Bette Midler starring in "Hello, Dolly!"? Sounds divine!

Both the legendary singer and player created her lots fans happy upon Thursday by announcing upon Twitter that one long-rumored process is eventually coming to fruition: She may play both the titular part of Dolly Levi, one turn-of-the (19th) millennium matchmaker who spots herself chasing both the "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder.

Producer Scott Rudin told both the Connected Press, "Presently there has not been the other production in 50 many years. Partly this remained the condition of who would play Dolly. This musted be someone that could take it to be able to a different point. Bette is both the just one that can. Never has presently there been some thing other inevitable rather than him in this part."

AP also noted the production not only take up performances till March 2017, with an opening evening of April 20.


The 70-year-old Midler offers a lengthy report with Broadway, starting in the late 1960s beneath "Fiddler on the Ceiling" and also returning to by yourself shows around the 1970s. She last starred in 2013's "I will Eat That you Final: A Talk to Sue Mengers," and earned one special Tony honor beneath 1974.


But on him run beneath "Eat You Final," it seemed Midler can'ted want to go back to the stage, draw that she'd be roasted on the market.

"[I'm] afraid to the social moderates part of it," she advertised the L.One. Situations in past due 2013. "I hate to left myself in harm's method."

Still, she has remained born for the part of Dolly, which has remained famously played by actors including Carol Channing (that developed it upon Broadway in 1964) and Barbra Streisand (that played both the part on the heavy screen in 1969). Both the show last work on Broadway from 1995-96, to Channing reprising him role.

With regard to this go-around, Broadway.com noted which actresses which includes Queen Latifah and also Kristen Chenoweth had remained below consideration to be able to play Dolly.

And and them would have been heavy options, we're a lot more than happy to see both the Divine Skip M stepping into both the part.

"These gives are heavy, heavy bears," she expressed in the 2013 Times post. "It's one thousand new persons, and also I'm but not good anymore on remembering whose that ... I don't know on a show on 30 people and choreographers shrieking."”