Plaid Tidings features a book by , original Forever Plaid vocal and musical arrangements by James Raitt, and vocal and musical arrangements by Raitt, Brad Ellis, Raymond Berg and David Snyder. Ross helms a cast that includes Bradley Beahen, Jose Luaces, Ciaran Mccarthy and John Michael Zuerlein.
Performances run through Dec. 27 at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter鈥檚.
Plaid Tidings, an Off-Broadway musical that has been performed internationally since its 1990 debut, features standards such as "Jingle Bells," "鈥橳wuz the Night B4鈥�," and "The Dreidel Song." The show follows four male singers who are killed in a car crash during the 1950's but return to earth for the posthumous chance to fulfill their dreams. According to press notes, it also features "audience favorites like their riotous three-minute version of 鈥淭he Ed Sullivan Show鈥濃攖his time featuring the Rockettes, the Chipmunks, and the Vienna Boys Choir鈥攁nd a Plaid Caribbean Christmas which puts the "Day-O" in "Excelsis!"
The creative team includes (set), Michael Magliola (lights), AJ Mattioli (production manager), Mark Martino (consultant), with Meg Friedman (production stage manager) and David Beller (assistant stage manager).
Tickets for the York Theatre production of Plaid Tidings, from $39.50, are on sale by calling (212) 935-5820, online at , or in person at the box office at the York Theatre at Saint Peter鈥檚, located on East 54th Street, New York.
