Lima News
December 1, 1991
BETTE MIDLER, basking in rave reviews for her starring role in the war musical “For The Boys,” says she’s determined to restore the musical to its former glory. “All the people who knew how to do them well have died off,” Midler told Nashville-based The Tennessean in an interview published Friday. “Nobody set up an apprenticeship program to bring Midler on new people . There are photographers out there now who won’t even shoot the feet of dancers, ” she said.
Midler believes big-screen musicals are good entertainment, even for young people. “This same audience sits around glued to MTV … where performers are doing that all the time, ” she said.
