Well, I suppose these long stints must be pretty exhausting. Bette Midler says she's planning her retirement from show business when her upcoming two-and-a-half-year run in Las Vegas reaches its conclusion. The veteran singer and actress is set to take over from Celine Dion with The Showgirl Must Go On in February, and will play the Colosseum venue for thirty months in total.
Asked by Parade magazine if she would retire following the show, Midler, now 62, admitted: "I think so. I must say, my high kick is just as high as it ever was, thanks to tai chi. But everything is a bit slower. The mind - things don't stick the way they used to. I feel like I'm going out with a bang. It's something my husband and I have talked about. I certainly don't want to die in harness. I'm not one of those people".