The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant Annelle,  wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon Ouiser; an eccentric millionaire Miss Clairee; and the local social leader M’Lynn whose daughter Shelby is about to marry a “good ole boy.” It is filled with hilarious repartee and humorously revealing verbal collisions.   The sudden realization of their mortality draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in this wonderful story about friendship.