“Many times through the years I’ve been asked about bringing back ‘Hello, Dolly!,'” said Herman in a statement.
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“Producer Scott Rudin calls Bette Midler his “dream Dolly” for the revival of the classic musical”. Who is out there that has the necessary stature, warmth, the incredible talent and ability, and especially the singular, outsized personality that I was looking for in a 21st Century Dolly? “It had to be someone who could take it to a different level”, he said.
Bette Midler at 1990 Grammy Awards. “Never has there been something more inevitable than her in this role”.
Hello, Dolly! all begin performances on March 13, 2017 and will officially open on April 20, 2017. Rehearsals, though, begin exactly one year from today. Jerry Zaks will direct with choreography by Warren Carlyle.
Bette Midler will star in a 2017 Broadway revival of the musical “Hello, Dolly!”, directed by Jerry Zaks and produced by Scott Rudin.
This time around, she’ll be getting a lot of help on stage for Hello, Dolly! and we can’t wait!! “To be able to bring the work of Gower, Jerry Herman, and Michael Stewart to life again, with the great genius that is Bette Midler, is as good as it gets for me”.
Bette Midler wowed audiences in her one-woman show “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers” on Broadway in 2013.
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Barbra Streisand wore the heck out of those feathers in 1969’s movie adaptation of “Hello, Dolly!”. “Divine Madness”, which earned her a special Tony Award in 1974. “I don’t know about a show of 30 people and choreographers shrieking”. Her latest album is “A Gift of One”.
