Diva Las Vegas
Concert by Bette Midler | |
Location | MGM Grand Garden Arena (Paradise, Nevada) |
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Date(s) | 18 January 1997 |
No. of shows | 1 |
Bette Midler concert chronology |
Diva Las Vegas was a show at the
Among the songs performed were "The Rose", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "From a Distance", "Friends", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Stay with Me" and "Do You Want to Dance?".[1]
Bette's daughter Sophie von Haselberg appeared for a short time during the song "Ukulele Lady". She sat with the rest of the cast and musicians on stage playing a ukulele and singing the words.
Personnel
Cast
- Bette Midler – herself, headliner, vocalist
Dancers
- Michelle Foreman
- Wendy Pasquale
- Karen Russell
- Natalie Webb
Musicians
- Bobby Lyle – piano and keyboards
- Buzz Feiten – guitar
- Danny Jacob – guitar
- Reggie Hamilton – bass
- Larry Cohn – keyboards
- Rayford Griffin – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Lynn Mabry – vocals
- Carol Hatchett – vocals
- Melanie Taylor – vocals
- Rhae Ann Theriault – vocals
- Marc Shaiman – additional music
Crew
- Marty Callner – director/producer
- Madalyn Minch – writer
- Bruce Vilanch – writer
- Lon Weyland – writer
- Bonnie Bruckheimer – executive producer
- Toni Basil – choreographer
- Peter Morse - Lighting Designer
- Troy Okoniewski – editor
- Jeff U'ren – editor
- Robert De Mora – production design/costume design
Set list
The set list is according to the DVD chapter stops (28 in total). The soundtrack to this concert film has a different track listing and is much shorter in length.
- "Viva Las Vegas"
- Opening fanfare
- "Friends"
- "I Look Good"
- "Miss Otis Regrets"
- "Las Vegas"
- "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most"
- "Bed of Roses"
- "The First Wives Club"
- "You Don't Own Me"
- "The 70's"
- "The Rose"
- "Burlesque - Pretty Legs (& Great Big Knockers)"
- "Burlesque - Rose's Turn"
- "Las Vegas Interlude"
- "Drinkin' Again/MacArthur Park/Infomercial/Call Me"
- "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
- "Bigotry/Bridge Over Troubled Waters/In the Navy/The Greatest Love of All"
- "New York, New York"
- "Ukulele Lady"
- "From a Distance"
- "Do You Wanna Dance?"
- "To Comfort You"
- "Stay with Me"
- "Wind Beneath My Wings"
- "Cast Introductions"
- "The Glory of Love"
- Closing credits
Technical aspects
The concert was filmed in
The concert runs for 123 minutes (2 hours and 3 minutes) in total, including credits. The DVD was not rated with an
To date, the special has not been officially released to home video in the US. A PAL VHS was issued in Europe, followed by a region 2 DVD. Most recently, a PAL DVD for regions 2-6 was included in a 2009 UK reissue of
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[2] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Amazon.co.uk: Bette Midler - Diva Las Vegas [1997]: Bette Midler, Bobby Lyle, Buzz Feiten, Danny Jacob, Reggie Hamilton, Larry Cohn, Rayford Griffin, Lenny Castro, Lynn Ma...
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
External links
- Diva Las Vegas at IMDb