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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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Marjorie Prime
Prologue Theatre (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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Chicks in Heavem
Creative Cauldron (4/11 - 4/28) | |
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Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return
GALA Hispanic Theatre (5/9 - 6/9) | |
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Little Shop of Horrors
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Hylton Performing Arts Center (5/4 - 5/4) | |
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The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
Fichandler Stage at Arena Stage (6/6 - 7/14) | |
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The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute
Warner Theatre DC (4/26 - 4/26) | |
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Theater Lab at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (10/3 - 9/29) | |
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Back to the Future: The Musical
Kennedy Center [Opera House] (7/23 - 8/11) | |
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The Last Drop
Scena Theatre (4/12 - 5/12)
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