A hot flash from the Coronet

Within the past two years, the largest space at the Coronet Theatre in West Hollywood has been the home of “The Vagina Monologues” and “Puppetry of the Penis.” Coming up Oct. 30: “Menopause -- the Musical,” which focuses on four middle-aged women who meet in the lingerie department at Bloomingdale’s.Ted Rawlins, who operates the theater, said the string of physiologically related titles is coincidental. He pointed out that “Too Jewish?” and “Sam” also played there during the same period.

Maripat Donovan, who literally looked down on the audiences gathering for “Vagina” and “Penis” from the smaller upstairs theater where she appeared as a stern Roman Catholic nun in “Late Nite Catechism,” had this to say:

“What’s next, ‘Colonoscopy -- the Opera’?”

-- Don Shirley