comedy-drama

Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film about the bond among a group of women from Louisiana, who can be as beautiful as magnolias, but are as tough as steel.

a comedic drama about a group of female friends in Louisiana

Steel Magnolias is a comedic drama about a group of female friends in Louisiana.

comedic

Currently running in a successful revival on Broadway, Steel Magnolias is the loving comedic tribute to the charm and wit of Southern women that served as the inspiration for the successful 1989 film of the same name.

hilarious

Infused with heart and humor, Steel Magnolias is a hilarious story that touches on love, loss and enduring friendship.

the bittersweet story of six women who gather under the dryers at Truvy’s Beauty Salon to share gossip, laughter, recipes, and beauty secrets on four significant days across three years of their lives in a small US Southern town

'Steel Magnolias' is the bittersweet story of six women who gather under the dryers at Truvy’s Beauty Salon to share gossip, laughter, recipes, and beauty secrets on four significant days across three years of their lives in a small US Southern town.

the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there

Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there.

chick-flick

Steel Magnolias is a classic chick-flick with all star cast, including Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and my personal favourite, Shirley MacLaine as Ouiser.

a drama-comedy centered around six women who are lifelong friends

Steel Magnolias is a drama-comedy centered around six women who are lifelong friends.

a dramatic comedy centered around six southern women and their relationships that bloom within the local beauty salon

Steel Magnolias is a dramatic comedy centered around six southern women and their relationships that bloom within the local beauty salon.

a series of comic one-liners leading up to a teary tragedy

Steel Magnolias' is essentially a series of comic one-liners leading up to a teary tragedy, but let a teary tragedy be said that the one-liners are mostly funny and the tragedy deserves most, but not all, of the tears.

a dramatic comedy that follows the lives and relationships of 6 women in a small-town Louisiana beauty shop

Steel Magnolias is a dramatic comedy that follows the lives and relationships of 6 women in a small-town Louisiana beauty shop.

a bittersweet drama laced with comedy that follows five tightly-knit women who congregate at a beauty parlor in a small Louisiana town

Adapted from the autobiographical off-Broadway hit play by Robert Harling, Steel Magnolias is a bittersweet drama laced with comedy that follows five tightly-knit women who congregate at a beauty parlor in a small Louisiana town.

a story of hilarious repartee, acerbic yet humorously revealing verbal collisions

Steel Magnolias is a story of hilarious repartee, acerbic yet humorously revealing verbal collisions, and the sudden realization of mortality within an all too perfect beauty salon.

an alternately hilarious and touching drama set in a gossipy Southern beauty parlor where six women share in laughs and tears

Steel Magnolias is an alternately hilarious and touching drama set in a gossipy Southern beauty parlor where six women share in laughs and tears.

crime

The main genres are crime, fantasy, romance, science fiction, western, inspirational, historical fiction and horror.

the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana in Truvy Eatenon’s Beauty Parlor

STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana in Truvy Eatenon’s Beauty Parlor.

on the life and of Harling’s sister and death

Written by Richard Harling, “Steel Magnolias” is a comedy-drama based on the life and death of Harling’s sister and Richard Harling's experiences with Type 1 diabetes.

a humorous and poignant story about the friendship between six women

Set in a small town beauty salon in Louisiana, Steel Magnolias tells a humorous and poignant story about the friendship between six women, live onstage at Actors Co-op Theatres for age 13+.

the tear-jerking 1989 'chick flick' , with Julia Roberts as Julia Roberts's diabetic daughter () starring Sally Fieldshence the diabetes reference

Steel Magnolias is the tear-jerking 1989 'chick flick' starring Sally Fields, with Julia Roberts as Julia Roberts's diabetic daughter (hence the diabetes reference).

part heartfelt tearjerker, featuring non-stop witty banter

Steel Magnolias is part comedy of manners, part heartfelt tearjerker, featuring non-stop witty banter.