tracker
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Home For You Chat My Shows (beta) Register/Login Games Grosses

Who Lit the Black Flame Candle? Bette Returns to Her Salem Roots for Halloween

By: Oct. 31, 2016

Here is one witch that requires no marvelous introduction: Bette Midler, star of the upcoming Hello Dolly revival, attended her 2016 Hulaween benefit in some excitingly familiar attire.

Sporting some iconic buckteeth and the signature heart-shaped orange hairdo, the Divine Miss M resurrected what is arguably her most iconic character, Winnifred Sanderson, from the Disney classic, Hocus Pocus, for the event.

The costume comes on the heels of a recent interview with Billboard, the entertainment legend expressed her dismay at the lack of a sequel to the holiday classic, stating: "You don't get to see women doing slapstick too much, and in the movie you can see that we're having a blast. For the life of me, I can't understand why there's not a sequel. All the shackles were off, as Donald Trump likes to say, and we were allowed to be as wild as we wanted to be. It was a perfect storm of fun."

Children of Salem beware!


Don't Miss a Broadway News Story
Sign up for all the news on the Fall season, discounts & more...


Videos