New Jersey Stage 2017: Issue 3 | Page 71

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Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story Algonquin Arts Theatre , 173 Main Street , Manasquan

Before the Beatles or the Stones ever played a note , rock & roll was born and popular music was forever changed by the bespectacled kid from Lubbock , Texas - Buddy Holly . Buddy tells the true story of Buddy Holly ’ s meteoric rise to fame , from the moment in 1957 when ‘ That ’ ll be the Day ’ hit the airwaves until his tragic death less than two years later on ‘ The Day the Music Died .’ Written by Alan Janes , the production stars Jared Mancuso as Buddy Holly . Buddy runs April 1-9 at the Algonquin Arts Theatre .

NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol . 4 No . 3

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