FOREVER PLAID at Gateway Theatre

SAN FRANCISCO’S 42ND STREET MOON ANNOUNCES CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FOR THE HIT MUSICAL

FOREVER PLAID April 18 – May 5, 2024

Gateway Theatre in San Francisco

Written and Originally Directed and Choreographed by Stuart Ross

Musical Continuity, Supervision, and Arrangements by James Raitt

Daniel Thomas Director

Tim Fletcher Assoc. Musical Director

Brittney Monroe Choreographer

Starring:

Edu Gonzalez-Maldonado (Jinx), Kevin Singer* (Frankie), Justin P. Lopez* (Sparky),

Matt Skinner (Smudge). *Members of Actors’ Equity Association

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 8, 2024) – San Francisco’s 42nd Street Moon (Daniel Thomas, Executive Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for the hit musical FOREVER PLAID, written and originally directed and choreographed by Stuart Ross, with musical continuity, supervision, and arrangements by James Raitt.

42nd Street Moon’s production of FOREVER PLAID is directed by Daniel Thomas, with Tim Fletcher as Assoc. Musical Director, and Brittney Monroe as Choreographer. FOREVER PLAID runs from April 18 – May 5, 2024 (15 performances only), at San Francisco’s Gateway Theatre* - 215 Jackson St., (at Battery St.) San Francisco, 94111. The press opening is on Sat., April 20, 2024 at 6:00 pm. Show Times: Wed.- Thurs. 7:00 pm; Fri. 8:00 pm; Sat. 6:00 pm.; Sunday 3:00 pm. (Sat. Matinee April 27 - 1:00 pm). (2 Previews) Thurs., April 18 - 7:00 pm – Preview; Fri., April 19 - 8:00 pm- Preview. Tickets $25 - $70 and can be purchased through the Box Office at 415-255-8207 or online at https://42ndstmoon.vbotickets.com/event/Forever_Plaid/98260

* Venue Accessibility Information - This auditorium and a restroom are ADA-accessible.

FOREVER PLAID is a deliciously fun revue is chock-full of classic four-part harmonies and pitch-perfect melodies! Once upon a time, there were four guys (Sparky, Smudge, Jinx and Frankie) who discovered that they shared a love for music and then got together to become their idols - The Four Freshman, The Hi-Lo’s and The Crew Cuts. Rehearsing in the basement of Smudge’s family’s plumbing supply company, they became “FOREVER PLAID”. On the way to their first big gig, the “Plaids” are broadsided by a school bus and killed instantly. It is at the moment when their careers and lives end that the story of FOREVER PLAID begins…. Singing in close harmony, squabbling boyishly over the smallest intonations and executing their charmingly outlandish choreography with overzealous precision, the “Plaids” are a guaranteed smash, with a program of beloved songs and delightful patter that will keep you laughing when you’re not humming along to some of the greatest pop hits of the 1950s. The hit parade of songs includes “Three Coins in the Fountain,” “Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing,” “16 Tons,” “Rags to Riches” and many more favorites!

FOREVER PLAID is an Off-Broadway musical revue written by Stuart Ross, and first performed in New York in 1989 and now performed internationally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Plaid

The cast of FOREVER PLAID features: Edu Gonzalez-Maldonado (Jinx); Kevin Singer* (Frankie); Justin P. Lopez* (Sparky); Matt Skinner (Smudge). *Members of Actors’ Equity Association.

The Band: Tim Fletcher (piano); Kyle Wong (bass).