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"Forever Plaid" brings harmony to Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - Few shows have the longevity and popular appeal of Forever Plaid. Originally mounted off-Broadway in 1990, the show has since been performed internationally and even produced as a film in 2009. It's the story of The Plaids, a fictional quartet of high-school buddies who sang 1950s male harmony in the vein of 'The Four Freshmen' and 'The Four Aces'. One evening in 1964, as they were on their way to their first 'big performance' at a local hotel, their Mercury sedan was struck by a bus-load of school girls who were on their way to see The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. The vocal quartet's lives and musical careers were put to a swift and ironically metaphorical end. As the play begins, the boys find themselves returned to earth from heaven on temporary leave so that they may do the performance they never got to do in life.

With a light-hearted script by Stuart Ross and musical arrangements by James Raitt, Forever Plaid is a veritable juke-box of iconic 1950s pop harmony, with songs like "Three Coins in the Fountain", "No, Not Much", "Heart and Soul" and "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing".

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's production, directed and choreographed by Pamela LaForce with music provided by conductor/accompanist David Markle, features Chad Duwe as "Jinx" (the nervous tenor), Trey Gilpin as "Sparky" (the goofball baritone), Brandon Hood as "Frankie" (the spirited leader), and Steven R. Tiderman as "Smudge" (the meek but earnest bass).

Forever Plaid plays at 8 PM, Fridays and Saturdays from April 16 - May 8, 2010, 2010. Tickets are $18, or $14 for students and seniors.

Also coming soon, CVLT's adjacent River Street Playhouse presents David Mamet's A Life In The Theatre under the direction of Don Bernardo, starring Brian Diehl and John Bruce with Amy Pelleg, opening on May 7.

For tickets to all Chagrin Valley Little Theatre productions and events, call 440-247-8955 (Mon-Sat, 1-6 PM) or visit www.CVLT.org for online ticketing at no extra cost. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is located at the end of River Street (40 River Street) in downtown Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund Chagrin Valley Little Theatre with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

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