Jan. 19--Bette Midler, one of the biggest names and personalities in the entertainment business, will star in a new Broadway revival of the beloved Jerry Herman musical "Hello Dolly," it was announced Tuesday.
The veteran Broadway director Jerry Zaks will be at the helm, with choreography by Warren Carlisle.
Performances, at a theater yet to be announced, are slated to begin in March 2017.
It marks Midler's first time back on Broadway since she was in the exhausting 2013 one-woman Broadway show "I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers," which was a huge box office hit, recouped its $2.4 million investment in just over eight weeks but garnered no Tony Award nominations.
Midler made her Broadway debut as Tzeitel in the original production of "Fiddler on the Roof" and later returned in concerts, including "Bette Midler's Clams on a Half Shell Revue" and "Bette! Divine Madness," which earned her a special Tony Award in 1974. She also was a producer of the musical "Priscilla Queen of the Desert."
Midler is the recipient of three Grammys, four Golden Globes and three Emmys. Her films include "The Rose," "Gypsy," "Hocus Pocus," "The First Wives Club," "Beaches" and "For the Boys." Her latest album is "A Gift of One."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
