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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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News About Steel Magnolias at Music Mountain Theatre
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Opens Friday At Music Mountain Theatre
April 01, 2019Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, opening Friday at Music Mountain Theatre, is chock full of MMT Company favorites and some of the cutest and most talented youth in Hunterdon and Bucks Counties.
STEEL MAGNOLIAS Opens Today At Music Mountain Theatre
February 22, 2019Steel Magnolias, the hit play written by Robert Harling, opens Today at Music Mountain Theatre. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic film with a trip to see this classic at MMT!
STEEL MAGNOLIAS Opens Friday At Music Mountain Theatre
February 19, 2019Steel Magnolias, the hit play written by Robert Harling, opens Friday at Music Mountain Theatre. Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic film with a trip to see this classic at MMT!
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