Ritchie Valens News

Transcendence Theatre Company, California Wine Country’s award-winning, premiere entertainment experience, has announced the highly anticipated titles for their 2022 Season of original outdoor musical revues: Let’s Dance, Hooray for Hollywood and The Gala.

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's professional award-winning theatre company concludes its 35th Anniversary Season with the rockin' and rollin' musical, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story by Alan James with music and lyrics by Buddy Holly.

Centre Stage has announced its 2022-2023 Season as well as a long-awaited rebrand.

The South Orange Performing Arts Center is once again hosting events in The Jennifer & Tony Leitner Performance Hall. In 2022, SOPAC is offering more than 40 mainstage shows across various genres.

Los Angeles band Calling Cadence has released their latest single, “Just The Way It Goes”— out today on hi-res records. Fronted by Oscar Bugarin and Rae Cole, and backed by a wrecking crew of LA musicians, Calling Cadence is a band rooted in harmony — harmony between voices, between songwriters, between genres like rock, country, and Southern soul.

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Florida Studio Theatre will kick off its 48th Winter Mainstage Series with Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story by Alan Janes, one of the most popular Rock & Roll musicals of all time.

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story is celebrating 30 years since its London debut. The national tour of the original jukebox musical re-launches in Stillwater on OSU's campus. The musical features Buddy Holly's well-known musical numbers and is a stylized and glamorous ode to the American songbook.

Now in its 30th amazing year, the 'World's Most Successful Rock 'n' Roll Musical' continues to thrill audiences around the world. Buddy tells the story of Buddy Holly through his short yet spectacular career, and features the classic songs, That'll Be The Day, Not Fade Away, Oh Boy, Ritchie Valens' La Bamba, The Big Bopper's Chantilly Lace and many more!

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's professional award-winning theatre company has announced their 35th Anniversary MainStage Season.

These six shows are the first to be performed inside the auditorium since the pandemic forced our temporary closure in March of 2020.  Tickets for this schedule are now on sale at The Paramount Theatre Box Office, by phone at (802) 775-0903 or via The Heritage Family Credit Union Online Box Office.

As we edge ever closer to a return to in-person events at Seattle Center, June offers a vast variety of online options. They include cultural festivals, classical music and dance, varied cinema and theater, virtual classes and workshops and more.

Seattle Rep’s Plays in Process will take audiences behind the scenes showcasing early stages of show development, featuring commentary from its creators as well as two musical performances from Louie Pérez and David Hidalgo.

Canal Shores kicks off on August 5th with Emmylou Harris and Los Lobos, followed by Patti Smith and her band on the 6th, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals on the 7th and closing out on August 8th with CAAMP.

The seventh installment of Geffen’s Stayhouse series Is THE DOOR YOU NEVER SAW BEFORE: A CHOOSICAL MUSICAL has been in previews, with opening May 22, 2021. This world premiere, written by Matt Schatz, is geared for children and the young at heart. An ‘Adventure Suitcase,’ full of puzzles and special items will be pre-mailed for the youngsters’ interaction during the Zoom of the show. Katie Lindsay directs the cast of Michael Faulkner, Shyla Lefner and Gabrielle Maiden.

Colin Hanks, Diane Guerrero, and Nelly  have joined the cast of 'Clear Lake,' an upcoming Buddy Holly biopic, 

Actors Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Peña, Lou Diamond Phillips and Taylor Russell will appear in a table reading of selected scenes from this year’s five winning scripts at the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Awards and Table Read on Thursday, December 3, at 10 a.m. PST.

Country crooner and season 17 Champion of NBC's The Voice, Jake Hoot is channeling his childhood with the release of new single, 'La Bamba.' Produced by Danny Myrick and recorded at the Sound Emporium, 'La Bamba' is the lead-off single from Hoot's debut EP due out in January of 2021.

Ruairi O'Connor has joined the cast of 'Clear Lake,' an upcoming Buddy Holly biopic, in the leading role.

Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT) announces FALL INTERIM PROGRAMMING for October, November and December 2020.