The Artist Series Presents Menopause The Musical, Opens Today

It's time to kick-up those high heels! The Off-Broadway and international hit sensation Menopause The Musical® is coming to Terry Theater to celebrate its 10 years of "The Change!" The limited engagement opens on April 30, 2011 and runs through May 1, 2011 for four performances only!

The hilarious musical is set in NYC's Bloomingdale's store, where four women with seemingly nothing in common but a black lace bra meet by chance at a lingerie sale. The cast laughs at their woeful hot flashes, forgetfulness, mood swings, wrinkles, night sweats and chocolate binges. A sisterhood is created between these diverse women as they realize that menopause is no longer The Silent Passage! It is a stage in every woman's life that is perfectly normal!

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. 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'".

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."

MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL will be at the TIMES UNION CENTER'S TERRY THEATER on April 30 - May 1, 2011 for four performances only!

To order by phone with Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover call
The Artist Series Box Office at
(904) 632-3373
(toll-free outside of Jacksonville 1-888-860-BWAY)

Tickets are also available online with Instant Seat Selection by visiting the
The Artist Series' website: www.artistseriesjax.org

Tickets are $51.00. Discounts are available for groups of 10+ or 50+ by calling (904) 632-3228 or groupsales@fscj.edu.

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