Sue Mengers is coming home.
Bette Midler will play the brazen Hollywood superagent in a three-week run of “I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers†at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, the theater announced on Wednesday.
In the solo show, written by John Logan and directed by Joe Mantello, Ms. Midler plays Mengers in the twilight of her reign as one of the most powerful women in Hollywood. She died in 2011.
The show was a big Broadway hit this spring, recouping its $2.4 million investment in just eight weeks of performances, a rare feat for a play. It marked Ms. Midler’s first time on Broadway in 40 years.
