Friday, October 26, 2012

Bette on Broadway? Joan & Mario on TV.

Now that Barry Manilow's coming to Broadway, can Bette Midler be far behind? The producer of Priscilla is considering coming to the Great White Way in a drama.

Says Broadway.com: "The divine Bette Midler hasn’t been on Broadway since 1979, but all that could change if one Tony Award-winning playwright gets his way.

"John Logan, who won the 2010 Tony for Best Play for his drama Red, is reportedly hoping that Midler will star in his upcoming one-woman show about Hollywood talent agent Sue Mengers....

"Mengers, who died last year, was a major power player in Hollywood at the height of her career. Between the ‘60s and the early ‘80s, Mengers represented a number of A-list clients, including Bob Fosse, Barbra Streisand, Candice Bergen, Michael Caine, Joan Collins, Faye Dunaway, Burt Reynolds, Gore Vidal, Mike Nichols, Steve McQueen and Cher.

"Sources close to Midler say that she has expressed interest in the play, primarily because 'a one-person show isn’t as risky as shouldering a big musical.' Midler last appeared on Broadway in 1979’s Bette! Divine Madness...."

Bette will soon be hosting her now-legendary, annual Halloween costume party in New York City, benefiting  The New York Restoration Project for city parks.

And can anything be gayer than the new Old Navy tv ads featuring Joan Rivers and Mario Cantone, now being shown in the US? Seems the clothing chain knows its demographics very well. In case you haven't seen it, I'm posting it below:


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