National Tour of Menopause The Musical® coming to the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center in April

Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 13, at 8 a.m.

Event: Menopause the Musical: 25th Anniversary Tour
When: Sunday, April 25, 2027, 3 p.m.
Where: Lake Michigan College Mendel Center Jenkins Theatre
2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Tickets: www.TheMendelCenter.com

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — GFour Productions, winner of 68 Drama Desk and 54 Tony Awards®, is proudly bringing the international hit show Menopause The Musical® to Southwest Michigan and will play the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center for one performance only, Sunday, April 25, 2027, at 3 p.m.

Menopause The Musical® is a groundbreaking celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived “The Change.” Tickets go on sale 8 a.m. Friday, Nov., 13, at www.TheMendelCenter.com/events/mtm27. 

Now celebrating 25 years of female empowerment through hilarious musical comedy, Menopause The Musical® has evolved as a “grassroots” movement of women who deal with life adjustments around 40 by embracing each other and the road ahead. What began with 76 women in an Orlando perfume shop-turned-theater laughing, kick lining, and celebrating menopause for the first time became a global movement. The musical shattered the stigma around menopause and turned a once-taboo topic into a badge of honor.

Set in a department store, the story focuses on four women who meet while shopping for a black lace bra at a lingerie sale. After noticing similarities among one another, the ladies joke about their woeful hot flashes, mood swings, wrinkles, weight gain, and much more. These women form a sisterhood and a unique bond with the entire audience as they rejoice in celebrating that menopause is no longer “The Silent Passage.” It's the Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change!®

Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, playwright Jeanie Linders created Menopause The Musical® to celebrate women at every stage of “The Change.” The laughter-filled 90-minute production gets audience members out of their seats and singing along to parodies of classic pop songs from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.

The original Menopause The Musical® debuted in Orlando, Florida, and ran Off-Broadway for four years, performing for more than 1,500 audiences, followed by a U.S. national tour that is still running today. In 2007, it opened internationally in the United Kingdom and has performed in countries including Australia, South Korea, Brazil, France, Slovenia, and many more. It is also the longest-running musical in Las Vegas history, performing nightly at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Beloved for 25 years and seen by more than 17 million, Menopause The Musical® has played every state in the continental U.S., more than 500 cities worldwide, and has been translated into nine languages.

The production’s book and lyrics are by Jeanie Linders. The creative team includes Director Seth Greenleaf, Music Supervisor and Additional Arrangements Alan J. Plado, Assistant Director Kim Simari, Choreography Supervisor Teri Adams, and Assistant Music Supervisor Roberta B. Wall. Columbia Artists Theatricals represents the production.

The Menopause The Musical® team invites audiences, both new and returning, to join the party that celebrates you, changes lives, sparks conversations, and, like its sisterhood, shows no signs of slowing down. 

Tickets start at $43 and go on sale to the public on Friday, Nov. 13, at 8 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.TheMendelCenter.com/events. A 10% discount is available for groups of 10 or more. Group tickets can be purchased by emailing the box office at boxoffice@lakemichigancollege.edu. 

The Lake Michigan College Mendel Center is 30 minutes from Niles and 40 minutes from the Kalamazoo and South Bend areas. It is located on the Lake Michigan College campus at 2755 E. Napier Ave., Benton Harbor, Michigan, one mile east of I-94 (Exit 30) and one mile west of the US 31 Bypass (Exit 24). Its GPS mapping address is 1100 Yore Ave., Benton Harbor, MI.

About GFour Productions
GFour Productions proudly produces some of the world’s most recognized shows, from Broadway to the West End. Current and recent productions and investments: DEAD OUTLAW (Broadway); GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (Broadway); STEREOPHONIC (Broadway, West End); THE SHARK IS BROKEN (West End, Broadway, U.K. Tour); STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW (West End, Broadway); SIX THE MUSICAL (Broadway, West End and Tour); THE BOOK OF MORMON; THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG; FUNNY GIRL (U.S. Tour). Current tours include TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL, and the international sensation MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL® and its sequel. Additional productions in active development include the controversial new Off-Broadway musical SLAM FRANK and YOU’VE STILL GOT A FRIEND, a touring tribute to the enduring friendship and collaboration between Carole King and James Taylor. Winners of more than 50 Tony Awards® for their productions including NINE, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, MATILDA THE MUSICAL, THE INHERITANCE and more. GFourProductions.com

About the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center
The Lake Michigan College Mendel Center raised the curtain on its first Mendel Center season performance in the fall of 1992. Since then, it has presented performances and guest speakers to more than half a million patrons in the 1,489-seat Mendel Center Jenkins Theatre. Grand Upton Hall, first opened in 1979 and fully renovated in 2019, is a 13,700-square-foot venue serving the community as the host site for meetings, banquets, trade shows, weddings, and other celebrations. The 229-seat Hanson Theatre, renovated in 2020, hosts numerous performances presented by the Lake Michigan College Visual & Performing Arts Department, as well as a variety of Mendel Center and community events. 

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• https://www.threads.com/menopausethemusical

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