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Jessica Walter, Patricia Richardson, Susan Sullivan, and More Preview Steel Magnolias

Marsha Mason directs Robert Harling’s play at Bucks County Playhouse.

May 18, 2016

Patricia Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Clea Alsip, Jessica Walter, Susan Sullivan, and Lucy DeVito star in Steel Magnolias at Bucks County Playhouse. — Patricia Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Clea Alsip, Jessica Walter, Susan Sullivan, and Lucy DeVito star in *Steel Magnolias* at Bucks County Playhouse.
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The stars of the upcoming Bucks County Playhouse production of Robert Harling’s comedy Steel Magnolias met the press at their rehearsal studio on May 18. The production is directed by four-time Oscar nominee Marsha Mason.

Patricia Richardson and Clea Alsip head the cast as M'Lynn and Shelby.
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The cast is made up of Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement) as M'Lynn, Susan Sullivan (Castle) as Clairee, Jessica Walter (Arrested Development) as Ouiser, Clea Alsip (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) as Shelby, Lucy DeVito (Love, Loss and What I Wore) as Annelle, and Elaine Hendrix (FX’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll) as Truvy.

Jessica Walter and Susan Sullivan take on the roles of Ouiser and Clairee.
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The play is set at Truvy’s Beauty Salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where "the hair is big and the gossip is juicy. While their coifs are perfected and daily lives debated, six distinctly different women forge a unique bond of sisterhood — one that even when put to the test, only grows stronger."