Media Quotes about TRAVIS POELLE
The Buddy Holly Story
“More
than anyone else, Poelle carries the show…...performing with a verve that
delivers Holly’s passionate musicianship. He looks like Holly, and he rocks
out irresistibly….”
-San
Francisco Chronicle, 2004
“In
a star-making role, Travis Poelle plays Holly……..bears a striking resemblance
to the late singer and vocally he resurrects the famous Holly twang and hiccup
without doing a forced, carbon-copy imitation ……It’s a joy to watch talented,
charismatic Poelle inhabit Holly for 2 ½ hours, and it’s even better to
listen to his voice and guitar enliven Holly’s hits.”
-Oakland
Tribune, 2004
“Travis Poelle blazes
incandescently as Buddy…capturing the unlikely combination of geeky innocence
and sex appeal….Seldom has an actor had such a rapport with a theater audience
as Poelle commands here. It’s an utterly winning fusion of actor and rock
star.”
-Worcester
Telegram & Gazette, 2007
“Poelle
is nothing short of sensational as Buddy Holly. A triple-threat performer, he's
a good actor, plays a mean guitar and sings well. Not only that, but he exudes
charm, humility, energy and charisma, pouring out hit after hit in the final
scene.
-Aisle
Say, San Francisco, 2003
“Travis Poelle, who plays the
beatified hero, leads a cast of 19 musicians and actors who perform as if at a
sock hop……….Poelle slings his Stratocaster like a Tommy gun while playing Holly
as a defiant charmer.”
-San
Jose Mercury News, 2003
“…….Travis Poelle in the
title role, and he delivers a stunning performance. So charismatic and
forceful is Poelle in delivering Holly’s music that you’d expect him to be
fronting his own band."
-Coast
Weekly, The Best of Monterey County, 2003
Roots of Rock and Roll
“Seeing Poelle go from the
sexually charged Elvis and his swiveling hips to the squeaky-clean Holly, then
morph into the twinkly-cute Paul persona is a revelation and a hoot.”
-Monterey
Herald, 2005
My Way, A Musical Tribute
to Frank Sinatra
“The young singers deliver the
songs expertly with panache. Travis Poelle just nails, ‘Drinking Again’, in a
style as easy as breathing.”
-Out
About The Valley, 2005
River’s End (world premiere)
“Poelle handles even the more
overwrought songs with engaging skill.”
-San
Francisco Chronicle, 2005
Talking To Terrorists
“Travis Poelle, of Buddy
Holly fame, is impressive with mesmerizing turns as a Luton Muslim, an IRA
soldier, and a British Army colonel." -Monterey
County Weekly, 2006
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