Forever Plaid is a musical comedy that takes you back to the 1950’s
where male musical groups like the Four Aces and The Platters dominated the top
40 charts. When I was a child, my mother often bragged that “the best music came out
of 50’s.” This youngster (relatively speaking) was ready to join the “young at
heart” and visit this bygone era of nostalgic harmonies in Forever Plaid.
In this show we meet “The Plaids” as they return from the
afterlife to give the musical performance that never was. This high school quartet’s
dream of “making it big” in the music
world was cut short when they met their demise in a car crash with Catholic
schoolgirls on their way to the Beatles's debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. You get
the picture, it’s a silly plot to bring a musical revue of this bygone era to
the stage.
This “fab four” of a different genre sang non-stop for 90
minutes without an intermission. With pristine harmonies they sang 30 hits from the 1950’s like: “Catch a
Falling Star,” “Three Coins in the Fountain,” “Love Is a Many Splendored
Thing,” “Magic Moments” and more.
Frankie (Quinn Patrick Shannon), Jinx (Brandon Lambert), Sparky (Zander Lyons), and Smudge (Wood Van Meter) blended sounds, mixed harmonies and kept us laughing from start to finish. “The Plaids” gave us a hysterical mash-up of acts on the Ed Sullivan Show, used inventive instrument back ups in the song “Chain Gang” and even had a number with plungers (you got to see that one).
The 20 something cast of Forever Plaid fell in love with the iconic music |
(Forever Plaid runs until December 29,
2019 at the intimate setting of the Greer Cabaret Theater. For tickets go
to pittsburghclo.org.)
Spiritual Reflection
Spiritual Reflection
Young people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every
minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to
God for everything you do (Ecclesiastes 11:9)
Other Sources
https://www.pittsburghclo.org/shows/forever-plaid
Other Sources
https://www.pittsburghclo.org/shows/forever-plaid