Rebecca Gayheart to join the cast of 'Steel Magnolias'.

Rebecca Gayheart, will star as Shelby - the bride-to-be, in the upcoming Broadway premiere of Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias which opens 4 Apr 2005, at the Lyceum Theatre, following previews from 15 Mar.

Rebecca Gayheart has many film and television credits including 'Jawbreaker,' 'Shadow Hours,' 'Dead Like Me',and 'Beverly Hills 90210.' She will be making her New York stage debut in Steel Magnolias.

She joins the previously announced Delta Burke who will play Truvy (the owner of the beauty shop), Christine Ebersole who will play MLynn (Shelbys mother) and Lily Rabe who will play Annelle (the young beautician)

Casting for the remaining two funny, strong Southern women who inhabit Truvys beauty parlor will be announced soon.

Steel Magnolias will be drected by Jason Moore and is being produced on Broadway by Roy Gabay and Robyn Goodman.

Steel Magnolias is set in a small town beauty parlor in Louisiana and follows the lives of several women who often meet there. The story pays particular attention to M'Lynn and her daughter Shelby