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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Deathtrap (10/18/24-10/27/24)
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (12/14/24-12/15/24)
Letterhead (1/24/25-1/26/25)
Shakespeare's Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts (2/8/25-2/9/25)
Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearan Parody of Ghostbusters (5/17/25-5/18/25)
Return to the Forbidden Planet (7/18/25-7/27/25)
Every Brilliant Thing (9/13/25-9/14/25)
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Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks: A Cautionary Tale (8/1/24-8/1/24)
The SpongeBob Musical (7/26/24-8/4/24)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (6/27/24-6/27/24)
Gretel! The Musical (6/20/24-6/20/24)
The Studio Project (1/19/24-1/21/24)
Adoration of the Magi: A Madrigal Dinner (12/1/23-12/10/23)
The Colors of My Life Cabaret (10/14/23-10/15/23)
Monty Python's Spamalot (7/21/23-7/30/23)
Gypsy (4/28/23-5/7/23)
The Glass Menagerie (2/17/23-2/26/23)
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Deathtrap
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2024-2025 Bank of America Broadway at The Straz Season
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Shrek The Musical
Ruth Eckerd Hall (9/26 - 9/26) | ||
Some Like It Hot
Straz Center [Carol Morsani Hall] (12/10 - 12/15) | ||
Dirty Dancing In Concert
Ruth Eckerd Hall (1/31 - 1/31) | ||
Blackbird
The Off-Central (9/5 - 9/15) | ||
Mean Girls The Musical
Ruth Eckerd Hall (3/27 - 3/27) | ||
Celebration of the POWER of the Arts Featuring RIGHT BEFORE I GO
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The Addams Family
Ruth Eckerd Hall (1/30 - 1/30) | ||
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express
Francis Wilson Playhouse (10/10 - 10/20) | ||
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