Bette Midler Breakout Film The Rose Being Adapted into a Broadway Musical
The 1979 film The Rose is getting the stage musical treatment, according to Variety. Grammy-winning songwriter Glen Ballard, who penned the score to Broadway's Ghost The Musical, is writing original music for the new tuner based on the film that featured an Oscar-nominated star turn from Bette Midler as rock singer Mary Rose Foster. "Bringing The Rose to Broadway was a true labor of love," said To…