Buddy
The Buddy Holly Story
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
Previews Began: October 23, 1990
Opening Night: November 14, 1990
Closing Night: May 19, 1991
Music: Buddy Holly
Multiple Artists
Lyrics: Buddy Holly
Multiple Artists
Lyrics: Alan Janes
Buddy tells the enduring tale of the musical icon’s meteoric rise to fame and his final legendary performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, before his tragic and untimely death at the age of 22.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Rose of Texas
Flower of My Heart
Ready Teddy
Changing All Those Changes
That’ll Be The Day
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Everyday
Good Time
Party
Not Fade Away
Peggy Sue
Words Of Love
ACT TWO
Boom Ditty Boom……………………………………..Company
Believe…………………………………………Melba, Ensemble
Go Visit Your Grandmother……..Eddie, Grandmother
70, Girls, 70……………………………………………..Company
The Elephant Song……………………….Ida, Melba, Fritzi
Yes……………………………………………………Ida, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Philip Anthony Engineer (KDAV)
DJ (WWOL)
Ritchie Valens
Jo Lynn Burks Jingle Singer
Vi Petty
Woman in Woods
A Snowbird
Sandra Caldwell Apollo Singer
Jingle Singer (WWOL)
Demo Cates DJ (WDAS)
Musician at Apollo
Man at Apollo
Caren Cole Jingle Singer
Woman in Woods
Shirley
Mary Lou Sokoloff
A Snowbird
Alvin Crawford Musician at Apollo
Melanie Doane A Hayrider
Candy
Peggy Sue
A Snowbird
Kevin Fox A Hayrider
Decca Session Musician
Man in Woods
Jill Hennessy Bopper
Woman in Woods
Maria Elena
A Snowbird
Autograph Hunter
Paul Hipp Buddy Holly
Russ Jolly Jerry Allison
A Belmont
Denese Matthews Apollo Singer
Jingle Singer (WWOL)
Paul McQuillan Bopper
Decca Engineer
English DJ
Dion
Autograph Hunter
David Mucci Decca Producer
DJ (WCLS)
The Big Bopper
Tom Nash A Hayrider
Decca Session Musician
A Belmont
Bobby Prochaska Joe B. Mauldin
Fred Sanders Hipockets Duncan
Lorraine Scott Apollo Singer
Jingle Singer (WWOL)
Jerome Smith, Jr. Musician at Apollo
Performer at Apollo
Steve Steiner A Hayrider
Decca Session Musician
Murray Deutch
Jack Daw
Liliane Stilwell Jingle Singer
Woman in Woods
Maria Elena’s Aunt
A Snowbird
Don Stitt A Hayrider
Decca Engineer
DJ (KPST)
DJ at Apollo
Clearlake MC
Ken Triwush Bopper
Decca Session Musician
Fourth Cricket
Man in Woods
Tommy
Buddy Holly
(Alternate)
Autograph Hunter
James H. Wiggins, Jr. Musician at Apollo
Kurt Ziskie Norman Petty
DJ (KRWP)
Understudies: Louis Tucci (Ensemble)