Bette Midler: Hollywood Is Mostly Drudgery

Golden Globes Organization Sunday, August 19, 2012 HOLLYWOOD? IT’S MOSTLY DRUDGERY SAYS BETTE MIDLER August 19, 2012 For forty years…

BetteBack: Bette’s Start In A Nutshell

Dover Times Reporter TV Mailbag November 30, 1973 What can you tell me about Bette Midler? I think she is…

BetteBack Gossip: Bette Didn’t Want To Work Vegas

Middlesboro Daily News By Earl Wilson November 30, 1973 Bette Midler, who doesn’t want to work in Las Vegas, told…

Have A Slice Of Bette Pizza

The Villager Free pizza party delivers slice of East Village culture August 16, 2012 BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A precise…

The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B

Alt Sounds Tune of the (yester)day: Bette Midler – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Issue #75 “Midler’s personality and performance shone…

BetteBack: “…now let’s sing it out this time for “Tinkerbell”

Wisconsin State Journal How’s She.Doing? Great, You Bette! By DONALD DAVIES October 17, 1973 The reigning resident kook of showbiz,…

BetteBack: “Bette & Barry: Back to the Bathhouse” Performances Continuing Through September 12.

Theater Ink Bette & Barry: Back to the Bathhouse By John Rowell: August 8 ”“ 15 BATHTIME: Bette Midler has…

BetteBack: An “….Intensified, More Dramatic Version Of Peggy Lee”

Capital Times Bette Midler: Campy, Kooky, And Terrific By ROBERT LaBRASCA October 17, 1973 You have never seen anything like…

BetteBack: Bette Enchants Even On A Particularly Bad Night!

Albuquerque Journal Bette Midler Enchants Audience By SCOTT BEAVEN October 8, 1973 By the time Bette Midler began the second…

Video: Is That All There Is?

Bette Midler‘s brilliant live in-studio performance of the Lieber & Stoller/Peggy Lee classic. This is a an alternate take, different…

BetteBack: “A blasto from the pasto” ~ October 4, 1973

Albuquerque Journal The Divine Miss M To Appear Here Tonight October 4, 1973 They call her Bette (rhymes with fret)…

Donna Maxon’s Packing Them In: BETTE & BARRY: BACK TO THE BATHHOUSE Plays Through 9/12 At Laurie Beechman Theatre

Broadway World BACK TO THE BATHHOUSE Extends Through 9/12 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre Thursday, August 9, 2012 by BWW News…

What’s Next For Bette Midler? A Movie And “Rock N’ Roll”?

Philadelphia Inquirer Sideshow: Divine Midler shifts genres By Tirdad Derakhshani Bette Midler hasn’t been on the big screen nearly enough…

Bette Midler And Billy Crystal To Sing Duet In “Parental Guidance”

USA Today Sneak peek: Crystal, Midler in ‘Parental Guidance’ 3:51 PM, Aug 6, 2012 By Susan Wloszczyna, USA TODAY A…

BetteBack: Bette Shimmy’s And Shakes The Phoenix Symphony Hall ~ October 4, 1973

Phoenix Arizona Republic Miss M shakes the house By Hardy Price October 4, 1973 You’ve all heard about an act…

Calling All UK Bette Midler & Barry Manilow Fans ~ Tribute Show Arriving!!! ~ August 25, 2012

Calling all UK Bette Midler & Barry Manilow Fans ~ The UK’s ONLY tribute to these two great stars!  Yes!!! Get…

SCTV’s Andrea Martin (Edith Prickley) Parodies Bette Midler At The Baths ~ Thanks Richard!!!

Mister D: My friend, Richard Knight, Jr (Scrooge & Marley) sent this wonderful clip to me. This heralds from the…

BetteBack: “Martha Raye would give her eye teeth and a box of poppers for a tour like ours.”

San Mateo Times THE MARQUEE By Barbara Bladen Flashy, Trashy and Infectious Miss M October 1, 1973 In this crazy…

BetteBack: Totally Bananas! ~ September 12, 1973

Press Telegram Bette Midler–wonderful bananas! Story and Photo By DENISE KUSEL September 12, 1973 Lights dimmed. Ripples of excited hush crackled through…

BetteBack: “I would like to be the sanitation commissioner of New York City” ~ Sept. 10, 1973

Time Show Business: Trash with Flash Monday, Sept. 10, 1973 The costumes – sequins and satins from the rubbish bins…

Bette On The Boards Presents: Bette Midler – Miss Millennium Tour (Dress Rehearsal)

Clip one: Originally there was going to be a rap number during the Delores DeLago segment featuring a turned over…

BetteBack: A Fascinating, Insightful Interview With The Divine Miss M ~ September 9, 1973

Independent Press Telegram GOOD, BETTER, BEST, BETTE By KAY HOLMES September 9, 1973 Bette Midler is almost too camp to…

BetteBack Concert Review: Bette “Unbelievable” Management “Paranoid”

Alton Telegraph By DOUG THOMPSON Telegraph Leisure Editor August 29, 1973 Bette Midler, music’s female Alice Cooper, brought her outrageous…

Reminder: Donna Maxon ~ “Bette & Barry: Back to the Bathhouse” plays Wednesday and Aug. 15 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre

Mister D: And if I’m not mistaken, our friend Matthew Parker is one of the background singers! The New York…

BetteBack: “…No gimmick — It’s genuine” ~ August 10, 1973

Lowell Sun Bette Midler-one of a special kind  August 10, 1973   NEW YORK: No one could say that success…

BetteBack: Bette Midler Becomes A Speaker ~ June 30, 1973

San Mateo Times Lyon’s Den By LEONARD LYONS June 30, 1973 Bette‘ Midler has been added to the list of…

BetteBack: Bette Starts Second Leg Of Tour In August ~ July 25, 1973

San Mateo Times Lyons Den Bv LEONARD LYONS Bette Midler, who is preparing another national tour beginning Aug 30 is…

BetteBack Review: The Divine Miss M ~ May 19, 1973

Dunkirk Evening Observer Flip Disks By Kenneth Wilk May 19, 1973 Bette Midler is a superstar! Now that’s quite a…

BetteBack Trivia: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy ~ June 16, 1973

Dunkirk Evening Observer The Gossip Column by Robin Adams Sloan June 16, 1973 Q: My mother says the new Bette…

BetteBack: Bette Obsessed With Ecology Even Then…April 23, 1973

San Mateo Times Lyon’s Den By LEONARD LYONS May 9, 1973 Bette Midler, who was honored by After Dark magazine…