Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly made his mark on the music world during a short but thriving career in the 1950s. Born Charles Hardin Holley on Sept. 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas, the singer-songw… ...

“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” the classic jukebox musical that has been making the rounds a lot longer than its subject was alive, still has something to say about the perpetual generation gap.

Alan Janes’ “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” has been seen at the Shubert Theatre (1992), Pegasus Players (also 1992), the Apollo Theater (1997), Shubert again (1999), the Mercury Theater ...