Photo Coverage: Bette Midler's I'LL EAT YOU LAST Opening Night Red Carpet
By: Walter McBride Apr. 25, 2013
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Bette Midler stars in Tony Award winner John Logan's new play, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, which opens tonight at the Booth Theatre. Appearing on Broadway for the first time in 30 years, Tony and Grammy Award-winning superstar Bette Midler plays the legendary Hollywood agent Sue Mengers (1932-2011) in the new, one-character play.
The show opened last night and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the evening, check out photos from the star studded red carpet.
Sue Mengers was an American original. She was the first female "superagent" at a time when women talent agents of any kind were almost unheard of. She came from near poverty, a refugee from Hitler's Germany, and worked her way up through pluck, charm, and a legendary wit. In that uniquely American way, she invented herself; and when the career she wanted didn't exist, she invented that as well: "Superagent." It was a term Hollywood all but coined for her. By the 1970's, she represented almost every major star in Hollywood and went on to become the town's most renowned hostess.Photos by Walter McBride
Ellen Barkin & George C. Wolfe
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Kathy Griffin, John Logan & Ali MacGraw
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Ron Meyer & daughter
Barry Diller & Diane Von Furstenberg
Barry Diller & Diane Von Furstenberg
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