Madonna, Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler Nearly Recorded Basic Broadway Track Collectively

A collaboration between Madonna, Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler nearly occurred. Nearly.

In a resurfaced interview clip from a January 2023 episode of the Barbra Archives podcast shared on March 18, Streisand‘s A&R consultant Jay Landers revealed that Madonna, 66, and Midler, 79, have been thought-about for options on Streisand’s 1993 album Again to Broadway.

Whereas placing collectively the album’s tracklist, somebody urged a rendition of “Something You Can Do I Can Do Higher” from Annie Get Your Gun. David Foster did a demo for the music and Landers stated they requested, “Properly, who may we do that with?” “And we selected Madonna and Bette [Midler]. So it was going to be the three of them.”

The association by Foster, 75, would spotlight every singer’s completely different types.

Madonna would sing “Something you may sing, I can sing sweeter” in a disco beat reminiscent to her type. Midler, in the meantime, would chime in with a short homage to “Wind Beneath My Wings.”

“So it touched upon their sounds,” Landers stated of the idea, calling it “actually intelligent.”

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The imaginative and prescient for the music was that it could happen in a public girls’ room. Madonna and Midler have been meant to argue and complain about each other with Streisand, 82, rising from a stall saying she was there and heard the entire thing.

Everybody stated sure to the idea for the music and simply earlier than the trio united to sing, the “Hung Up” singer backed out final minute for causes unknown.

“That is a type of, fish [that] bought away tales,” Landers stated, including that it is unclear whether or not Madonna handed on it, or somebody handed on the recording on her behalf. “However it could have been enjoyable.”

Although Madonna and Midler weren’t a part of the Broadway compilation album, Johnny Mathis joined Streisand for “I Have a Love/One Hand, One Coronary heart” from West Facet Story.

Streisand’s Hiya, Dolly! costar Michael Crawford additionally appeared on the album for Phantom of the Opera‘s “Music of the Night time.” Crawford, 83, originated the position because the Phantom onstage.

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Streisand made her Broadway debut in 1962 when she was 19 for the musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale as Miss Marmelstein.

She obtained a Tony Award nomination for finest featured actress in a musical and would win a particular Tony Award in 1970 celebrating her contributions to Broadway.