Author Archives: Rick Thorne
08/06/2023by Rick ThornePast Productions
Buddy enjoyed a magnificent run at Crossville's wonderful Playhouse in rural Tennessee/Appalachian region, over several weeks in the fall of 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!
09/11/2022by Rick ThornePast Productions
New England audiences enjoyed an unforgettable production of Buddy at NSMT's renowned and unique arena-style theater for two weeks during summer 2022.
24/10/2022by Rick ThorneBoppers, Ritchies & Others
Los Angeles, CA
MaryAnn can be seen as Vi Petty in the current U.S. Tour of Buddy. She has been in multiple productions of Buddy on tour and regionally.
14/10/2022by Rick ThorneThe Crickets
Chicago, IL
Roy James Brown is a Chicago-based AEA Actor/Musician, specializing in Rockabilly Upright Bass (slap and tricks). He has slapped his way through four productions of Buddy now as Joe B. Mauldin, which include Metropolis PAC in Arlington Heights, IL, Timber Lake Playhouse in Mt. Carroll, IL, San Antonio Broadway Theatre in San Antonio, TX, and Tuachan Center for the Arts in Ivins, UT.
06/10/2022by Rick ThornePast Productions
A spectacular setting in southwest Utah hosted a fabulous production of Buddy at the Tuacahn Center's indoor Hafen Theatre over eight weeks in the summer of 2022.
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.
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).
