Good Times Together with the Everly Brothers

GOOD TIMES TOGETHER with the Everly Brothers tells the story of the tempestuous relationship between two brothers who changed the course of music history. Their harmonies influenced Cliff Richard, The Beatles, The Hollies, Simon & Garfunkel and many others. Using many of their best-loved songs and some little-known ones, performed by members of the cast and the top Everlys tribute band, The Temple Brothers, it shows the sibling rivalry – the creative and emotional tensions – at the heart of one of the 20th-century’s best musical partnerships. The show opens with the brothers’ reunion – following a 10-year break – at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1983 and quickly flashes back to young Don and Phil learning their music at the knee of their mother and father Ike, a local hero on the country music scene across the southern United States. Following their big break with Bye Bye Love it depicts a series of personal and musical challenges: Don’s breakdown due to addiction to prescription drugs; the break-up of marriages due to the strains of touring; the British Invasion of the US led by the Beatles; and their professional bust-up resulting in Phil storming off-stage during a concert. The death of their father finally brings them back together and the show ends on the high note of their poignant Albert Hall reunion, yet with the unresolved ambiguity of their love and rivalry. This is a feel-good musical with a hard heart, one that will bring a whole new generation to love the music of Don and Phil, warts and all, as their parents and grandparents did.