[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: "Forever Plaid" brings harmony to Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

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Date: 4-8-10

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Contact: Andrew Rothman
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

40 River Street
Chagrin Falls, OH 44122
Phone: 440-247-8955
E-mail: cvlt at cvlt.org <mailto:cvlt at cvlt.org>
Website: www.cvlt.org <http://www.cvlt.org/>


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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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