The Off-Broadway Smash Hit
“Menopause The Musical®” Tour Comes to The Majestic Theatre in Dallas March 11-16, 2008 edited by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady  Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, Menopause The Musical® will be in Dallas March 11-16, 2008. Women of a certain age will know that this is the right time of the month
The show, which has become an international phenomenon, was written by Jeanie Linders and is produced by South Florida-based GFour Productions. Menopause The Musical® has been seen by more than 8 million people in 9 countries since it debuted in a 76-seat perfume-shop-turned-theatre in Orlando, Florida in 2001. Billed as “The Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change®,” the original, off-Broadway musical begins with four women, “Professional Woman,” “Soap Star,” “Iowa Housewife” and “Earth Mother,” at a Bloomingdale’s lingerie sale with nothing in common but a black lace bra—and hot flashes, night sweats, memory loss, chocolate binges, not enough sex, too much sex and day-to-day challenges with aging parents, aging children and aging partners. They share their ups and downs through a collection of 26 re-lyricized baby boomer songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Disco hit “Stayin’ Alive” becomes “Stayin’ Awake,” Motown favorite “My Girl” is transformed into “My Thighs,” "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" switches to "In the Guest Room or on the Sofa, My Husband Sleeps at Night,” and “Puff The Magic Dragon” becomes the anthem to exercise, “Puff, My God I’m Draggin’”. “It may not be Shakespeare, but our focus is different. We want to bring women together and empower them. This is an event – a happening,” says Kathi Glist, one of the show’s producers. “It resonates with just about any woman over 40, but it is enjoyed by all. And the men laugh just as hard,” she adds. “The show has become a point of relating, a celebration of a life passage that launches women into a new exciting phase of their lives,” says Linders. “Most women know intuitively what every other woman is facing with the onset of the menopause. They talk about it with their friends and, on occasion, with their spouses. But, when they are in a theatre with hundreds of women, and they’re all shouting ‘That’s Me!’ then they know what they are experiencing is normal. They call it a sisterhood!” Single tickets, priced from $16-$50, are on sale now at The Box Office, 542 Preston Royal Shopping Center, and all Ticketmaster outlets including The Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm Street in Dallas. Tickets are also on sale by calling 214-631-ARTS (2787) or online at www.ticketmaster.com. For groups of 20 or more, please call 214-426-GROUP. Show times for Menopause The Musical® are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11-Saturday, March 15, with weekend matinees at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and the closing show at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16. For more information, visit www.dallassummermusicals.org. This show will be a subscribers’ special for Dallas Summer Musicals, presented by Comerica Bank, at The Majestic Theatre Madelyn Miller is a travel and food writer who has seen this wonderful musical and can't wait to see it again. Read her stories on www.travellady.com, www.carladynews.com, www.yogayaya.com, www.chocolateatlas.com, www.cocktailatlas.com, www.teaAtlas.com, www.coffeeAtlas.com |
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