Steel Magnolias to Bloom at Broadway's Lyceum Starting 3/15

The spring Broadway production of Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias has found a home. The play will bloom at the Lyceum Theatre, with previews starting March 15 and opening night set for April 4.

Steel Magnolias is set it a small town beauty parlor in Louisiana and follows the lives of several women who often meet there. The story pays particular attention to M'Lynn and her daughter Shelby. Both a comedy and a tearjerker, there are eccentric characters galore in the play with M'Lynn as the strong heart of the group.

The original production of the play opened off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in 1987 and quickly moved to the larger Lucille Lortel Theatre, where it ran for 1,126 performances. The all-star film version of Steel Magnolias, written by Harling and directed by Herbert Ross, was a box office hit when it was released in 1989.

Steel Magnolias, directed by Avenue Q's Jason Moore, will feature previously announced stars Delta Burke as beauty shop owner Truvy and Christine Ebersole as M'Lynn.