Review: MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 2: CRUISING THROUGH THE CHANGE at AT&T Performing Arts Center
Going to MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 2: CRUISING THROUGH THE CHANGE at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, which was presented November 1-3, was like joining a big party bound by women who were embracing the aging process and laughing in the face of every hot flash, mood swing, and memory lapse! Based on the Original Stage Play by Jeanie Linders, with Additional Book and Lyrics by Karen Bishko and Jeanette Hopkins, and Directed by Seth Greenleaf, the show was a celebration of womanhood with humor that felt refreshingly honest, touching on all the highs and lows of 'the change' with a wink and a smile.
MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 2 Coes to the Aronoff Center
The brand-new national tour of Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change' comes to Cincinnati November 19-24, 2024 for seven performances only at the Aronoff Center's intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater.
BWW Interview: Kristin Towers Rowles Reflects on Acting and Directing in 2019
Actress Kristen Towers Rowles is also an amazing director. She is nominated this year for two BWW Awards. In the conversation that follows she talks about acting, directing and the meaningful choices she has made in her career so far.
Congratulations on your BWW Award nominations! Tell our readers in what categories you received them.
Thank you. I'm nominated for Best Actress in a Play (Local) for playing Hattie in Laundry and Bourbon at Group Rep and as Director of a Play (Local) for Directing the World Premiere of The Lost Virginity Tour at The McCadden Place Theatre.
If you had to choose winning one, which would that be? Why this choice?
MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL To Open At Ogunquit Playhouse
It's time to grab your best gal pals and head to Ogunquit Playhouse for the hilarious musical comedy Menopause The Musical®, on stage September 4 through September 14. A raucous celebration of womanhood created by Jeanie Linders and inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, Menopause The Musical® applauds women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived a?oeThe Change.a?? The show is produced by special license from GFour Productions, the producers of MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL®, now in its 18th year, and 14th as the longest-running musical in Las Vegas history. The director of the Ogunquit Playhouse production is Tony Award®-winner Seth Greenleaf. This joyful parody of 25 re-lyricized classic hits from the '60s, '70s, and '80s features chart-toppers including a?oeI Heard it Through the Grapevine that You No Longer See 39,a?? and the disco favorite a?oeStayin' Awake, Stayin' Awake!a??
MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL Returns to the Belgrade Theatre
Following the phenomenal success of its UK tour in 2016, Menopause The Musical is back at the Belgrade Theatre this June with another hysterically funny celebration of women and "the change". Fully armed with a fabulous all-female cast, this hilariously hormonal show sets its scene in an ordinary department store, where the sale of a black lace bra stimulates an unlikely camaraderie between four strangers.
BWW Review: MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL at the Welk Resort Theatre
Menopause the Musical is set in New York's Bloomingdale's department store where four women with different backgrounds, but similar unwelcome symptoms of growing older, run into each other while shopping and begin to share their experiences.
The musical's success depends on wry humor and nostalgia for pop songs from the 1950s through 80s. An overture precedes 23 tunes arranged as solos or for varied combinations of singers. Playwright Jeanie Linders left melodies intact, but rewrote the lyrics to fit the work's overriding theme: getting old is no fun, might as well laugh about what we can't avoid.
BWW Review: MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL at Westchester Broadway Theatre
Many moons ago, my mother raved about a musical she experienced with a group of her closest gal friends. When she told me the title, 'Menopause, the Musical,' I burst out laughing. How could I relate to that concept and how would that constitute a good time at the theatre?