Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#1
Posted: 7/2/13 at 12:10pm
She confirms (again?) what we all have been thinking.
I always have ‘Mame’ in the back of my mind, and people do mention it, but I don’t think I have eight shows in me. I’m too old. I think people don’t understand how hard this is. Those kids who work so hard in eight shows a week, I bow to them. And I bow to the theater owners, too. They took good care of me and good care of my dressing room. I’m probably the only person who ever got a new loo out of the Shubert Organization.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/bette-midler-hangs-up-the-phone-on-eat-you-last/?_r=0
Funny that she mentions MAME and not DOLLY.
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Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#2
Posted: 7/2/13 at 12:11pm
Was just about to post this.
Ugh, I would kill to see her tackle a musical in my lifetime. Hopefully she changes her mind.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#2
Posted: 7/2/13 at 12:17pm
Something tells me that the only way MAME would be viable for Bette is as a series of concerts with orchestra - maybe 6 nights at Avery Fisher or Carnegie....with the NY Phil...
She'd probably say yes in a second to that..
But 8 shows a week singing and dancing - it's not gonna happen.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#3
Posted: 7/2/13 at 12:47pmYou have to appreciate her honesty here.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#4
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:09pmShe's all wrong for Mame anyways.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#5
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:11pmso even if she comes back to Broadway in Mama, or Dolly, she'd need an alternate if the producers want to do 8 shows a week.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#6
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:14pmWho would be willing to see an alternate though?
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#7
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:21pm
You could get away with 7 shows and no midweek matinee with Midler in a musical and one like Mame I think producers would be very tempted.
I know people think she is more Dolly, but I think she'd be a hoot as Mame....or Dolly too saying that. I prefer Mame as a show.
I like the idea of a concert series for Mame with Midler and then who knows if she nails it and gets the bug it can transfer....
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#8
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:23pmI think she's way too old for Mame, personally.
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Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#9
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:24pm
I'm glad she's honest instead of taking on the lead in a show (Fantasia) and then deciding she doesn't want to do all those performances (Fantasia) and no show-ing to the audiences despair (Fantasia).
I can't really think of an example of that but I know it happens.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#10
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:29pm
"I’m probably the only person who ever got a new loo out of the Shubert Organization."
This from the woman who mocked Madonna for adopting a faux British accent. For shame Bette!!!
Seriously though, why are we talking revivals. Can't Marc Shaiman write her a new musical?
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Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#11
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:49pmPut Midler in Mame and Lupone in Dolly and we will have the most exciting theatre season ever!
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#12
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:50pmI would LOOOOOVE to see La LuPone as Dolly!!
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Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#13
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:52pmMe 2!It's very fitting for Lupone and I really want her to come back in a big grand musical. No doubt she would get a tony nomination and maybe even win again.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#14
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:55pmAfter seeing Charlie, no Marc Shaiman can't write her a new musical!
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#15
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:55pmAfter seeing Charlie, no Marc Shaiman can't write her a new musical!
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#16
Posted: 7/2/13 at 1:59pmCan you IMAGINE Patti on top of that staircase with all the dancing waiters??
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Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#17
Posted: 7/2/13 at 2:03pm
AHH so many chills! Lupone has played and created many iconic roles and bringing HELLO DOLLY back to its full grand stature would be a magical night at the theatre! HELLO DOLLY is one of my top 5 favorite musicals of all time and I have always wanted to hear her sing the score. I actually think its a bit weird that this hasn't happened yet.
Updated On: 7/2/13 at 02:03 PM
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#18
Posted: 7/2/13 at 2:12pmThen you obviously have no idea how much it costs to actually put that on Broadway. And you obviously don't know that a musical like that would cost more money than you can imagine and that Patti LuPone isn't a big enough name to make that show profitable. And you also obviously don't know that the only real way for a show that size to make money nowadays is to put a bankable A+ list movie star in the lead role.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#19
Posted: 7/2/13 at 2:15pmPatti LuPone is the biggest name on Broadway. A Dolly with her would be marvelous and profitable.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#21
Posted: 7/2/13 at 2:18pm
Oh would it be profitable? Would it definitely make money? Just like her amazing GYPSY?
Oh, wait. That show didn't return its investment, either. Sometimes it's good to know what you're talking about before you start talking about it.
Midler doesn't think she has 8 shows a week in her...#22
Posted: 7/2/13 at 2:21pm
A) The Gypsy waters had been polluted at that time due to the horrible Sam Mendez revival.
B) It was during the 2008 great recession/crisis. No shows were doing well.
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