This news has a chance to lead to the Puppetpocalypse. (Photos by Erik Kabik | Retna)

The showgirl must go on — until early next year. After Jan. 31, Bette Midler is ending her run at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Midler started her show Feb. 20, 2009 and marked its 100th show in June. The victory lap on her two-year run will go from Nov. 7 to 15 and Dec. 30 to Jan. 31, 2010.

“What a fabulous two years this has been, and I thank AEG and Caesars Palace for the best partnership a showgirl could imagine. Who knows? These legs have had such a great run in the desert—it may be time to haul them to places with more humidity and fewer slot machines,” Midler said in a statement.

With a spot opening up in the Colosseum calendar, that obviously clears the way for a Celine Dion return engagement, but it also opens up some more disturbing possibilities. Jerry Seinfeld is sort of regular, but he already has more money than Warren Buffet, if Warren Buffet were magically transported to Duckburg to become Uncle Scrooge’s financial analyst. Dane Cook has had several shows there, as has Jeff Dunham. With his Comedy Central show starting strong but quickly bombing out, would they turn the theater into the world’s largest puppet palace? And if they did, how quickly would Terry Fator hit the roof of The Mirage? And even if that’s all just idle speculation, and it really is only Dion — she already looks like half a Muppet. Does that make it any better?

By Jason Scavone

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