Bette Midler News

The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel, is pleased to welcome Champian Fulton, The Brandon McCune Trio, The Chris Gillespie Trio, and Tony DeSare to Bemelmans Bar for Sunday night residencies throughout the winter 2016 season. Featuring top artists from the worlds of jazz, cabaret and Broadway alongside special unannounced guests, Sunday nights at Bemelmans Bar have become a favorite spot for a wide range of performing musicians across the city. Additionally, the classic watering hole has drawn crowds consisting of socialites, politicians, movie stars and moguls for?more than five decades. More information on acts performing this winter can be found below.

By popular demand, America's top identical twin celebrity illusionists, The Edwards Twins, return to Los Angeles for 'An Evening with the Starz,' including two special New Year's Eve shows, at the E Spot Lounge @ Vitello's in Studio City, December 29-31.

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (FAC) is excited to present the hilariously funny Colorado premiere of Buyer & Cellar Jan 14?24, written by Johnathan Tolins, starring Sammy Gleason and directed by Cory Moosman. Grab your pals and get ready for this hilarious fictional Off?Broadway hit.

Netflix will present the feature film comedy DIVANATION, starring Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton.

In FELIZ NAVIDIVA, Kay Sedia (the self-proclaimed size 2, 18-year-old alter ego of Oscar Quintero) - hysterically regales her attentive audience in a quick one-hour set with her recent childhood stories of Christmases growing up in Tijuana. Kay Sedia's solid vocal pipes get properly utilized and surprisingly revealed to all listeners. Who knew she could really sing underneath all that big hair and hairspray!!!

BUYER & CELLAR is an outrageous new one-man comedy about an out of work actor who signs up to take on the oddest of odd-jobs: the only shopkeeper in the private shopping mall beneath Barbra Streisand's Malibu mansion. Will she get him his big break? Or will life with the demanding diva try his patience and his love life? This campy comedy, directed by Darren Sextro, features KC's favorite Bat Boy, Seth Golay as Alex More.

Producers Al Corley ('Dynasty') and Marty Kaplan have announced the world premiere of PHALARIS'S BULL: SOLVING THE RIDDLE OF THE GREAT BIG WORLD, conceived and performed by Steven Friedman and directed by David Schweizer, will play a strictly limited 5 week engagement from tonight, December 12, 2015 to January 16, 2016 at The Beckett Theater at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series will present NY1 theater journalist Frank DiLella in the second episode of his new talk show, 'Show Biz After Hours With Frank DiLella.' The event will be taped in front of a live audience on Monday, January 11 at 7pm, with Frank's very special guest Jonathan Groff, who is currently starring on Broadway as King George in the smash hitHamilton. Groff originated the role of Melchoir Gabor in the stage musical, Spring Awakening, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical in 2007. He continued his rise to fame during the first season of Glee, as Jesse St. James, a role he reprised in the second and third seasons of the show, and recently starred on the HBO series 'Looking.'

BUYER & CELLAR is an outrageous new one-man comedy about an out of work actor who signs up to take on the oddest of odd-jobs: the only shopkeeper in the private shopping mall beneath Barbra Streisand's Malibu mansion. Will she get him his big break? Or will life with the demanding diva try his patience and his love life? This campy comedy, directed by Darren Sextro, features KC's favorite Bat Boy, Seth Golay as Alex More.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center NJPAC located at 1 Center Avenue in Newark, New Jersey will celebrate Frank Sinatra's Centennial on the exact date of Sinatra's birth of December 12th! Michael Feinstein will perform with a swinging 17-piece band on Saturday, December 12th at 8pm. Feinstein known as 'The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook,' this multi-platinum-selling singer and pianist bases a very special evening on his popular releases The Sinatra Project and The Sinatra Project, Vol. II: The Good Life. Recognized as one of the world's leading interpreters of Sinatra's repertoire, Feinstein landed a 2009 Grammy nomination for The Sinatra Project and a 2012 Emmy nod for his TV special, The Sinatra Legacy.

?A favourite of Glen Street Theatre, Catherine Alcorn is back as Bette Midler for two hilarious shows only in a Christmas special version of her critically acclaimed show THE DIVINE MISS BETTE.

Kay Sedia (www.kaysedia.com) returns to the stage this December in her own one woman Holiday show (starring 3 people) called, 'Feliz NaviDiva'. Every show Kay Sedia will welcome a new guest to help her ring in the Holiday! Here is the complete list:

By popular demand, America's top identical twin celebrity illusionists, The Edwards Twins, return to Los Angeles for 'An Evening with the Starz,' including two special New Year's Eve shows, at the E Spot Lounge @ Vitello's in Studio City, December 29-31. Bringing a collection of musical icons, from Babs to Bocelli, Cher to Celine, Sir Elton John to Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Bette Midler and a whole lot more, it's an evening of great music and entertainment, unlike any other show. Tickets are now on sale at www.espotlounge.com or (818)769-0905. Tickets range from $45 - $65 for performances on December 29 and December 30, 8:00 pm; $50-$70 for the early New Year's Eve show at 7:00 pm; and $65-$85 for the 10:30 New Year's Eve performance, which includes a champagne toast, party favors, and special extras. A full menu, including cocktail service, will be available for purchase for all four dinner shows.

Happy Birthday, Bette Midler! Bette Midler produced the recent Broadway musical 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert.' She made her Broadway debut playing Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof. Thereafter, she began singing in clubs around town including at the famed Continental Baths where she developed the trademark act that would make her one of the most renowned talents of a generation. Midler's first starring role in the feature film, The Rose, garnered two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy for the film's title song and a best actress Oscar nomination.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: 'BRIDGES' opens in Iowa, Jonathan Groff returns to HAMILTON and more!

The 13th Street Rep kicks off its December 2015 lineup at 50 West 13th Street, NYC.

New Theatre's 2016 Season line up continues the company's legacy of staging productions that will challenge ideas and discuss issues.

BUYER & CELLAR is an outrageous new one-man comedy about an out of work actor who signs up to take on the oddest of odd-jobs: the only shopkeeper in the private shopping mall beneath Barbra Streisand's Malibu mansion. Will she get him his big break? Or will life with the demanding diva try his patience and his love life? This campy comedy, directed by Darren Sextro, features KC's favorite Bat Boy, Seth Golay as Alex More.

The McCallum Theatre and Fitz's Jazz Cafe at the McCallum present Al Jarreau tonight, November 21, at 8:00pm.