We all want the chance to make our dreams come true. In the musical revue “Forever Plaid,” four friends get the ultimate chance: They get to come back from the dead for their dreams.

“Forever Plaid” will be playing at the Robidoux Landing Playhouse, 103 Francis St., this weekend. Dinner begins at 6 p.m., with the show at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The meal is at noon Sunday, with the show at 2 p.m.

“Forever Plaid” is the story of four friends — Smudge, Jinx, Sparky and Frankie — who perform as The Plaids in the 1950s. As the era of rock ‘n’ roll is beginning, The Plaids are performing clean-cut ’50s pop.

The Plaids have been working hard to make it big and are on their way to their first real performance. But when their car is hit by a bus of teens on their way to watch the Beatles’ debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the group is killed instantly. Somehow, the group finds itself back on Earth. The guys decide to take the opportunity to play their first, and only, concert.

“They’re just four good guys that never got the opportunity to make it,” says Steve Snider, who plays Frankie. “... Would they have ever made it? Probably not.”

The show features music from the 1950s, which is as important to the play as the dialogue. Perhaps even more so.

“It’s not so much even about the plot, it’s really all about the ’50s music and kind of the sound of that generation,” says Shaun Agnew, who plays Smudge.

And despite the group being dead almost from the start, the show has an upbeat feel to it. Even though the group never got to play in the big venues the members dreamed of, they realize the smaller shows were their big breaks.

“You get a lot of joy in the journey to getting somewhere. Even though we never made these big venues, those were our ‘Ed Sullivan’ shows and our Madison Square Gardens,” Agnew says. “Just because we didn’t play in those big venues doesn’t mean we didn’t have that same thrill, or this same quote unquote success ... We made music and we did what we wanted to do and we lived our dream.”

But be warned: There might be a few tears shed at the end, when the guys realize they can’t stay forever.

“... Those who have seen it before, they fall in love with the characters, and the audience hates to see it end as much as the guys do,” Snider says.

Tickets to “Forever Plaid” are $7 to $28 and can be purchased by calling the box office at 233-1778.