audiences went wild for Rock & Roll as Buddy proved the perfect show to help welcome people back to the theatre - this one being the beautifully intimate Music Theatre of CT in Fairfield County with its brilliant production in the spring of 2022!
07/02/2022by Rick ThornePast Productions
Three seriously rocking weekends at Plaza Theatre helped bring respite from the pandemic in early 2022. Productions of the show are always special in Buddy's home state, and this fabulous production connected big-time with audiences in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
24/01/2022by Rick ThornePast Productions
Despite all the pandemic could throw at it, nothing could stop Florida Studio Theatre and its triumphant production of Buddy in winter 2021/22. Audiences in Sarasota were thrilled by the show, proving nothing quite beats the feeling of live theatre!
14/01/2022by Rick ThorneBoppers, Ritchies & Others
New York, NY
Sarah is a Southern-born singer, songwriter, and actress living in New York. She has performed in numerous productions of Buddy, playing Vi Petty/Hayrider/Snowbird and keys, most recently in the 2020-21 U.S. tour, and at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis (2019).
01/10/2021by Rick ThorneBuddy Holly
New York, NY
Keaton
is an actor-singer-dancer-musician, originally from Cincinnati and based in New York City, who is honored to have portrayed the iconic role
of Buddy in the 2020-21 National Tour of the show.
22/09/2021by Rick ThornePast Productions
Buddy rocked and rolled throughout the summer of 2021 with a top-notch production and memorable sold-out run in this beautifully intimate venue in southern Oregon!
10/09/2021by Rick ThornePast Productions
Buddy proved the perfect show for the 99-seat Ovation Theatre in Bakersfield to welcome its audiences back, with a wonderfully-received production in August, 2021!
24/06/2021by Rick ThornePast Productions
Standing
ovations and sold-out shows marked a rip-roaring return to live theatre in
May of 2021 Down Under, with this electric production at the Paranaple Arts Centre in northern Tasmania!
12/03/2021by Rick ThornePast Productions
Not even the pandemic could stop Copperstate Productions’ wonderful staging of Buddy at Fountain Hills Theater’s outdoor showmobile in early 2021. Proof that the music very definitely lives on!
10/04/2020by Rick ThornePast Productions
Cincinnati audiences enjoyed a rousing few weeks of Buddy in early 2020; a production the incredibly talented cast hit literally out of the park!
27/03/2020by Rick ThorneNews
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE:
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic all current U.K. and U.S. touring dates have been postponed until further notice.
06/03/2020by Rick ThorneBoppers, Ritchies & Others
USA
Jennifer appeared in the 6th Street Playhouse production of Buddy in Santa Rosa, California (dir. DJ Salisbury), in early 2020, playing the roles of Mary Lou Sokoloff, Shirley, Peggy Sue, jingle singer, Clear Lake back-up vocals, and Keys 2. “I absolutely love doing this show and would love to do it again!” she says.
03/03/2020by Rick ThornePast Productions
Buddy returned to the North Bay Area in early 2020 with a scintillating run at the 180-seat GK Hardt Theatre in Santa Rosa.
21/02/2020by Rick ThorneBoppers, Ritchies & Others
Phoenix, AZ
Playing the violin and piano to a high standard, Trinity has so far appeared in four productions of Buddy; two as Vi Petty/Shirley/Jingle Singer/Snowbird (Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, FL, and Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, PA) and two as Hayrider Fiddler/Shirley/Jingle Singer/Snowbird/Vi Understudy (Jersey Shore Entertainment, NJ, and Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, PA).
10/02/2020by Rick ThorneThe Crickets
Chicago, IL
James is a bassist/actor from Chicago, who performed the role of Joe B. Mauldin in the 2019 production of Buddy at Beef & Boards Dinner Theater in Indianapolis. Both Upright and Electric Bass are his main instruments.
