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Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner Bette Midler, who will soon be featured in the new film 'The Fabulous Four,' talked with Today's Hoda Kotb about her Tony-winning role in the 2017 revival of 'Hello, Dolly!'
Midler received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2017 for the Broadway revival of 'Hello, Dolly!'
In Today's Hoda Kotb, aired on Thursday, July 11, "I must say the last one, 'Hello Dolly!'- a dream come true."
"I think that was the peak of my life. I really do think that was the greatest thing I ever did. Those people who had followed me all these years screaming for Dolly. It was overwhelming," she added.
Midler has been a star on screen and in music for decades, with her breakthrough role in 1979's "The Rose."
The Grammy winner has been a rising star in film and music for many years with her breakthrough performance in the 1979 film 'The Rose.'
She said that 'The Rose' was unquestionably a turning event in her life. However, she claimed she did not expect many peaks to come after that.
"People cry, oh they cry. They cry for their childhood. They cry for the music that they miss and they cry just from the release, from the joy," she said. "How could I stay away from something like that?"
Midler expressed her longing for her character, Dolly Gallagher Levi, and pondered why she thought the show has become "one of the highlights of my life."
Furthermore, Midler and Pierce returned to the Jerry Zaks-directed production for a six-week limited run, followed by Tony winners Bernadette Peters and Victor Garber.
Midler's other Broadway credits include 'Bette: Divine Madness,' 'Fiddler on the Roof,' 'I'll Eat You Last: A Conversation with Sue Mengers!,' 'Bette Midler,' and 'Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue.' A 1974 Special Tony Award was also given to her for "adding lustre to the Broadway season."
