Veteran entertainer Bette Midler is known for her larger-than-life persona as the "Divine Miss M," but she admits to being a bit intimidated by the huge space she will occupy at her new home stage in Las Vegas.Bette has signed a two-year, five-nights per week, 20-weeks per year contract with Caesars' management:
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With a stage proscenium 120 feet across and 60 feet high, it ranks among world's biggest, according to Caesars.
And it's got the biggest (video wall) in the world, and you say, "What the heck am I going to put on that? My baby pictures?" Midler joked with Reuters in a recent interview.
But Midler, a one-time go-go dancer who launched her career in a Broadway production of "Fiddler on the Roof" and built a devoted gay following while performing at Manhattan's Continental Baths, quickly added she would think of something.
"We always try to be really ingenious about the way we stretch our people and the way we fill a stage. And I'm sure it's going to be fine," said the entertainer, famed for her brassy style and outrageously grand entrances.
She joins a growing list of big-name performers taking up semi-permanent residence in the desert gambling and entertainment resort, among them Prince, Elton John and her former Continental Baths pianist, Barry Manilow.
Her shows will run 90 minutes, with ticket prices ranging from $95 to $250 a seat, organizers said.Totally worth the price after having seen her live in her last act "Kiss My Brass." I'd love to see her again. Who knows, two years are a long time... maybe a trip to Vegas would be nice...
Bette has also recently finished shooting her first film in three years, the indie production "Then She Found Me," directed by and starring Helen Hunt.
Again, I can't wait. I love her.
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