than two years later on ‘ The Day the Music Died .’ Written by Alan Janes , the production stars Jared Mancuso as Buddy Holly . Members of his band , The Crickets , are played by Nathan Yates Douglass , Aidan Dougherty , and Jason Cohen . The cast also includes Stephen Rubino , Lynne Truex , Hudson Eder , Brendan Flanagan , Nick Foster , Kelliann Decarlo , Jan Topoleski , Danielle Richards , Vicki Lee , Zachary James , Willie Naess , Christy Rak , and
Julia Lupi . Mancuso is no stranger to portraying Buddy Holly . He has not only played him before in other productions of The Buddy Holly Story , but has his own show - Not Fade Away : The Ultimate Buddy Holly Tribute . Ironically , fellow cast member Jason Cohen played Jerry Lee Lewis in the national tour of Million Dollar Quartet . The Algonquin Arts Theatre is located at 173 Main Street in Manasquan .
Watch Buddy Holly & The Crickets Perform “ That ’ ll Be The Day ”