On Stage This Weekend - "Steel Magnolias"

The cast of Steel Magnolias, left to right front row; Kyle Fisher as Clairee Belcher, Peggy Walker as the Radio DJ, Twinkie Smith as Truvy Jones, back row; Shannon Bates as Annelle Dupuy Desoto, Jenn Jacobson as M'Lynn Eatenton, Stephanie Sands as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie and Loretta Hetzer as Ouiser Bourdreaux. (Photo by Toril Lavender)

The City of Huntington Foundation, Inc., and 5th Avenue Theatre Company will present Steel Magnolias at 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, Sept. 17-18 and 24-25, and at 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 19 and 26, in the Jean Carlo Stephenson Auditorium at Huntington City Hall.

Here's the story from today's Herald-Dispatch:

If you like your local theater served with a good dose of beauty shop humor, then you're in luck.

The City of Huntington Foundation, Inc., and 5th Avenue Theatre Company will present Steel Magnolias at 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, Sept. 17-18 and 24-25, and at 2:30 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 19 and 26, in the Jean Carlo Stephenson Auditorium at Huntington City Hall.

Tickets are $10 for adults, and $8 for children ages 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased by calling 304-696-5522 or online at www.cityofhuntingtonfoundation.com.

The show, which is directed by Zach Davis, is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, La. The town's most notable women all go to Truvy's. Truvy is the wise-cracking owner. Softspoken Annelle is her new assistant. The shop's regulars include the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, eccentric millionaire Miss Clairee, the local social leader M'Lynn and her daughter Shelby, the prettiest girl in town and about to marry a "good ole boy."

Tragedy in the second act brings the sudden realization of the group's mortality and also draws on the underlying strength and love which give the play and its characters the special quality to make them touching, funny and amiable company in good and bad times.

Tomorrow we'll interview director Zach Davis about the show!