STEVE DUNKELBERGER: TACOMA LITTLE THEATRE LOOKS AT THE BUDDY HOLLY LEGEND >>>

I have to say that Tacoma Little Theatre’s production of The Buddy Holly Story well exceeded my expectations and even got me laughing and smiling from time to time. At the center of why the show worked is the “Let’s put on a show” sort of feel it had at the community theater.

Director Brett Carr takes the show to a high level by using the theater’s revolving stage as a transition device as the show flows from one scene to the next. The stage becomes a recording studio or Holly’s house with a flick of a few switches and a few seconds of on-stage rotating of the sets.

Read my full review here.

[Tacoma Little Theatre, through June 28, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $18-$22, 210 N. I St., Tacoma, 253.272.2281]