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.
Theater West End is at 115 W. 1st Street , Sanford, FL.
Pump Boys & Dinettes (4/5/24-4/28/24)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (1/5/24-1/28/24)
The Full Monty (11/10/23-12/3/23)
Sweeney Todd (9/7/23-10/1/23)
The Prom (8/4/23-8/27/23)
9 to 5 (6/2/23-6/25/23)
The Prom (4/15/23-5/8/23)
Spring Awakening (4/14/23-5/7/23)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (3/10/23-3/26/23)
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Dracula
Athens Theatre (9/20 - 10/13)
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Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Ritz Theater Sanford at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center (10/11 - 10/20) | |
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Daddy Long Legs
Ocala Civic Theatre (2/6 - 2/23) | |
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The Lion King
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (4/23 - 5/18) | |
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RIDE THE CYCLONE
THEATRE SOUTH PLAYHOUSE (2/29 - 1/11) | |
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Finding Nemo Jr.
Theatre South Playhouse (12/12 - 12/15) | |
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Perfect Arrangement
Hippodrome Theatre (8/30 - 9/22) | |
Imogene Says Nothing
Theatre UCF (1/30 - 2/9) | ||
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Beauty and the Beast
Seminole County Ninth Grade Center (9/27 - 10/6) | |
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