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I’m kind of healthy but have a little bit of arthritis, my eyes are a little shaky. I drank a little, I didn’t do drugs to any great extent.

I’m kind of healthy but have a little bit of arthritis, my eyes are a little shaky. I drank a…

Bette Midler – Chapel Of Love – Kiss My Brass – 2004

The Hello Dolly Program Is Now Available In The Online Store (Also Other Merchandise, Too!)

FYI…the Hello Dolly!  program is now available on line…with other merch too! To Buy Merchandise: Click Here  

I want world peace. Please. Just for my sake, before I go. I also hope that Meryl Streep has the good taste to step aside and let the rest of us have a crack… but I know she won’t.

I want world peace. Please. Just for my sake, before I go. I also hope that Meryl Streep has the…

Bette Midler – Comic Relief/Shiver Me Timbers – Divine Madness

Twitter Wants The ‘Hidden Figures’ Stars To Reboot ‘Hocus Pocus’ And We’re Here For It

Elite Daily Twitter Wants The ‘Hidden Figures’ Stars To Reboot ‘Hocus Pocus‘ And We’re Here For It By Dylan Kickham…

Ready For My Close Up!

Earth Day Special Clip – Bette Midler

[when asked by Parade magazine whether she will retire after her show in Las Vegas]

[when asked by Parade magazine whether she will retire after her show in Las Vegas] I think so. I must…

Bette Midler – Tenderly – Kiss My Brass – 2004

BetteBack February 11, 1975: Bette Midler Slated For Big Broadway Return

Anderson Herald Bulletin February 11, 1975 20-20 News: Bette Midler is set for a “big Broadway house ” probably the “Minskoff” in…

You know, I wanted to leave you with the memory of the good beneath the gaudy, the saint beneath the paint, the pure little soul that lurks beneath this lurid exterior… but then again I figured: Fuck’EM IF THEY CAN’T TAKE A JOKE!

“You know, I wanted to leave you with the memory of the good beneath the gaudy, the saint beneath the…

Bette Midler – Hey There – Kiss My Brass – 2004

Sentimental Journey – Bette Midler

BetteBack February 8, 1975: What To Expect On The Cher Special

Hillsdale Daily News February 8, 1975 Music: Elton John sings hit version of the Beatle’s song “Lucy In The Sky…

Ready For My Close Up!

Interview – Fat As I Am – Skylark – Bette Midler – Johnny Carson

Bette Midler – Hey There – Kiss My Brass – 2004

I think that it’s a celebration – that it’s an examination, on a very superficial level, of things that are bad in life. Things that are hard to deal with — but mostly it’s a celebration of the things that are wonderful in life: toe-tapping music; flinging your body about and not caring where it lands and being physically irresponsible.

“I think that it’s a celebration – that it’s an examination, on a very superficial level, of things that are…

Broadway’s $2.8M Bump? Bette, Back, Begets Big B.O. Bang

Deadline Hollywood Broadway’s $2.8M Bump? Bette, Back, Begets Big B.O. Bang by Jeremy Gerard July 17, 2017 8:16pm An enlivened Broadway box office rebounded…

I love to work. I love the idea of putting a show together, and I love the idea of putting musical numbers together – and putting commentary together and character.

“I love to work. I love the idea of putting a show together, and I love the idea of putting…

Somewhere Along The Way – Bette Midler

Broadway Box Office: Bette Midler Brings $1.5 Million Back to ‘Hello, Dolly!’

Variety Broadway Box Office: Bette Midler Brings $1.5 Million Back to ‘Hello, Dolly!’ By Gordon Cox JULY 17, 2017 Bette…

1983 – Johnny Carson – Saga – No Frills – Bette Midler

How the album got it’s name: “One morning I was alone in my beach house making coffee and I heard someone outside the door shouting ‘Bathhouse Betty! Bathhouse Betty!

How the album got it’s name: “One morning I was alone in my beach house making coffee and I heard…

Bette Midler – Rush Limbaugh – Kiss My Brass – 2004

BetteBack February 6, 1975: Critics Get A Preview Of The Cher Special

San Mateo Times February 6, 1975 There is no question that when Sonny Bono started his “Sonny Comedy Hour” he…

Ready For My Close Up!

” I’ve always said what other people were afraid to say, and always in the shortest, tightest skirt possible.” – Bette Midler

” I’ve always said what other people were afraid to say, and always in the shortest, tightest skirt possible.” –…

Bette Midler – Stay With Me – Divine Madness