Menopause the Musical

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Menopause The Musical® debuted March 28 2001 in a small theatre in Orlando, Florida. The 76-seat theatre once housed a perfume shop. The cast of four women shopping for lingerie at a Bloomingdale's sale sing 25 songs about chocolate cravings, hot flashes, loss of memory, nocturnal sweats and sexual predicaments. The lyrics parody popular music from the baby boomer era.

Local references in the show are customised to the location - for example, the 'Dubbo Housewife' in Australia is a 'Waikato housewife' in New Zealand, and America's Bloomingdale's becomes Smith and Caughey

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Menopause the musical is now touring throughout Australia. With its original cast starting in Melbourne there are now two cast touring. The Perth cast, consisting of Caroline Gilmer (Power Woman), Jenny Vuletic (Soap Star), Sussan-ann Walker (Earth Mother) and Donna Lee (Dubbo Housewife). While the Brisbane cast stars Jodie Gillies (Power Woman), Anne Wood (Soap Star), Carolyn Waddell (Earth Mother) and Angela Ayers (Dubbo Housewife).

Menopause The Musical is currently in an extended run at the Civic Theatre in Auckland. The New Zealand cast consists of Angela Ayers - (Waikato Housewife), Caroline Gillmer - (Power Woman) Jennifer Vuletic - (Soap Star) and Carolyn Waddell - (Earth Mother)

Menopause The Musical is also playing at Society Hill Playhouse in Philadelphia and Syracuse Stage in Syracuse. A production in Toronto at the Capitol Event Theatre opened on June 21, 2006.