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Highly Recommended by

Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader (Full Review)
Tom Williams, Chicago Critic (Full Review)
Al Bresloff, 7Days (Review)

*** by Jeff Rossen, Gay Chicago Magazine

Presented at Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

June 24- July 31, 2010
No performance on Sunday, June 27

Runs through Saturday July 31
Thurs.-Sat. @ 8:00pm, Sun. @ 3:00pm

$25 Adults, $20 Student/Seniors,
$10 Industry (at door with proof on Thurs. and Sun. Only)

Group Sales for 10 or more. Contact the box office.

Box Office: 773-404-7336

Box Office
Wed-Sat – 12pm-8pm
Sunday – 12pm-4pm
The Box Office is closed Mondays & Tuesdays
2257 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

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The action is set in vy'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. 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.

"Harling has given his women sharp, funny dialogue…The play builds to a conclusion that is deeply moving." —NY Daily News. "…a skillfully crafted, lovingly evoked picture of eccentricity in the small-town South…Robert Harling is a new voice in the theatre and the qualities of STEEL MAGNOLIAS suggest he may be an important one." —Drama-Logue. "…suffused with humor and tinged with tragedy." —NY Post.