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The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
- Robert Harling
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PRELUDE TO A KISS, THE MUSICAL
South Coast Repertory (4/5 - 5/4) | |
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Kairos
David Henry Hwang Theater (4/4 - 4/28) COMEDY NEW PLAY
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VOX Cabaret
Catalina Jazz Club (5/5 - 5/5) | |
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Footloose The Musical
Mira Costa High School (4/26 - 5/4)
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Spring Awakening
The Broadwater Mainstage (4/26 - 5/11) | |
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What The Constitution Means To Me
International City Theatre (5/2 - 5/19) | |
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Change The Game
McCadden (6/9 - 6/16) NEW MUSICAL
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Hairspray
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (5/10 - 5/12) | |
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Girl From the North Country
Pantages Theatre (5/14 - 6/2) | |
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Inner City CulturalCenter II Presents an Intimate Evening with Kathleen Bradley
Willie Agee Playhouse (7/2 - 7/2)
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A Chorus Line
Norris Theatre (4/26 - 5/5) | |
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Fancy Nancy, The Musical
Chance Theater (5/24 - 6/9) | |
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