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Bette Midler Sings “Pirate Jenny” At Carnegie Hall (2011)
By Mister D
April 12, 2025
Bette Midler performed “Pirate Jenny” at Carnegie Hall on April 12, 2011, during the venue’s 120th anniversary gala, hosted by James Taylor. The event was a star-studded celebration of Carnegie Hall’s history, with Midler as one of the featured performers alongside others like Sting, Steve Martin, and Barbara Cook. She delivered “Pirate Jenny,” the haunting Brecht-Weill classic from The Threepenny Opera, with her signature theatrical grit, perfectly suiting her Divine Miss M persona. Reviews from the time note her bold shift from the understated menace of “Pirate Jenny” to more upbeat numbers like “Sweet Blindness,”
