BROADWAY diva Bette Midler may have scored a Tony Award for Hello, Dolly!, but she now admits her comeback may be her final curtain. That’s no secret to GLOBE readers, however, who learned of Bette’s on-stage struggles in the May 15 issue!
Insiders dish to GLOBE that the singer — whose “energy” level was “disturbingly low,” according to one critic — was coughing and fighting for air during previews for the musical, leading pals to fear for her health!
Now the 71-year-old star is repeating our lines!
“It’s a very, very tough schedule, and I’m a woman of a certain age. I’m at death’s door, so I wasn’t really keen to put these dancing shoes on again,” she says of her return to theater, adding that she’s “lost 30 pounds.”…
