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Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story

Sept. 24-Oct. 24 at Spokane Civic Theatre (just east of the Spokane Arena)

Thurs-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm

Tickets: $28; $26, seniors; $20, students; $10, student rush

From Lubbock to Nashville, from the Apollo Theater in Harlem to a dreary Iowa cornfield, follow the career of the rock 'n' roll pioneer in horn-rim glasses.

with Brian Gunn as Buddy Holly, Paul Villabrille as Ritchie Valens and Jhon Goodwin as the Big Bopper

book by Alan Janes and Rob Bettinson

directed by Yvonne A.K. Johnson

music direction by Mike Saccamanno and Jim Ryan

choreography by Troy Nickerson and Jillian Wylie