on March 28, 1987, with Pamela Berlin as director. The production transferred to the Lucille Lortel Theatre on June 19, 1987, and closed on February 25, 1990 after 1,126 performances. Replacements during the original Off-Broadway run included Anne Pitoniak, Bette Henritze, Rita Gardner, Maeve McGuire, and Stacy Ray. A U.S. national tour was launched in 1989. Marion Ross joined the tour as Clairee late in the run. The play made its Broadway debut in 2005 and opened at the Lyceum Theatre, in previews starting on March 15, and officially opened April 4, and closed on July 31, 2005, after 23 previews and 136 performances, directed by Jason Moore. Guthrie Theater did a production from October 26 to December 15, 2019 directed by Lisa Rothe. UK productions The premiere UK production opened in the West End in March 1989 at the Lyric Theatre, directed by Julia McKenzie. It returned to the West End for a limited engagement at the Westminster Theatre March 30-April 9, 1990, in a production mounted by Rose Bruford College. A tour of the show opened at the Theatre Royal Bath on April 2, 2012, and was scheduled to play at ten theatres including the Richmond Theatre in London during an eleven-week run. It was directed by David Gilmore. International productions Australia: Nicole Kidman made her professional stage debut in first Australian production as Shelby. The show opened 18 May 1988 in the York Theatre at Sydney’s Seymour Centre and went on to play Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre. The cast also included Nancye Hayes, Maggie Dence, Melissa Jaffer, Genevieve Lemon, Pat McDonald, and Peter Snook. Ireland: Staged at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin on September 11–22, 2012, directed by Ben Barnes, and on country-wide tour until October 19 the same year. The cast included Mischa Barton and Anne Charleston. France: Coiffure et Confidences, the French-language adaptation by Didier Caron directed by Dominique Guillo, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre Michel in October 2014. After three successful runs in Paris and multiple nationwide tours, its final performance, attended by Robert Harling, was filmed on June 12, 2017 and released on the French channel C8 a few months later. Cast: Thérèse (Truvy) - Marie-Hélène Lentini / Isabelle Ferron Jeanne (M'Lynn) - Astrid Veillon / Élisabeth Vitali / Anne Richard Magalie (Shelby) - Léa François Agnès (Annelle) - Sandrine Le Berre Claire (Clairee) - Isabelle Tanakil / Isabelle Ferron / Élisabeth Buffet Odette