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Show Palace To Present Musical 'Forever Plaid'

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"Forever Plaid," a musical comedy set in the 1950s, runs at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, in Hudson, through July 27. Actors in the comedy are from top Jonathan Harrison, Steven Flaa, Yurief Rodriguez and Darrel Blackburn.

By Cheryl Bentley | The Suncoast News

Published: June 11, 2008

SUNCOAST NEWS STAFF

It was the best of times, and the sweetest.

Music such as "Catch a Falling Star" and "Magic Moments" wafted through lives that in the aftermath of World War II were looking for only the good life.Those times, the 1950s, are living again in the hit musical "Forever Plaid," now playing at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, in Hudson.

The off-Broadway musical comedy is a revue of the close-harmony groups such as the Four Aces and Four Freshmen that became popular in the 1950s. The musical concerns the Plaids, a quartet whose members are killed in a collision with a bus filled with school girls on their way to see the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

Singing the songs of the time, the Plaids return to earth for their one last chance at fame.

Steven Flaa will celebrate his 11th run in the role of Sparky. Flaa has played Sparky in theaters in Tampa, Chicago, Sarasota, Jacksonville and the Show Palace in 1999 and 2001.

Other cast members are Darrel Blackburn, Jonathan Harrison and Yurief Rodriguez. The current show marks the third time "Forever Plaid" has played at the Show Palace.

"Everyone can use a smile, and the show definitely provides that," said the company's manager, Susan Haldeman.

The lowdown

Friday and Saturday performances of the musical "Forever Plaid" start at 8 p.m. The Sunday matinee is at 3 p.m. The show runs through July 27 at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Tickets are $44, plus tax, for dinner and show. Show only is $32.95 plus tax. Call 727-863-7949 or 888-655-7469 to reserve tickets. Visit www.showpalace.net> for more information.