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Bette Midler Will Return To Broadway In "Hello, Dolly!"

"Only Bette could bring Dolly brilliantly back to ‘the lights of 14th Street!”

Bette Midler will make her grand return to the Broadway stage in the title role of Dolly Gallagher Levi in an upcoming revival of the acclaimed Jerry Herman/Michael Stewart musical, Hello Dolly!.

The Divine Miss M, one of the current faces of Marc Jacobs' SS16 campaign, first teased the news on Twitter late last night.

Though some speculated Midler might be running for president, she wasted little time with guesses, this morning confirming that she'd be returning to The Great White Way.

“I am looking forward to portraying one of the most beloved characters in all of American musical comedy, Dolly Levi, born Gallagher, in Hello, Dolly!. I know I’m going to have the time of my life, and I am so glad to be under the wings of Scott Rudin as producer and Jerry Zaks as director. See you next year!”

Midler last appeared on stage in a limited run of 2013's I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers. Before that, it had been 23 years since her last stint on B'way.

“Many times through the years I’ve been asked about bringing back Hello, Dolly! and it has always been, ‘Who would be my dream Dolly?’” said composer/lyricst Jerry Herman in a statement. "And though I’ve had literally dozens of names tossed at me, I knew that we needed more than just a wonderful singer or a wonderful actor, so I held on to the hope that she would also be a distinctly original persona. Who is out there that has the necessary stature, warmth, the incredible talent and ability, and especially the singular, outsized personality that I was looking for in a 21st Century Dolly? Only one person: Bette Midler. Only Bette could bring Dolly brilliantly back to ‘the lights of 14th Street!’”

Midler is already an Oscar away from EGOTing, having been awarded an honorary Tony Award in 1974 for "Adding Lustre to the Broadway Season."

If anything was going to silence our Hocus Pocus 2 desires (for now), it's this.

Hello Dolly! will begin previews March 13, 2017, with an official opening night of April 20.

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