From left: Hannah-Jo Weisberg, Karen Gustafson, Alex Bradford, Kaitlyn Marshall, Francesca Jellison and Christine Thompson star in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "Steel Magnolias" on Thursday, Aug. 5. LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
From left: Alex Bradford, Karen Gustafson, Hannah-Jo Weisberg and Christine Thompson star in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "Steel Magnolias" on Thursday, Aug. 5. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
From left: Alex Bradford, Karen Gustafson, Hannah-Jo Weisberg and Christine Thompson star in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "Steel Magnolias" on Thursday, Aug. 5. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
CONWAY — Barbershops and beauty salons have long been places for lively conversation and uninhabited wisecracking. Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” which is being presented by M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway, Thursday through Sunday for the next three weeks, uses this as the backdrop to tell a fictionalized version of his sister’s struggle with diabetes.
All the play’s action takes place at Truvy’s Beauty Parlor, a salon in Louisiana where everyone has a quick-witted, sassy one-liner at the ready. It is as if the staff of a late night talk show is in the backroom feeding them material.
From left: Hannah-Jo Weisberg, Karen Gustafson, Alex Bradford, Kaitlyn Marshall, Francesca Jellison and Christine Thompson star in M&D at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse's production of "Steel Magnolias" on Thursday, Aug. 5. LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
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