“Menopause the Musical,” the little show that proves there’s life and laughs amid big changes, is coming back to The Bushnell’s Belding Theater on Friday, Oct.16, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 17, at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct.18, at 2 p.m.
With a cast of breast-cancer survivors and co-survivors, this latest road production, subtitled “The Survivor Tour,” partners with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation “to offer inspiration, sisterhood and hope.” The show stars Teri Adams, Judy Blue, Megan Cavanagh and Linda Boston.
The plot of the 90-minute intermission-less musical parody that is set to period songs from the ’60s to ’80s is: “Four women at a lingerie sale have nothing in common but a black lace bra and memory loss, hot flashes, night sweats, not enough sex, too much sex.”
GFour Productions will donate $50,000 to the Susan G. Komen fund when the two-year tour ends next year. In addition, GFour will also donate to the Komen fund $2 for every ticket sold. (Ticket prices, which start at $36.50, include the $2 donation.) Information: bushnell.org and 860-987-5900.
To Go Or Not To Go
Can’t get to London to see Benedict Cumberbatch in “Hamlet”? Never fear, “Hamlet” will come to you — or at least near you via National Theatre Live!, the global program that broadcasts productions from England around the world in HD. Connecticut fans can catch it live Thursday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m., at Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford; and at 7 p.m. at Buckland Hills 18 in Manchester, North Haven 12, Danbury 16, Bloomfield 8 and Cinemaron in Torrington. Encore shows will be presented Oct. 22 at 2 and 7 p.m. at Quick Center at Fairfield University; and Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook. Ticket prices vary. Information: ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk.
Hidden Worlds Of Women
Five Muslim women in a post-9/11 world serve tea and uncover what lies beneath the veil in “Unveiled: A One Woman Play” on Friday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. at the Gelb Theater at Seymour St. John Chapel at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford. The show is free and open to the public. Information: choate.edu/boxoffice and 203-697-2398.
