Author Archives: Rick Thorne
05/06/2024by Rick ThorneBoppers, Ritchies & Others
South Florida
Giorgio is a South Florida-based actor, singer, and musician who portrayed Ritchie Valens for the first time at The Wick Theatre (Boca Raton, FL) in 2024. He is proficient in guitar - both electric and acoustic - and also enjoyed playing “Rose of Texas” as one of the Hayriders.
04/06/2024by Rick ThorneThe Crickets
Denver, CO
Kyle Wells is an actor/musician who has performed as Joe B. Mauldin in productions of Buddy, including The Wick Theatre (Boca Raton, FL) in 2024, and the Palace Theater (Wisonsin Dells, WI) in 2017. This role has a special place in his heart, having been the catalyst for his love of rockabilly bass.
22/05/2024by Rick ThornePast Productions
Summer 2023 brought with it a tremendous production of Buddy in one act in the round at Chicagoland's Marriott Theatre (Lincolnshire, IL), delighting audiences with its boundless energy and rocking performances, while also earning the show and production a Jeff Award nomination!
17/05/2024by Rick ThorneThe Crickets
California (Central Coast)
Brandon is an actor-musician, drummer, and percussionist trained in drumset and orchestral percussion. He has played the role of Jerry Allison in the Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre (Hudson, Florida) production of Buddy in 2023 and at the Wick Theatre (Boca Raton, Florida) production of the show in 2024.
10/05/2024by Rick ThorneThe Crickets
Dallas–Fort Worth,
TX
Benjamin played Joe B.
Mauldin in the Casa Mañana production of Buddy in Fort
Worth, Texas, in 2019, and also at Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre in Hudson, Florida, in 2023. In 2024 at the Wick Theatre in Boca Raton, Florida, he played the 4th Cricket, trombone in Clear Lake, as well as member of the Hayriders. He would love to be considered for further
productions of the show, including in the area of musical direction. Based in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, Benjamin is suitable
for Joe B. Mauldin and the 4th Cricket track. He is proficient on upright and
electric bass, guitar, piano, trombone and mandolin.
17/01/2024by Rick ThorneBuddy Holly
Spartanburg, SC
Jacob is a 24-year-old non-Equity actor/singer who recently played the role of Buddy Holly at Centre Stage in Greenville, South Carolina (Buddy, summer 2023). He currently resides in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and performs in plays, musicals, and concerts year-round in several theaters in the upstate area. He is, however, interested in pursuing opportunities to perform in other areas as well.
13/10/2023by Rick ThorneNews
We’ve almost reached the end of the road for the 2023 UK tour! These past 33 weeks have been nothing short of spectacular, as we've witnessed audiences in every part of the country up and dancing, clapping and singing along, raising many a theatre roof along the way!
10/10/2023by Rick ThorneBoppers, Ritchies & Others
Colorado
Stephanie made her Buddy debut as Maria Elena and Clear Lake Back-Up Vocals/Dancer at Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre (Florida) in 2023. Originally from Miami, FL, she is a Cuban actress fluent in Spanish and now based out of Colorado. She'd love to be considered for future productions of the show! 15/09/2023by Rick ThornePast Productions
Thrilling audiences and critics alike, the show has seen two incredible runs at the Pickard Theater at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, in 2014 and 2023!
14/09/2023by Rick ThornePast Productions
Buddy returned to an old friend - the Majestic Theater - in spring 2023 for a rollickingly good production which closed out the Majestic's 25th season. Buddy was the Majestic's very first show back in 1997 and has been back several times since, so it always feels like coming home!
23/08/2023by Rick ThorneBuddy Holly
Philadelphia, PA
Kieran is a Philadelphia-based actor and multi-instrumentalist. He has performed in two Jeff Award nominated productions of Buddy. In 2018, he played Jerry Allison at the American Blues Theater, Chicago (which won 5 Jeff awards) and he received a Jeff nomination for principal performer in a musical as Buddy in Buddy at the Marriott Theatre in summer 2023.
09/06/2023by Rick ThornePast Productions
A joyous sold-out run at the Vashon Center for the Arts proved just the tonic for audiences as nights drew in during fall 2022!
08/06/2023by Rick ThornePast Productions
Buddy enjoyed a magnificent run at Crossville's wonderful Playhouse in rural Tennessee, in the Appalachian region, during fall 2022. Check out the pics!
19/05/2023by Rick ThorneNews
This week is Dementia Action Week, the Alzheimer’s Society’sbiggest and longest running awareness campaign.
Following on from this campaign week we are hosting three
dementia-friendly performances during the Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story UK tour, so that people living with dementia, their families, and carers can
experience the show in a more relaxed environment.
19/05/2023by Rick ThorneNews
It's been incredible performing in front of our audiences again on the 2023 UK tour! Wonderful too, travelling the length and breadth of the country seeing people up, dancing, and clapping along with joy in theatres, and with many more dates still to come we're only just getting started! Check out these pics from our travels so far.
13/03/2023by Rick ThorneNews
As we leave Chesterfield and head to Edinburgh we wanted to share with you this awesome photo recreation of when Buddy Holly visited Chesterfield on 4th March 1958!
22/02/2023by Rick ThorneNews
Today's the day the curtain goes up on our sensational 2023 UK tour!
30/01/2023by Rick ThorneThe Crickets
New York, NY
Eric is a New York-based actor and musician who played Jerry Allison in the 2022-23 production of Buddy at BDT Stage in Boulder, Colorado. Eric plays drums and is also proficient at guitar.
16/01/2023by Rick ThorneNews
The West End and Broadway smash-hit musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story announces the full cast for its 2023 UK tour, currently booking until October 2023!
21/11/2022by Rick ThornePast Productions
In a high-quality production delayed by the pandemic is was a joy to get the show on at CFRT, thrilling audiences in Fayetteville during late summer/early fall, 2022!
