Menopause The Musical
by Sheila O'Connor

nternational Hit Show Menopause The Musical® Extends San Francisco Production

Orlando, FL – TOC Productions announced that the international hit show Menopause The Musical® written and produced by Jeanie Linders, will
extend its run at Theatre 39 on PIER 39.

The recently announced closing of the San Francisco production which has run for two years at this location has seen an on rush of fans booking
tickets and prompted the show's management to extend its run.

"We're really excited that our San Francisco fans are responding in such a positive way. The overwhelming response has certainly pointed out the need to extend this show," remarked Linders. "As long as our fans want us we will continue to stay!"

San Francisco audiences have embraced the show that launched in a tiny, 76-seat perfume-shop-converted theatre in Orlando, Fla. in 2001.

Menopause The Musical® – The Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change! ® – features four middle-aged women who meet at a lingerie sale at a New York City Bloomingdale's. Although at first they seem to have no more in common than a shopping addiction, they soon learn that they share menopause experiences, bonding over their mutual frustrations with
wrinkles, memory loss and (of course) those pesky hot flashes. The show parodies classic songs of the 1950s, '60s and '70s with tunes like "I Heard it Through the Grapevine; You No Longer See 39" and "Stayin' Awake! Stayin' Awake!"

Linders, who heads up TOC Productions, created the show as a celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived The
Change Six years later, Menopause The Musical®, has launched a women's movement that has superseded entertainment and become a must-see event throughout the world with nearly 9 million fans in more than 150 cities and 10 countries seeing the show.

Tickets for the final shows at Theatre 39 on PIER 39 start at $46.50 plus applicable box office handling fees and can be purchased by calling the
box office at (415) 433-3939. The Theatre 39 on PIER 39 is located at Beach Street and the Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94133. Show times are Wednesdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.; and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Discounted rates are also available for groups of 15+, by calling (415) 433-3939.

In 2007, in addition to two separate touring companies which presented 90 shows in 15 cities throughout the Midwest and Eastern states,
productions of Menopause The Musical® also launched in Israel, United Kingdom, and South Africa with additional shows playing in Canada,
Australia, and New Zealand. Menopause The Musical® is also currently playing throughout the United States in Aurora, Birmingham, Denver, Las
Vegas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, St. Louis, and West Palm Beach

The San Francisco cast features Deborah Black as Earth Mother, Amy Washburn as Iowa Housewife, Christopher Callen as Soap Star, and Pjay
Johnston as Power Woman. Menopause The Musical® is directed by Kathryn Conte and choreographed by Patty Bender with musical direction by Alan Plado.

Menopause The Musical® is also currently playing at The Lyceum in San Diego and will open at the Laguna Beach Playhouse in Laguna Beach on July
10, 2007.

For more information, visit www.menopausethemusical.com.