Menopause The Musical closes ahead of schedule
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
AFTER a run of three months at the Shaw Theatre, the musical comedy Menopause The Musical will close ahead of schedule – on July 14, 2007.
Jeanie Linder’s 90-minute show about women going through “the change” stars Su Pollard, Miquel Brown, Amanda Symonds and Samantha Hughes. Michael Larsen directs.
Previously Posted: The hit American musical comedy, Menopause The Musical, is to receive its UK premiere at London’s Shaw Theatre where it runs from March 27 to August 25, 2007.
Jeanie Linders’ 90-minute show – the story of women going through “the change” – opens with four women at a department store lingerie sale with nothing in common but a black lace bra and…..hot flushes, night sweats, memory loss, chocolate binges, not enough sex, too much sex and day-to-day challenges with parents, children and partners…..
Helping the story along are 25 re-lyricised classic baby boomer hits, such as I Heard It Thru the Grapevine, You No Longer See 39 and the disco favourite Stayin’ Awake! Stayin’ Awake!.
The four women – Power Woman, Rutland Housewife, Soap Star and Earth Mother – will be played by seventies recording artist Miguel Brown (A Streetcar Named Desire, Hair), Su Pollard (The Pirates of Penzance, Me and My Girl), Samantha Hughes (Blood Brothers) and Amanda Symonds (Mary Poppins).
Since Menopause The Musical first opened in Orlando, Florida, in 2001, it has been seen by over eight million women (and the men who love them!) in 107 cities, in nine countries, among them Australia, Canada, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand and the Philippines.
For more information call the box office on 0870 033 2600 or visit the website.
A second musical about the trials and tribulations of the menopause, Hot Flush!, begins a UK tour on March 13, 2007.
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