Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas

Experience the Divine at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

• Rated 7.8 out of 10
• Movie
• 1997
• 2h 5m
• Comedy
• Music
• Documentary

Diva Las Vegas was a show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas starring Bette Midler performing as singer and comedian. The one-time performance was filmed for television; HBO released it as a TV special originally broadcast on January 18, 1997 and repeated on February 2, 1997. Midler won the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for the special. 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?. 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.

Director

Marty Callner

Starring

Lynn Mabry, Carol Hatchett, Melanie Taylor, Rhae Ann Theriault