MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL Changes Performance Dates, Now Runs 8/18 - 8/22

It's time to kick-up those high heels. The international hit show Menopause The Musical® comes to the Bay Area and will be performing at the California Theatre in San Jose six for shows only, August 18 - 22 and at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco for three shows only, August 24 - 27, 2010.

Set in a department store, Menopause The Musical® follows four women with seemingly nothing in common but a black lace bra who meet by chance at a lingerie sale.  The characters laugh at their woeful hot flashes, forgetfulness, mood swings, wrinkles, night sweats and chocolate binges.

Starring in this off Broadway smash hit are local celebrity Megan Cavanagh, best known as "Marla Hooch" from A League of Their Own; Kimberly Ann Harris, who made her Broadway debut in The Color Purple as "Church Lady Doris"; and long time Menopause The Musical® veterans Liz Hyde and Lisa Fox.
 
Menopause The Musical® is the work of writer and producer Jeanie Linders. The laughter-filled 90-minute production includes parodies from the classics of the '60s and '70s and '80s. 
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
 
California Theatre
 345 South First Street, San Jose CA 95113
Aug 18 - 22: 8pm Wed-Fri, 2 & 8pm Sat, 2pm Sun
 
Tickets are $29.50 - $49.  Group discounts available.
To purchase tickets call (408) 792-4111

Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco CA 94102
Aug 25 - 27:  Wed 8/25 2pm, Thurs 8/26 7:30pm, Fri 8/27 7:30pm
 
Tickets are $29.50 - $49.  Group discounts available.
To purchase tickets call (415) 392-4400 
 
Menopause The Musical® has launched a women's movement that has superseded entertainment and become a must-see event. It is estimated that nearly 11 million women have attended a performance since the 2001 opening in Orlando, Florida. Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, writer and producer Jeanie Linders created the show as a celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived "The Change." "Most women know intuitively that every other woman is experiencing hot flashes or night sweats," says Linders. "There is always a close friend or two who can sympathize or identify with her, but when they are sitting in a theatre with hundreds of other women, all laughing and shouting‚ 'That's me! That's me on stage!' they know what they are experiencing is normal. They aren't alone...or crazy. It becomes a sisterhood." Since its first performance, the show has evolved as a grassroots movement of women who deal with life after 40 and all the challenges that result from the mental, physical, and spiritual freedom of being a woman.
 
Menopause The Musical® has entertained audiences across the country in more than 250 cities and in a total of 14 countries.  Internationally, the show has visited Australia, Canada, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, United Kingdom, Singapore, South Africa, and South Korea. Each week women of all ages and stages find their spirits lifted by the show's light-hearted look at menopause.

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