Media Quotes about TRAVIS POELLE

The Buddy Holly Story

“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

“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

“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

“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

“…….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

“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

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

River’s End (world premiere)

“Poelle handles even the more overwrought songs with engaging skill.” 
-San Francisco Chronicle

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