What Was The Hardest Part Of Bette Midler’s Broadway Gig?

“The cigarettes nearly killed me. I answer the phone now and people calling think it’s my husband. … And the wigs! Let’s not talk about the fricking wigs, that was such a saga. But the cigarettes were the hardest. … I was thrilled, though, when I finally got the timing down to smoke two at once – a cigarette in one hand and a joint in the other.”