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Ep. 77 "I Wouldn't Be Who I Am Without That Library" | Library Stories by The Library Stories ProjectJune 9, 2017

To prepare for her TONY Award winning role in the hit Broadway revival of Hello Dolly, star Bette Midler came to the Library for the Performing Arts to study the great Carol Channing's performance in the role some 35 years earlier. "I enjoy doing research, and I use those ideas as a springboard for my own work," she says. "I wouldn't be who I am without that library."

Bette Midler, on research at Library for the Performing Arts

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Hello Dolly

Submitted by Chellisa Donyel... (not verified) on November 30, 2017 - 4:05pm

So thankful for your library and all it has.

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