Megan cavanagh menopause the musical
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Menopause The Musical &#; Meet The Cast: Megan Cavanagh
Posted on July 22nd,
Menopause The Musical &#; Meet The Cast: Megan Cavanagh
MEGAN CAVANAGH (Earth Mother) is most recognized as Marla Hooch, from the Penny Marshall movie, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. Other film credits include: Mel Brooks’ ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS (Broomhilde) and (Essie) DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT. She starred with Tim Allen and Kirstie Ally in FOR RICHER OR POORER (Levinia Yoder). She also starred with Christina Ricci in Disney’s remake of THAT DARN CAT (Lu). Megan voiced Judy Neutron in The Academy Award Nominated Animated Feature JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS, and she also had the pleasure of doing the Nickelodeon TV series. Other Cartoon voices are: Queen Luna on the Nickelodeon animated series, WINX CLUB, Slog on TAK AND THE POWER OF JUJU, and Amy Poehler’s animated series THE MIGHTY B, where Megan played Hillary Higgenbottom (Bessie’s Mom). Other TV credits include: Recurring character Trudy (wh
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Menopause hits the musical stage
Megan Cavanagh's latest role wasn't one she was sure she wanted to take.
"It was kind of a stigma for me at first because I didn't want people to think I'm old," Cavanagh said.
But now, Cavanagh is reveling in the role - even, in fact, in the way art is reflecting life.
Cavanagh - a character actress best known, perhaps, for her role as Marla Hooch in "A League of Their Own" - costars with three other women of a certain age in "Menopause the Musical," a popular touring theater piece that returns to Amarillo on Tuesday.
The show will be staged at p.m. Tuesday in the Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium, S. Buchanan St. Tickets are $35 to $55, plus service charge.
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"The fact is, I'm 52 and a half and I am an older actress and I'm proud of it," Cavanagh said. "I think this show has helped me with that. This is showing women it is OK to be who you are and you don't have to be 25 anymore. It's
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Bio
Megan Cavanagh is a Chicago native, most recognized as Marla Hooch, from the Penny Marshall movie A League of Their Own. Other film credits include: Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: dock in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It. She starred with Tim Allen and Kirstie Ally in For Richer or Poorer (Levinia Yoder). Megan voiced Judy Neutron, Jimmy Neutron's Mom, in The Academy Award Nominated Animated Feature Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and also did the Nickelodeon TV series. Megan was a recurring character on Home Improvement and her character, Trudy married Al on the last episode. Guest star roles include: Friends, Will & Grace, Just skott Me, West Wing, ER, Roseanne and many others. Megan has been performing in Menopause The Musical since She is a passionate fan of baseball, and has been honored on the field at Major and Minor League ballparks across the country but calls the Chicago Cubs "her team".