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Menopause the Musical

Some stage musicals succeed in spite of their subject matter. Take "Next to Normal" (bipolar disorder) or "Sweeney Todd" (a diabolical, sociopathic barber).
And then there is "Menopause the Musical." Since its debut 10 years ago in Orlando, Fla., the unlikely hit has been seen by millions of people worldwide.
It´s hard to believe that a rite of passage once shrouded in nebulous euphemism ("the change") is fodder for a theatrical yuk-fest. Especially in a town that likes its flushes royal and its women hot - Paris Hilton hot, not hormonally hot.
But there you have it. "Menopause" has been giving Las Vegas audiences a rollicking good time since 2016.
The show has four middle-aged women singing parodies of pop hits in commiseration over the manifold miseries wrought by menopause.
"Chain of Fools" becomes "Change of Life," "Stayin´ Alive" becomes "Stayin´ Awake" and "Night Fever" becomes "Night Sweating."
By the end, the foursome accepts that you can´t turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again. For the finale, the ladies invite audience members on stage for a celebratory kick line. The take home is that a gal can kick up her heels at any stage of life, even if she exposes a dimpled thigh in process.


Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld started using Twitter (@JerrySeinfeld) this year ("Greetings Tweetearians! I have jut landed on your Planet") and not surprisingly, his Tweets are pretty funny.

"Comedy is just complaining in an entertaining way. Enterplaining." Or, "I´m working in Indianapolis Saturday night. I´m a huge Indy 500 fan. All racing is a sperm flash-back to your first race, the Fallopian 500."
He´s even funnier in person, but you can find that out for yourself this month when he returns to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for a two-night engagement.
Since "Seinfeld" ended in 1998, the star has kept busy with projects in TV ("The Marriage Ref" on NBC) and film ("Bee Movie") and a new website (www.jerryseinfeld.com), on which he posts archival footage from his many television appearances. And then there´s that world-famous collection of Porsches.

But he always makes time for  his first love: stand-up.
"When I was 10 years old, I started watching stand-up comedians on TV," he wrote on his website. "I fell in love with them and I´m just as fascinated with stan-up comedy today."
Seinfeld recently Tweeted that playing Las Vegas is "one of my favorite gigs." He´s close friends, he noted, with the comedian George Wallace, who performs across the street at the Flamingo.

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