THEATRE REVIEW: citytheatreatx finds the Southern comfort in this tear-jerking dramedy.
Jennifer Gonzalez, Natalie L'Amoreaux, Judith Laird, Tracy Hurd, Angelina Castillo, and Terri Bennett in City Theatre's, currently being staged by the City Theatre, is a mani-pedi of a play set exclusively in Truvy's Beauty Shop in Chinquapin Parish, Louisiana. The dramedy premiered off-Broadway in 1987 – the time when the play takes place – and was soon turned into a star-studded film on regular rotation on the Lifetime channel.
The play also features abundantly lovable salon owner Truvy , her born-again assistant Annelle , and a duo of devoted locals – the charming and affable Clairee and cantankerous Ouiser – who come in for a wash and a rinse but stay to dish, offer astute observations about life and love, and deliver some of' best dialogue. Throughout the play, these women are emotionally invested in Shelby's pain and pleasure and each other, which invites us to do the same.
And yet, when L'Amoreaux enters the room as Shelby, the play seems to downshift to where the comedy strikes a better, more theatrical balance with the drama. It is not so much Shelby's diabetes as L'Amoreaux's organic effervescence and soft-spoken approach to the character that generate a stronger display of everyone else's affection toward Shelby. Only Hurd has trouble riding that wave.
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