Steel Magnolias Creative Team

Director

Allie Cleere

QUICK AND EASY WHITE CHEESE DIP Ingredients: 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Monterey Jack cheese 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Parmesan cheese ½ cup chopped onion ½ cup mayonnaise Directions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Mix cream cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, Parmesan cheese, onion, and mayonnaise together in a bowl; transfer to a baking dish or pie pan and spread evenly. Bake in the preheated oven until top is brown and bubbling, about 20 minutes.

PSM

Spencer Boren

TAZATZIKI Ingredients: 1/2 c. grated fresh cucumber 1 c. whole milk Greek yogurt 4 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1 tsp. lemon zest 1 tbsp. lemon juice 1 tbsp. chopped fresh dill, plus more for garnish 1 tbsp. chopped fresh mint, plus more for garnish 1 tsp. honey 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper Paprika, for garnish Directions 1 Place the grated cucumber on a paper towel; cover and squeeze firmly to remove as much liquid as possible. Add the cucumber to a medium bowl. 2 Add the yogurt, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, lemon zest and juice, dill, mint, honey, salt, and pepper to the cucumber; stir to combine. 3 Just before serving, drizzle with the remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil; sprinkle with dill, mint, and paprika.

Original Creative Team

Born in 1951 in Dothan, Alabama, one of three children of Robert M. Harling, Jr (1923-2019) and Margaret Jones Harling (1923-2013). He graduated from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana and obtained a Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. While in law school, he sang in a band which performed in New Orleans on weekends.

Career

However, Harling never used his legal education: skipping the bar exam, he instead moved to New York City to become an actor, auditioning for bit parts in plays and television commercials as well as working as a ticket seller for Broadway shows.

After the death of his younger sister, Susan, in 1985 due to diabetes, Harling wrote a short story and adapted it into the play Steel Magnolias, which was produced off-Broadway in 1987 to great acclaim and was translated into 17 languages.

Harling also wrote the screenplay for the film version of the play that was produced in 1989. He played a small role in the film as a minister.

Harling wrote more screenplays: Soapdish (1991), The First Wives Club (1996), and Laws of Attraction (2004); he also worked as an uncredited script doctor on a number of films. Harling also wrote and directed the sequel to Terms of Endearment titled The Evening Star (1996).

In the spring of 2012, he served as writer and producer of the TV show GCB. In the same year, it was reported that Harling was adapting Soapdish into a musical.