HELLO, DOLLY! - Bette Midler - Closing Night Curtain Call - 8/25/2018

[@pmcmahon2493]

This was a magnificent production that deserved to run for another 20 years.

[@benignomendez4803]

FSBUODOOOOO*****

[@icesk8mike]

I saw bette and met her at the stage doot when i saw it in previews she was a class act she looked tired but came around the barracades and shook hands with almost everyone including me and met David Hyde pierce and gavin creel such class acts and down to earth people

[@bingovegas4867]

Luv those stage doot meetings!

[@rachel_elizabeth3152]

Saw this amazing cast over the summer; it was for my 16th birthday and first broadway show I’d ever seen. It was amazing ❤️

[@sharonhoyt2133]

Saw Bette Midler in this show in Jan and August...thrill of a lifetime. What a great performance by all of the cast.

[@patsheppard2616]

It’s always great to see Bette Midler and hear that great song

[@MondoMiami]

You're half right.

[@limoreshakar6686]

Glad I saw it with Midler, Creel, and Pierce ... the 3 best , stellar cast 😍

[@jefferycampbell247]

We were lucky enough to see Bette and Bernadette. Both were truly remarkable in their own way. I loved Bette's performance, but Benadette's broke my heart.

[@brettburger2187]

Baldwin too! Kate Baldwin was divine

[@limoreshakar6686]

Brett Burger Yeah forgot about her she was great as the shop owner and love interest of Gavin ❤️! She was superb ...

[@mroosie7488]

This show defined my trip to the U SA. I would love to live in NYC

[@CliffRichardFan2001]

I wish I could've seen this live! I absolutely love Bette!

[@jcarterjoseph9066]

Wow wow wow fellas. Boy o boy, do we need this right now. I just hope that there is a video recording of it, somewhere somehow. Makes me feel better just to know this is (was) in the world.

[@JimMac23]

The One and Only.....Divine Miss M.

[@_MSD75_]

I WISH so much I'd been able to have seen her in this!

[@stellaormes1844]

How sweet of Bette to put her arm around David's shoulder at 1.41 instead of linking his arm as usual. It must have been an emotional moment for all the company.

[@MondoMiami]

She was tenderizing him so she could eat him later. Have you ever seen Bette at at a buffet?

[@flav2689]

@@MondoMiami What is your problem? If youdon't like Bette, why are you here? I guess because you like hating on people? That's pathetic.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

The Marvelous Miss Midler!

[@lizafan1]

My DOLLY LEVIS on the BROADWAY * DONNA MURPHY,* *BETTE MIDLER* , + *BERNADETTE PETERS* Loved and Enjoyed them ALL !!!

[@beaellie9766]

Best of them all was Carolee Carmello on the tour (IMHO)....

[@kymkantaris5005]

Hello Bette!!!!!! BRAVO !!

[@r.a.m.s.9499]

Que buen saludo final! Que buen geste de la protagonista que se acerque a saludar al público! Bravo!

[@billfisher9238]

i saw it too! just incredible. i wish she would take it on the road. hell, she did her Vegas act for years. but i understand she's older and gets tired. so, Scott Rudin has to step in and make it a movie.

[@elmostruck4139]

There is a national tour going out. No Bette Middler though.

[@jaybennett5756]

Get NBC or Fox to do it live with Bette!

[@limoreshakar6686]

I was lucky to see it with Bette Midler the best Dolly out of the three and also with most of the original cast in toe/tact all in all was Fabulous only regret bought tickets 8/4 evening on a Saturday and would have loved to see the finale 8/25 at 8pm oh well 😔 no tickets in the 200 range just premium and did want to pay 400+ per TX! Limits even if it’s Bette 😂... anyway, cool closing and cool clip!!!! I enjoyed seeing her live so 👌 ! Unfortunately, the show closed way too soon 😢.

[@robertgraziano]

I saw her in Toronto shopping in The St.Lawrence Mkt.where I worked.She walked towards me and I gave her a polite bow and she smiled back at me. She admired my restraint but I wanted to yell OMG!

[@stuartwise5709]

Amazing. Thanks for posting! What a shame the show had to close

[@SamTuckerSmith]

Stuart Wise I agree, but I think there would be no better way for it to than with Bette and David returning

[@dylansmith1833]

I agree as well, I think they could’ve added at least another year to their run. But I don’t think Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce would want to do another year. Plus Broadway revivals don’t last very long. I mean carousel is closing next month. I’m glad I got to see this earlier this summer.

[@icesk8mike]

She so Devine miss middler

[@charleneleber1933]

I want a DVD of this performance, but can't find one except for the older ones. I want Bette Midler!

[@jessierain3354]

Guess you could say “Goodbye, Dolly.” ... *ill go home*

[@FunWithSteff]

*applauds* that was actually funny!

[@zacheryalderton5737]

Bette had a great time

[@THEECARMELLÓ]

Bette belt on again was killer

[@lindacoffey4799]

This looks like the same stage used in funny girl with Barbra when she roller skates comically !

[@reasonrestored9116]

Bette, please do Mame!

[@williamfairchild7439]

With Charlie Stemp from Half A Sixpence in Chichester and London who I do like

[@leonardochavez8976]

My heart 💔

[@selinaandtheart]

Oh no, why did you remove your Chess in Concert clips :'( . I need the Lena ones in my LIFE! Can you somehow get them to me😟?

[@joannlamonica8067]

Just to respond to. HER LADYSHIP. Remark that you can’t stand BETTE. Any longer because of her remark about our CURRENT. PRESIDENT----🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮. Good for BETTE. She said what most of us feel. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! MANY MORE HAPPY AND HEALTHY YEARS TO YOU, BETTE. JOANN LAMONICA ONEONTA NEW YORK🥂

[@sharonhoyt2133]

I love Pres Trump and I love Bette...it is possible because they each have totally different jobs to do and they each do them well.

[@sabinem1739]

LOL Anyone who worships satan is a Trump hater!

[@SymphonyBrahms]

I agree with Bette. Trash Dump Trump is a disgusting creep.

[@stuartwise5709]

Most of us feel? You gotta be kidding. It's amusing that performers somehow feel they have any credibility when it comes to politics.

[@SuperParkerBrothers]

Stuart Wise actors and singers have far more credibility than hill billy joe who wears a maga hat and works for a landscaper lmao

[@lizzieallen2284]

Grand xx

[@bflan4376]

Does anyone know of the existence of the full closing night show?

[@joannlamonica8067]

SHARON. THANKYOU FOR RESPONDING WITH YOUR COMMENT. I RESPECT YOUR. FEELINGS FOR DONALD TRUMP AND BETTE. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND TO ALL INVOLVED. TAKE CARE. JOANN LAMONICA. ONEONTA NEW YORK👍

[@loferx]

Dolly, you'll *never* go away (not really)

[@frankedwards2032]

Having seen Imelda Staunton this Month at the London Palladium, I really wasn't impressed as there wasn't the same whoosh that those that went before her. Too small, not enough glamour, Pearl Bailey was fantastic!!!

[@frederickcombs8661]

Thank god it's over.

[@sushicourier]

I'm sure this was recorded at some time during the run. I hope it shows up on PBS. Maybe after Betty Buckley finishes the touring dates.

[@DavidAsset78]

I don't think it was. I'm disappointed Bette Midler isn't bringing the show to LA. Buckley will do it there, but she's not the star that Bette is.

[@sushicourier]

@@DavidAsset78 Every show is professionally archived and recorded. Whether it ever airs publicly is another matter. I hope millions more will get to experience this. :)

[@sassystarr8192]

The date listed was the finale and it was an emotional night . Gavin Creel cried during performance and Bette was as usual giving her all at one point joking with the audience! It was a great night I’m happy to say I saw her on Broadway and in concert,,,, this was the last performance!!,,

[@ladesigner8764]

It looks like they could fall into that orchestra pit…lordy.

[@dukeofrodtown1705]

A year late to this - but just as in the productions with the OG Gower Champion staging and choreography, there's protective netting over the orchestra pit which will protect the 28 or so musicians below.

[@RyannFieldd]

She's no Carol Channing that's for sure. But she is campy. I'll give her that.

[@lamusiclover2264]

She sings better than Carol Channing but they are both campy which is good.

[@ramon1802]

I may be in the minority. But I didn't think Midler was that great. I saw Carol Channing in her last run of Dolly and even clearly aged, she gave a far better performance than Midler, and there was strong emotion thru out the theatre that was not present in this latest run.

[@Bend818]

ramon you’re sooooo lucky to have had the honour to see Ms. Channing!

[@josephhaynes3017]

It’s good by Bette for me , especially since she is opposing gay marriage . She shits all over her gay fans .

[@lamusiclover2264]

What the F are you talking about? She doesn't oppose gay marriage at all! She is and has always been one of the biggest and loudest supporters of the gay community. She performed on the last day of World Pride in NY, and was one of the biggest fund raisers during the AIDS epidemic. What planet are you living on?

[@arnelakawhitewash]

Yep I was right! That show did not last as much as she wanted to. Just like her show in Las Vegas.... ha ha ha Dolly has gone and left the building y'all!

[@dzel70]

Not sure what you're talking about. Bette left DOLLY! in January 2018, and she only came back to close it. It's not a matter of lasting as long as she wanted it to, since she was already done with it.

[@stellaormes1844]

That's right, her contract finished in Jan '18 and she and DHP only came back to close the show for the last month. If audience reaction is anything to go by it could have run and run.

[@me-pm6mx]

Such talent was bad she insulted half of her fans when she went political.

[@zacheryalderton5737]

Bette had a great time