Forever Plaid

Just came back from Actors Studio Bangsar. I watched Forever Plaid. It's kinda like a musical but not really because it doesn't have much story in it.

The story goes like this.......

A group of 4 male singers in the 1950s was starting a band. They rehearsed in one of the member's parents' shop's basement. On their way to their 1st big gig, they got slammed by a bus filled with eager teens on their way to watch The Beatles in The Ed Sullivan Show. The teens survived but the Forever Plaid died instantly.

The musical starts off like this........

The Forever Plaid comes back to life and immediately panic on what to do. They all made the funniest faces when the asked the audience what year was it and they got a ''2008'' in response. They soon realise they have been given a life time chance to finally have the concert they didn't have. So they go on with their concert and acted really stupid.(like how a new fresh band would act at a concert if it was like a last minute thing to them).

The acting was marvelous. The songs were catchy. And it was simply entertaining through and through. I couldn't stop laughing at the ridiculous things they did. There was this 1 part where the pianist had a phone call and had to go off to speak to his mom (just acting of course). So he head backstage, and the Plaids called out to the audience to who knew how to play a song on the piano. A girl sitting in front of me bravely went up on stage and played the piano while the Plaids sang their song. She was then rewarded with a certificate.

Even though there wasn't much of a story, you can really feel a connection with the characters and their individual qualities. One is a nerd. One is a funny man. One always gets a nose bleed. And one more seemed like he was the leader. You can actually feel sad for them when they had to go back to being dead because they have finished their concert at the end of the show.

I would recommend people to watch it but sadly, the last show is tomorrow. It was really an eye-opener to the Broadway-ish kinda thing. The singers came all the way from London and this was a performance to raise money to help the spastic children in Malaysia.I really enjoyed myself and hope i get to see another play soon.