Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
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.
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