Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn

Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn at Beef And Boards Dinner Theatre

There's more than tinsel in this musical. A farmhouse dream, a Hollywood rival and an Irving Berlin score make sure of it. Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn invites you to follow it all year long. On December 12 at 7:30 PM, Beef And Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis becomes a Connecticut farmhouse where a tired entertainer tries to start over, and where the calendar itself becomes the star of the show.

Jim walks away from show business, then turns his farmhouse into an inn with schoolteacher Linda. Their idea is simple and charming. Give each holiday its own performance. Then Jim's friend Ted shows up with a Hollywood plan to make Linda his dance partner, and the romance gets complicated fast. It's a story about reinvention, about the pull between quiet country life and the bright lights, and about what you're willing to leave behind to find where you belong. That is the kind of tension that makes a love story worth watching live.

This stage musical draws on Irving Berlin's songbook, with Blue Skies, Easter Parade, Cheek to Cheek and White Christmas named among its familiar songs. Hearing standards like these performed on stage, in a room full of neighbors, is a different pleasure than hearing them through speakers. Plan a night out that feels warm, familiar and a little bit glamorous. Reserve your seats for Holiday Inn in Indianapolis and make this December night one to remember.