Richardson, the singer known as The Big Bopper whose major hit was “Chantilly Lace.”Īs something of a jukebox musical filled with more than two dozen hits, the show itself doesn’t delve deeply into the lives of the real people it portrays. It has been nearly 63 years since Holly died in a plane crash that also claimed the lives of fellow rising music stars Ritchie Valens (“La Bamba”) and J.P. It’s part of the actor’s account to research. “There was no video, only still photography and written accounts. “I started thinking of someone like Daniel Day Lewis playing Abraham Lincoln,” he said. Perrie’s looks have led him to be cast as a number of real-life figures, including French President Charles DeGaulle in the History Channel series “The World Wars,” one of the founders of Pizza Hut and several of the music figures featured in the musical “Million Dollar Quartet” (Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash).īut there has to be more than having the right look for a performance, said director Jason Cannon. Staying safe: Sarasota arts venues juggle safety protocols and mask concerns as new seasons open Stability in the arts: How long have Sarasota arts leaders held their jobs? He was a good ole boy, just a silly young guy,” he said. “There are a few radio interviews but we don’t really hear him or see him in the public domain. There’s not a lot to go on beyond the music. “I’m giving him a side of what we don’t see in the video clips,” he said. But he does not try to impersonate Holly. Having the right look makes it a little easier for audiences to buy into his performance from the moment he steps on stage. I do have artistic vision, so maybe those qualities play into it.” I do understand and commiserate with Buddy. Perrie says he has the right look for the role – “tall, thin, big nose, the defining features.” But more importantly, Holly is a character “who speaks to people who like me are driven individuals who don’t take crap from anybody else. Theater history: 10 things to know about Florida Studio Theatre It was not a role I was born to play, but it was the impetus for me to get into the theater.”Īrts Newsletter: Sign up to receive the latest news on the Sarasota area arts scene every Monday “I started doing community theater and took classes in college and started doing plays. “I wanted to do that,” he said in a recent Zoom interview. It marks his sixth production playing the musical icon, a role he had longed to get from the time he was 9 years old and saw his cousin playing Holly. will don a familiar pair of glasses, strap a guitar around his shoulders over a suit jacket and play some of the most enduringly popular songs of the early rock era.
When “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” opens Friday at Florida Studio Theatre, Michael Sean Perrie Jr.
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