Oh, Buddy

Buddy Holly and the Crickets had a high-energy rockabilly style that energized teens across the nation to dance along to blues-inflected rock. The group also made fans out of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who covered a number of Holly's tunes in the Beatles' infancy. Next week, witness Holly's life story and hear his greatest hits when California Musical Theatre's Broadway Sacramento series brings Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story to town. The jukebox musical celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and features hits like “Peggy Sue,” “That'll Be the Day” and “Not Fade Away”—all while charting Holly's rise to fame and his tragic death in a plane crash, sometimes referred to as “the day the music died.” $21-$88, 8 p.m. on Friday, December 27; 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 28; 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 29; 8 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31; 8 p.m. Wednesday, January 1, 2014; and 2 and 8 p.m. Thursday, January 2, at the Community Center Theater, 1301 L Street; (916) 808-5181; www.broadwaysacramento.com.