Just in Time for the Holidays! "Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings" at Herb Strauss Theater on Sanibel

Oct. 26, 2012 - PRLog -- BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater, the only professional theater on Sanibel, delivers a musical gift for the holiday season. Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings finds Sparky, Jinx, Smudge and Frankie, of our favorite all-male vocal group, the Plaids, returned to Earth from Heaven to deliver some much needed holiday cheer. Filled with Christmas standards that have all been “Plaid-erized,” the boys’ Christmas Special is packed with all your holiday favorites, including Let It Snow, I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Carol of the Bells, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Jingle Bells, and many more.

Performances are 8 p.m. December 17 – 22, and 26 – 29. There are 4 p.m. matinées December 23 and 30. Tickets are $42 for adults and $20 for children. There will be a special New Year’s Eve performance Monday, December 31, which will include a champagne reception and toast. Tickets are $75. Show begins at 9 p.m.

This production stars Michael Lo Balsamo, Robby May, John Ramsey, and Matthew Schmidt; the show’s Director is Michael Stanek.

The show opens as the Plaids find themselves surprised to be back on Earth. But as the celestial guardians of harmony, they know they must have been sent for a special reason and mission: to bring selfless love back to the world through song! The Spirit of Christmas takes hold as the boys take you on a journey of your favorite Christmas memories. Even the Christmastime Spirit of Rosemary Clooney will pay a visit to the Plaids and guide them on their mission to deliver holiday tidings of comfort and joy to all men, women and children.

Charles Whaley of southern Indiana’s News and Review calls Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings “jolly, rollicking … and rib-tickling,” and Barry Pineo of The Austin Chronicle says, “It’s a charming Christmas show you will always remember.” Plaid Tidings will keep you humming along in good cheer straight through the New Year.  

Season Sponsor The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company (http://www.sancaptrustco.com/) Show Sponsors The Royal Shell Companies and The Island Sun.

   PLAID TIDINGS, the Holiday Edition of FOREVER PLAID by  STUART ROSS      

 Original FOREVER PLAID vocal and musical arrangements by JAMES RAITT    

         VOCAL and MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS BY          

         JAMES RAITT          

         BRAD ELLIS          

         RAYMOND BERG          

         DAVID SNYDER          

         Musical Continuity and Supervision          

         By David Snyder          

         ORIGINAL DIRECTION AND MUSICAL STAGING          

         BY          

         STUART ROSS          

Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com

Upcoming Herb Strauss Theater shows include Monty Python’s Spamalot (January 11 – February 16), The Marvelous Wonderettes (February 22 – March 23), Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle (February 24, March 3,  March 10), and Fully Committed (March 29 – April 27). All productions are at BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater, located at 2244 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.

Groups of 10 or more are eligible to take advantage of Herb Strauss Theater’s group discount rates for all shows, prices range from $25 to $36 per ticket. Groups of 50 or more receive a greater discounted ticket price. Call Jason Boeckman at (239) 472-9700, Ext. 308 for Group Discount Rates for each show.

To purchase tickets and learn more about upcoming shows at BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater, please call the theater box office at (239) 472-6862 or (239) 395-0900; e-mail info@BIGARTS.org; or log on to www.BIGARTS.org.