BROADWAY / USA TOURS
“Golden oldies pounded out the way they used to be.”
Frank Rich, New York Times
“At the end the audience is elevated to joyful chaos.”
Clive Barnes, New York Post
“It’s a straight ahead, feel-good rave up. Buddy motors along with a gee-whiz innocence... good times rave on for Buddy on Broadway.”
Dan Hubert, Atlanta Journal
“Buddy shakes up Broadway! Those musical numbers will have you up on your feet clapping. Buddy is a blast!”
Pia Lindstrom, WNBC-TV
“An infectiously happy and dynamic evocation of musical history. The fantastic energy; the beat; the pure snappy joy of rock 'n' roll all hit me for the first time in my misspent life.”
William B. Collins, Philadelphia Enquirer
“The audience worked themselves into a hand-clapping exhaustion during the final concert sequence. It would be wise for the Shubert to have its house physician in the theatre during all performances.”
Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press
“A joyous reopening of a musical memory book from the ‘50s.”
William A. Raidy, Newhouse Newspapers
“The audience was on its feet at the end screaming for encores as if at a stadium concert.”
Linda Winner, Newsday
“How refreshing to be time-tunnelled to a lighter, less angst-ridden era… It sends people out of the theater on an unstoppable high… sensational.”
Steve Morse, The Boston Globe
“Remarkable… It’s a bona fide crowd pleaser.”
Variety
“A big hit that’s got Broadway rockin’ and rollin’! Buddy is sure-fire fun and sure to get you dancing in the aisles!”
Joanna Langfield, LBS Radio
“If you like Rock 'n' Roll or you like Buddy Holly, run, do not walk to Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story. It was put together by genius. The audience was in an ecstatic swoon.”
Patrick O’Conner, WBAH-FM New York
“I think if Dick Clark ever stages one of those ‘50s revival shows in Rock & Roll Heaven, it will probably look a lot like Buddy Holly the musical.”
Pat Collins, WWOR-TV
“Paul Hipp in the title role gives one of the most kinetic, infectious and musically shrewd performances in memory.”
William A. Henry III, Time
“When the music starts, Buddy soars in a celebration of individuality and emotional freedom, and transforms Paul Hipp into an intense, focused dynamo. A testament to the power of music. The theatre reverberates with joy.”
Robert Feldberg, Bergen Record
