Backyard co-founder Anthony Methvin said the play's message of strength and resilience is timely in pandemic times
Whenever Anthony Methvin has gone through dark times, his go-to place for comfort is watching the 1989 movie “Steel Magnolias.” Its message of hope, friendship and resilience in times of loss has helped him through many hard times.
“We’ve stepped up to the challenge by really discovering this text in our own bodies and in our own voices. We’ll be able to straddle that line,” he said. “We’re giving you that comfort food you crave, but we’ve put our own cajun spice on top of it. There will be unexpected things that are going to be fun discoveries for an audience who only knows the movie.”
Methvin said that the first time he saw the movie around age 12, he recognized the women characters in the film. Born in Tallahassee, Fla., in 1980, Methvin grew up hanging out in his Sicilian grandmother’s home-based beauty salon, where her longtime customers were very similar to those in Harling’s play.“Being around women in this space where they were connecting and catching up and gossiping, it’s literally like coming back home,” he said. “These are the women I grew up with.
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