Forever Plaid is an Off-Broadway musical revue written by Stuart Ross, and first performed in New York in 1989 and now performed internationally. Overview The show is a revue of the close-harmony "guy groups" (e.g. The Four Aces, The Four Freshmen) that reached the height of their popularity during the 1950s. Personifying the clean-cut genre are the Plaids. This quartet of high-school chums' dreams of recording an album ended in death in a collision with a bus filled with Catholic schoolgirls on their way to see the Beatles' American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The revue begins with the Plaids returning from the afterlife for one final chance at musical glory. The songs they sing during the course of the musical include: "Three Coins in the Fountain"; "Undecided"; "Gotta Be This or That"; "Moments to Remember"; "Crazy 'Bout Ya, Baby"; "No, Not Much"; "Sixteen Tons"; "Chain Gang"; "Perfidia"; "Cry"; "Heart and Soul"; "Lady of Spain"; "Scotland the Brave"; "Shangri-La"; "Rags to Riches"; and "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing". Productions Stuart Ross explained the production history of the revue, stating that it was initially produced at the West Bank Cafe in 1987. It then ran at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut and Downstairs Cabaret in Rochester, New York, where the revue was rewritten to have the members of the Plaids killed. The revue next ran at The American Stage Company at the Becton Theatre, Teaneck, New Jersey in December 1988. The revue opened in New York in November 1989 at Steve McGraw's. The revue re-opened at McGraw's in May 1990 and closed on June 12, 1994. The original 1989 New York cast was Stan Chandler, Guy Stroman, Gabriel Barre and Jason Graae. The original 1990 New York cast included Jason Graae (Sparky); Stan Chandler (Jinx); David Engel (Smudge); and Guy Stroman (Frankie). Musical arrangements, vocal arrangements and musical direction were by James Raitt; the show was written, directed, and choreographed by Stuart Ross. Musical numbers Act I Deus Ex Plaid - Plaids Three Coins in the Fountain - Frankie, Plaids Gotta Be This or That / Undecided - Plaids Moments to Remember - Plaids Crazy 'Bout Ya Baby - Frankie, Plaids No, Not Much - Jinx, Plaids Perfidia - Sparky, Plaids Cry - Jinx, Plaids Sixteen Tons / Chain Gang - Smudge, Frankie, Plaids Private Functions: The Bride Cuts the Cake / Italian Wedding / Anniversary Waltz