Life story of Buddy Holly to be portrayed April 19 at Lied Center

LAWRENCE -- The Lied Center of Kansas Broadway & Beyond Series and Delta Dental present "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19.

This musical re-creates Buddy Holly's story from his days singing country music in Lubbock, Texas, to his debut with The Crickets, where he was the first white act at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. The tale of this rock legend ends with a rollicking re-creation of his last concert with Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and Dion at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Feb. 2, 1959, the night the music died.

"Buddy" is produced by Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, Minn.

Tickets for reserved seats are still available at the Lied Center, (785) 864-ARTS or (785) 864-2777 (TTY); Murphy Hall, (785) 864-3982; SUA, (785) 864-SHOW; TicketMaster, (785) 234-4545, (816) 931-3330 or TicketMaster.com; and Tickets.com. Ticket prices are: public $40 and $34; KU and Haskell students and children (up to 18 years of age) $20 and $17; senior citizens (62 and over) $39 and $33.

Lied Center facilities, parking and front-of-house staff are fully prepared to accommodate patrons with special needs. The Lied Center has barrier-free entrances, and wheelchair locations are available on all levels of the performance hall. Free headsets are available for people requiring hearing-assistance or audio-description devices. Please show photo identification when reserving the headset. Braille and larger-print programs are also available. Please contact our ticket office at least two weeks before the event to make arrangements for these special programs. Audio description services and recorded program notes are provided through a partnership between the Lied Center and Audio-Reader Network. The sign interpreters for this event will be Carol Jones and Peg Sampson.