Broadway’s biggest shows — Clive Davis gives his verdict
3 / 10
Could Bette Midler have saved Beaches? Probably not. Four decades ago the Divine Miss M brought sassiness to a Hollywood weepie about friendship, ambition and the Grim Reaper. Watching the musical version at the Majestic turned out to be an oddly unaffecting experience. The songs by Mike Stoller (one half of the vintage partnership of Leiber and Stoller) are pleasant enough and, as Cee Cee Bloom, Jessica Vosk nailed one vocal after another. The dialogue, sadly, was alternately wooden and saccharine.





