Climb into this time machine and glide back to the 50’s and ‘60s with "Forever Plaid." Unfortunately, I remember them like it was yesterday. Frankly, these old songs, were memorable and ‘forever’ songs. I recall, in college, having the fraternity brothers singing “Love Is A Many Splendored Thing” as I gave my fraternity pin to my girlfriend. Oh, wait…that was my first wife. The song was splendid, but the marriage was not.
It's a corny story of four ‘wanna be’ singers aiming to hit the big time. It wasn’t to be as their car never made it to their first gig. They do get a second chance, however, in the afterlife and kill it. So, if it was so corny why were there tears in my eyes.
The group sings iconic songs for that era and include, “Moments to Remember”, “16 Tons”, and, of course, “Love Is A Many Splendored Thing”, among others. The group was composed of quirky charters: Nick Arceo as Smudge; Sean M.G. Caron as Frankie; Elijah McTiernan as Sparky; Taelon Stonecipher as Jinx. All had terrific harmonic voices. The two piece and very effective musical accompaniment was directed by Jeremy Ramey. The production was simple, sweet and a whole lot of fun, and yes…there is a sing along chance.
We recommend that you go see “Forever Plaid” and let yourself go back to the days where music was grand and times were more laid back.
“Forever Plaid” just had its run at the Skokie Theater at 7924 Lincoln Ave., Skokie but has now added extra performances Saturday Aug. 16 at 2PM and 7:30PM and Sunday, Aug. 17, 2PM. Please mark your calendars. Get more details on their site for this and future productions at SkokieTheatre.org. Look for “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” starting July 11 through Aug. 3.