Midler in Las Vegas

Bette Midler will perform at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

‘The Stepford Wives’ star is taking Celine Dion’s place at the 4100-seat Colosseum theater at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on February 20.

Midler calls her new show Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On.

She told Parade.com, “Because the truth is that I’ve been around a long time. By the time I get out of this, I will be close to 65 years old. That really does bring you up short.”

She added, “But I’m very excited about it. I’m also a little bit trepidatious, because it’s the biggest stage I’ve ever been on—it’s 120 feet across!—and the video screen is enormous. So the challenge was not to let the enormity of it intimidate you to such a degree that you say, ‘My God, I’ve got to get an elephant. I’ve got to get a dog act. I have to have hordes of people on point.’”