The show that brought the funny to hot flashes is signing off.
“Menopause The Musical” at Harrah’s Cabaret is ending its 21-year run, co-producers Alan and Kathi Glist announced Tuesday morning.
The show’s final scheduled date is Dec. 30. “Menopause” has played three Vegas showrooms in two-plus decades.
“This is so difficult, because this show has never been just a show. It has been a family,” the Glists said in a shared statement. “For many of us, we have spent years — and for some, decades — working side by side, celebrating successes, supporting one another through challenges, and creating something truly special together.”
The Stabile Productions’ adult revue “X Country” and mentalist Colin Cloud, produced by Vegas vet Bill Voelkner, are the anchors in the 300-seat Harrah’s Cabaret.
No official reason was given for the production’s shutdown. But shows of the “Menopause” scale have struggled to sell tickets over the past 18 months or so, business undercut by myriad factors (the continued dominance of Sphere, top-level residency headliners, superstar touring shows, the influx of major league sports, and a dip in tourist visitation among them).
Originally created and written by Jeanie Linders, “Menopause” ran in a small theater in Orlando, Fla., in 2001 before taking on Shimmer Cabaret at the Las Vegas Hilton in February 2006. The show moved to Luxor’s Atrium Showroom in May 2009, then to Harrah’s in February 2015.
The production has been Strip’s lone Broadway-style musical since 2015 and is currently the city’s only Actors’ Equity show. “Menopause” is also the longest-running, scripted musical ever in Las Vegas, performing its 7,000th show in March 2025.
The cast is full of talented, experienced stage veterans: Vita Corimbi as Earth Mother, Jacklyn Holland-Wright as Soap Star, Lisa Mack as Professional Woman, and Cherity Ellen Harchis as Iowa Housewife. Krissy Johnson-Millstein swings all roles, and the principals can play multiple characters.
The show’s parody-infused plot follows four women in menopause as they meet by chance in the lingerie section of a department store. They fight over a black lace bra as they realize they are all experiencing “The Change.” A series of satirical numbers is unspooled: “Stayin’ Alive” becomes “Stayin’ Awake,” and “Chain of Fools” becomes “Change, Change, Change.”
For a month last summer, “Menopause” spent a month in Laughlin, its first visit to the city. The show was known to appeal to a wider-than-expected audience. Guys in the crowd have busted up over “My Husband Sleeps Tonight,” played to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
About a decade ago, a half-dozen nuns took in the show at Harrah’s, laughing it up, even during the risque “Only You” adult-toy number, and posing for photos with the cast. (On a personal note, in 2023, the cast took part in our annual St. Baldrick’s shave-a-thon on the Harrah’s stage, raising thousands to fight childhood cancer.)
The Glists noted that “very few productions in entertainment history can claim what we have accomplished,” a bold and spot-on statement.
“For more than two decades, ‘Menopause The Musical’ has brought laughter, joy, friendship, and healing to tens of thousands of audience members,” the couple said. “Night after night, we transformed a simple stage into a place where people felt seen, understood and connected.”
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