Bette Midler in HELLO, DOLLY coming to London in 2019? — Page 2

Still to be taken with a grain of salt, but the random tweeter who posted the original rumor about Bette at the Palladium now says:

"Hearing that HELLO DOLLY will be heading to Dominion Theatre, London this summer for a limited 16 week engagement - minus Bette Midler. Bernadette Peters will instead star. Domain purchased here - http://hellodollylondon.com"

"It's v real"

I love Bernadette but I actually thought if Hello Dolly goes to West End they'd try to get a British actress like Imelda Staunton who may be a bigger name there.

MEH! I hope this isn’t true. I was hoping on a trip to London to see Bette again.

The Bette VS Bernadette VS Donna VS Betty thing is MEH.. I hope the rumors of Bette doing a broadway concert engagement are true . Bernadette has two concerts in California this week. I hope she has changed the patter of her show a bit . And I hope Betty has finally settled into the role on tour and isn’t as bland as she has been.

Updated On: 1/11/19 at 10:44 AM

DAME said: "The Bette VS Bernadette VS Donna VS Betty thing is MEH."

And played out.

Elaine Paige, I believe, would not have the stamina for Dolly now.

Also, she couldn't save Drowsy Chaperone. It has to be Bette.

qolbinau said: "I
But the woman who is basically Broadway's biggest star, Sondheim's most frequent interpreter- who already had a connection to the Dolly creatives through workingalmost 50 years earlier with them in "Mack and Mabel", walked down that red stair case and was truly back where she belonged on Broadway."



I am glad it was so special to you. Bette was special to me. We are so lucky. Maybe they will follow each other in the London run the same as they did on broadway? I am just remembering all the fuzz about Queen Latifah etc.. and how none of that came to be. Someone is bored and starts a rumor on twitter and we are all feklempt with anticipation.

I think Bette, Donna and Bernadette are considered Broadway royalty in a sense, and that the Palladium/Dominion run should have a West End star. No reason to keep bringing Bette out as if shes THE Dolly Levi. They did that with Carole Channing, but with great reason. Let someone else have a chance at the role."



I disagree. Donna and Bernadette would struggle to sell a show in the UK but Bette is a huge star here. She's definitely not considered 'Broadway Royalty' here and I doubt the general public even know she started out in musicals.Bette would absolutely be a huge box office draw. If someone like Elaine Paige performed during the matinees that would be another huge draw to those of us who know who she is.