Stage interpretation of Buddy Holly sensational.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Concert review) From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: March 5, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Worcester Telegram & Gazette. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Paul Kolas

COLUMN: THEATER REVIEW

WORCESTER - At last, a full-blown triumph at Foothills Theatre Company, and not a moment too soon.

"Buddy - the Buddy Holly Story" is a sensational entertainment, the key word in that assessment being "entertainment." Maybe the biographical details in this electrifying show are, charitably speaking, skin-deep, but as a celebration of the unbridled passion of the early years of rock 'n' roll, yesterday afte...

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