Jeremy Sevelovitz and Christopher Fordinal to Star in THE MUSIC OF BUDDY HOLLY at Flat Rock Playhouse

The Flat Rock Playhouse 2016 season will continue with the return of Flat Rock favorites Jeremy Sevelovitz and Christopher Fordinal, fresh from their successful run of Million Dollar Quartet performing the hits of Buddy Holly. The Music of Buddy Holly will run from August 11th through August 21st at The Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown on Main Street in Hendersonville.

Join us at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown for a night of hit songs from a true rock 'n' roll legend and pioneer. From foot-tapping tunes to charming ballads, The Music of Buddy Holly promises a night that will not fade away. Come see The Music of Buddy Holly to hear all your favorites including "Everyday," "Peggy Sue," "True Love Ways" and more!

Sharing the stage with Sevelovitz and Fordinal as the house band are Daniel Iannucci and Paul Babelay on bass and drums respectively. Alex Shields serves as Music Director.

The Music of Buddy will run August 11th through August 21st at The Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown. Performances Thursday evenings at 7:30PM, Friday and Saturday evenings 8:00PM, matinees Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM. Tickets start at $28 and can be purchased by calling The Playhouse box office at 828-693-0731, toll-free at 866-732-8008 or online at www.flatrockplayhouse.org.

The Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown is located at 125 South Main Street in Hendersonville, NC.

In 1937, a group of struggling performers, led by Robroy Farquhar, organized themselves as the Vagabond Players. The Vagabonds worked in a variety of places over the course of three years, and in 1940 found themselves in the Blue Ridge region of Western North Carolina. The local and tourist community welcomed them with open arms when they presented their first summer season of plays in a 150-year-old grist mill they converted into The Old Mill Playhouse at Highland Lake. So successful was that summer, they returned in 1941. After WWII, the Vagabond Players reorganized, came back to the region and opened a playhouse in nearby Lake Summit. The Lake Summit Playhouse thrived during the post war years and soon the Vagabond Players were looking for a larger and permanent home. In 1952, the troupe of performers, and a newly formed board of directors, made an offer to buy an 8-acre lot in the Village of Flat Rock. This new home made the Vagabonds "locals" and a rented big top gave birth to Flat Rock Playhouse. As the beautiful Western Carolina region continued to grow, so did The Playhouse and in 1961, by Act of the North Carolina General Assembly, Flat Rock Playhouse was officially designated The State Theatre of North Carolina. What began as a few weeks of summer performances in 1940 is now a nine-month season of plays including Broadway musicals, comedy, drama, and theatre for young audiences. The Playhouse's dual mission of producing the performing arts and providing education in the performing arts includes a professional series; a summer and fall college apprentice and intern program; and Studio 52, year-round classes and workshops in theatre and film for students from kindergarten through adults. Flat Rock Playhouse now hosts over 98,000 patrons annually and is a significant contributor to the local economy and the Arts in North Carolina.

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