Created by Florida woman, Jeanie Linders, after a bottle of wine and ‘a hot flush’, Menopause the Musical breaks open the myths and realities of menopause at Canberra Theatre. It is a hilarious celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or who have survived The Change!

Still Desire You musical opens at Alberta Theatre Projects on Friday, October 19, 2007 at 7:30 pm. Preview performances are on Tuesday, October 17 and Wednesday, October 18.

Celebrating its 30th Anniversary season, Theatre Building Chicago continues its mission to cultivate new American musical theatre with musicals for kids. TBC shines the spotlight on the pint-sized patron (pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade) with three new shows created by members of its nationally recognized musical theatre writers workshop, beginning October 2007.

The 2007-2008 JPMorgan Chase Broadway Series opens with the scamming, scheming, double-crossing hit Broadway musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, when it cons its way into the Schuster Center, September 25 – 30.

Broadway productions have been, until recently, rare in Chinese theaters. But today, Western musicals are winning audiences across China.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Python’s Spamalot, is coming to the Schuster Center, April 22-27, 2008, as part of Victoria Theatre Association’s JPMorgan Chase Broadway Series.

Theatre Rhinoceros presents musical comedy ‘The First Thirty Years’, conceived and directed by John Fisher, dramaturgy by Matt Weimer, with Laurie Bushman, Kim K. Larsen, Mike Vega, and Matt Weimer.

Portland Opera presents award winning musical comedy ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ on September 2, 2007.

A poignant and passionate Kentucky roots musical about the lives of coal miners in the Appalachian Mountains will kick off Actors Theatre of Louisville's 2007-08 seven-play Brown-Forman Mainstage Series August 28 – September 22.

Paris Hilton is going from jailbird to songbird with a role in a movie musical about organ harvesting. Hilton will co-star with Paul Sorvino and Alexa Vega in "Repo! The Genetic Opera," which begins shooting in September in Canada, Hilton's publicist, Elliot Mintz, said Tuesday.

This summer the Grand Theatre Academy at Blackpool's Grand Theatre will launch one of its most exciting projects to date - the presentation of a brand new musical based on the hit reality ITV show X Factor. This sensational new show will include live performances by young people aged 12-16 years from all across the Fylde Coast and will be performed at Montgomery High School on August 17.

Master of musicals Dave Willetts (Phantom Of The Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar) and Helena Blackman (runner up in Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit TV show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?) star in the sensational premiere of South Pacific at the Grand Theatre from Friday 24th August to Saturday 8th September.