Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn

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

The choice at the heart of Holiday Inn is anything but simple: the life you've built or the stage you left behind. On January 2, 2027, at 1:00 PM, Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn brings a full stage musical to Beef And Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. It's a story about walking away from the spotlight and discovering that the music still follows you. Entertainer Jim leaves show business for a Connecticut farmhouse. Quiet life sounds perfect. Then the songs start calling again.

Here's where the charm kicks in. Jim and schoolteacher Linda turn that farmhouse into an inn, one that offers performances for different holidays. The setting spans the whole year, not just December, so the show moves through the calendar instead of staying in one season. Then comes the complication. Jim's friend Ted wants Linda as his Hollywood dance partner, and suddenly the romance has real stakes. Will she choose the farmhouse dream or the bright lights? That tug between country calm and show-business glamour gives the evening its heartbeat.

And the music? It's Irving Berlin's catalog, and you'll know the names: Blue Skies, Easter Parade, Cheek to Cheek and White Christmas. Hearing songs like these live, in the same room as the performers, is a different pleasure than playing them at home. It's a warm, familiar outing for anyone who loves a good love story with standards at its center. Make your post-holiday plans count, and grab your seats for Holiday Inn in Indianapolis.