STEEL MAGNOLIAS Sells Out All Remaining Performances at Arkansas Repertory Theatre
The production, set inside Truvy's beauty shop, explores friendship and resilience among a group of Southern women.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre has released a new video offering audiences a glimpse inside its current production of STEEL MAGNOLIAS, which has proven so popular that every remaining performance on the run has sold out.
Robert Harling's beloved play unfolds entirely within a Louisiana beauty salon, where a group of Southern women navigate friendship, grief, and joy with equal measures of wit and warmth. The piece has endured for decades as a touchstone of American regional theatre, celebrated for its sharp one-liners and its unflinching emotional honesty — captured perhaps most memorably in the line, "Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion."
This production, directed by Christine O'Grady, serves as the opening entry in The Rep's 2026 Golden SummerStage season, which marks the Little Rock company's 50th anniversary year under the leadership of Steve H. Broadnax III and Will Trice. BroadwayWorld's critic praised the production for its Southern charm and the strength of its ensemble work.
The sold-out run underscores the appetite for the classic across the country this season. The Rep's next SummerStage production, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', is set to follow, continuing what has shaped up to be a landmark celebratory season for the Arkansas institution.
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Come From Away: An Immersive Experience Actors Theatre of Little Rock (9/23-10/10) |
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“Men on Boats” By Jaclyn Backhaus Arkansas State University Theatre Department (4/16-4/25) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show Spooktacular Tour with Nell Campbell Robinson Center (10/20-10/20) |
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The Woman In Black Pocket Community Theatre (10/30-10/31) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) Walton Arts Center [Baum Walker Hall] (2/05-2/07) |
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“An Evening of New Works” by Arkansas State University Student Playwrights Arkansas State University Theatre Department (2/19-2/21) |
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Three Days Grace, I Prevail & The Funeral Portrait Walmart AMP (10/28-10/28) |
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“Little Shop of Horrors” Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken Arkansas State University Theatre Department (11/13-11/22) |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas Theatre Collective of NWA (12/04-12/06) |
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Scrooge! The Musical Pocket Community Theatre (12/04-12/13) |