steel magnolias

     

Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling, is a 1987 off-Broaway play, made into a movie in 1989. Based on the author's experience with the death of his sister, Steel Magnolias is a comedy-drama about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana.

Trivia about steel magnolias

  • An off-Broadway hit in 1987 & then a film, this play set in a Louisiana beauty parlor finally blossomed on B'way in 2005
  • The title of a play & a film written by Robert Harling popularized this 2-word "floral" term for Southern women

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