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comfort comedy ‘Steel Magnolias’ both hilarious and
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Harling’s </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">“Steel
Magnolias,” currently on stage at the Allen Theatre, is a mani-pedi of a play –
an estrogen-driven, southern comfort comedy set exclusively in
Truvy’s</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> Beauty Shop in Chinquapin Parish,
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revolves around local gossip, recipe exchanges, and </SPAN><SPAN
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</SPAN>Shelby (Allison Layman) is an endearing, head-strong young women whose
diabetes and disappointing marriage lead to personal setbacks, medical
complications, and tough-love doled out by her ever-vigil but adoring mother,
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style="FONT-FAMILY: ">The play also features the salon owner Truvy Jones
(Elizabeth Meadows Rouse), her born-again assistant Annelle (Devon Caraway), and
a duo of lovable and devoted locals – Clairee (Charlotte Booker) and Ouiser
(Mary Stout) – who come in for a wash and a rinse, but stay to dish and offer
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial">astute
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
face=Georgia>Throughout the play, these women share in Shelby’s pain and
pleasure and, by doing so, invite us to do the same. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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