Bette Midler: saucy, sassy, simply delish By Misha Berson Seattle Times theater critic As Max Bialystock says in “The Producers”:…
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KMB Review: Seattle
Photo: BaltoBoy Steve Bette grabs the brass ring in a divine night of Clooney and Coney Thursday, February 5, 2004…
Top concert grosses reported the week ending 02-14-04
For the concert grosses chart Bette entered at Number One, Number 3, and Number 4…. Number One: 2 Shows at…
From The Windy Media Group: A Marc Shaiman Interview
Hairspray’s Marc Shaiman by Richard Knight, Jr. 2004-02-04 Marc Shaiman literally began his career at the top—working with Bette Midler’s…
Bette and The Burger Lady (Thank you Kathy)
This from the Rocky Mountain News- Bet on Bette. During her Sat. night concert Bette Midler urged Denverites to support…
A Couple Of Things…
Mister V has a new article in the Feb 17th issue of The Advocate that should be checked out. He…
Musical Director Jim Vukovich: On The Marc Shaiman Benefit
BroadwayWorld.com A Chat with Jim Vukovich BWW: Can you tell us about the event you are having on February 9th…
On The Road: Do You Know The Way To San Jose???
Pure Show Biz The San Francisco Gate Joel Selvin Sunday, February 1, 2004 Bette Midler’s short-lived 2000 CBS sitcom “Bette”…
KMB Review: Denver, Colorado
Midler’s brass, sass melt away years By Mike Pearson, Rocky Mountain News February 2, 2004 The average concertgoer’s age at…
BLB Updates: 02-01-04
Check out the BLB JukeBox and BLB Records…all new music….the covers section is kind of cool…I found a couple of…
Here’s Wishing Mr. Manilow A Fast Recovery
Manilow Hospitalized With Chest Pains Singer Barry Manilow Is Hospitalized in Calif. After Suffering From Chest Pain Due to Stress…
CD Review: From Malaysia!
Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook Artist: Bette Midler (Columbia/Sony) Reviewer: Goh Ee Koon THIS album is all about nostalgia as…
Just A Little Blurb…
There’s a picture of Bette in the new issue of EW magazine…one we’ve seen before from the tour…but they were…
On A Serious Note: Producer/Director Andy Kuehn Died Jan 30th 2004
Photo: Andy is the nice looking tan guy behind Anita Morris According to Mr. Vilanch, Andrew J. Kuehn “was a…
What Happens When You Live Under A Rock: Letter To Editor
Letter To Editor, DallasNews.com Never in my life have I paid as much as I did to attend a political…
KMB Review: MSG on Sunday Night…
Thanks Jo Jo!!!! STILL DIVINE Broadway.com 01/28/04 by Paul Wontorek Orfeh’s not the only brassy blonde getting her act together…
On The Road: Divine To Denver
Sass and ‘Brass’ Midler serves up tour extravaganza for the entertainment-starved By Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News January 30, 2004…
Bette Say No “Box Sets”…Say It Ain’t True Miss M!
Rocky Mountain News No box set for Bette Don’t be looking for the definitive Bette Midler box set anytime soon.…
KMB Review: Dallas
Photo: BaltoBoy Steve By TOM SIME The Dallas Morning News No one present at American Airlines Center would have dreamed…
On The Road: Seeking Seattle Thanks Manilow Elf!!!
Concert Preview Need your spirits lifted? Bette’s coming, and she’s bringing the brass By Patrick MacDonald Seattle Times music critic…
On The Road: Peddling to Portland
Photo: April Maskiewicz Bold, brassy Bette 01/30/04 ED CONDRAN Bette Midler certainly isn’t mellowing with age. The Divine Miss M…
Midler Movin’ On Up The Charts
Billboard,com Chart Alert for Feb 7 2004 Bette Midler re-enters the top 100, moving 121-94 (12,500 units, up 22%) with…
On The Road: Portland, Oregon
Photo: BaltoBoy Steve Bette Knows Best Willamette Week Queer Window BY BYRON BECK For the past 20 years, I’ve immersed…
KMB Review: D.C.
Photo: BaltoBoy Steve Bette Midler inspires tears and laughter January 29, 2004 1:09 am By LAURA L. HUTCHISON THE FREE…
Billboard Charts: 02-07-04
Photo: BaltoBoy Steve Only 4 artists fill up the Top Ten Concert charts for this issue of Billboard Magazine… Bette…
Sometimes Writing A Letter Gets Results…So Get ProActive
Sometimes Writing A Letter Gets Results…we’ve seen it happen, ie, when many of us felt the movie “Beaches” was slighted…
Clooney’s Family Touched By Bette’s Intent…
Army Archerd (Variety Magazine) Manager Allen Sviridoff tells me Rosemary Clooney (news)’s family was touched by Bette Midler (news)’s admission…
Richard Jay Alexander
Jay-Alexander to Direct O’Donnell’s Find Me Broadway.com Taboo producer Rosie O’Donnell, whose much talked about Boy George musical closes on…
Music Row In Nashville Shells Out For Kerry
John Kerry’s upset win in Iowa must have delighted a lot of folks on Music Row. Hot Talk scanned the…
OnThe Road: The Divine To Dazzle Dallas
You can BETTE on it By Wayne Lee Gay Star-Telegram Classical Music Critic Bette Midler, whose outrageous onstage antics should…