Big lashes are coming to the Big Apple. Get Tammy Faye tickets to experience a new bio-musical about the stylish and influential televangelist with music by EGOT winner Elton John (The Lion King) and lyrics by Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters).
Fresh off its critically acclaimed London run, which earned four-star reviews, Tammy Faye features two-time Olivier Award winner Katie Brayben as Tammy Faye Bakker, reprising her acclaimed role from London alongside two-time Tony Award winner Christian Borle as Jim Bakker. Book Tammy Faye tickets and see the true story of one of television’s most prominent women come to life.
Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Rupert Goold with a book by Tony nominee James Graham, Tammy Faye on Broadway dives into the onscreen talent and backstage drama that catapulted and ruined the famous TV star’s career. From Christian puppet shows to The PTL Club, Tammy Faye defined decades of broadcast television.
2hr 30min. Incl. 15min intermission.
Ages 10+.
October 19th, 2024
December 8th, 2024
By: James Graham
Songs by: Elton John (music) and Jake Shears (lyrics)
Director: Rupert Goold
Choreography: Lynne Page
Cast list: Katie Brayben (as Tammy Faye Bakker), Christian Borle (as Jim Bakker), Michael Cerveris (as Reverend Jerry Falwell), Nick Bailey (as Paul Crouch), Charl Brown (as Steve Pieters), Mark Evans (as Billy Graham), Allison Guinn (as Jan Crouch), Ian Lassiter (as Jimmy Swaggart/Ronald Reagan/Archbishop), Raymond J. Lee (as John Fletcher), Max Gordon Moore (as Thomas S. Monson/Marvin Gorman), Alana Pollard (as Jessica Hahn), Andy Taylor (as Pat Robertson/Ted Turner), Autumn Hurlbert (as the Tammy Faye Bakker alternate)
Sets: Bunny Christie
Costumes: Katrina Lindsay
Lighting: Neil Austin
Sound: Nick Lidster for Autograph
Other info: Video design by Finn Ross; orchestrations by Tom Deering and Mark Dickman; music supervision, arrangements, and additional music by Deering
Wheelchair access
Tammy Faye Messner (née LaValley, formerly Bakker) was born in 1942 and passed away in 2007. Throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, the proliferation of television and popularity of mainstream Christianity gave her a vehicle to broadcast her progressive views, camera-ready personality, and colorful fashion through The PTL Club, with PTL, of course, standing for “Praise the Lord.” She worked alongside her husband, Jim Bakker, and it turned out love and labor didn’t always mix: the two dealt with financial scandals that eventually flattened Tammy’s media empire.
Nonetheless, Tammy endured as a television icon and a unique Christian at a time when more conservative views, during Ronald Regan’s presidency, gained steam. Tammy was known for her open-mindedness and welcoming demeanor; she is celebrated for accepting LGBT people and reaching out to HIV patients even as politicians marginalized those who died of complications due to AIDS. Controversial but undeniably influential, Tammy was one of the most recognizable American women of the late 20th century.
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Tammy Faye on Broadway is at New York's Palace Theatre, which is located at 1564 Broadway (at the corner of 7th Avenue and 47th Street), New York, 10036.
Ages 10+.
Tammy Faye on Broadway runs for 2hr 30min. Incl. 15min intermission.
Tammy Faye on Broadway tickets start at $82.
See the new Tammy Faye musical and discover the true story of Tammy Faye Bakker, the real-life glamorous televangelist who took a change-making, inclusive approach to religion. Her story is set to a smashing, gospel-inspired score from music icons Sir Elton John and Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters.
The songs in Tammy Faye are a mixture gospel, rock, and musical theatre. Written by Elton John and Jake Shears, it’s no wonder the New York Times says the musical is “spectacular entertainment.”
Music legend Elton John and pop group Scissor Sisters's Jake Shears contributed the music and lyrics, respectively. Joining them is Inked playwright and Olivier Award winner James Graham, who wrote the book.
Rupert Goold, who directed Tammy Faye in London, brings his production across the pond to Broadway. Goold is a two-time Tony nominee and also artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, where Tammy Faye premiered.
Containing some adult themes and discussions about AIDS, Tammy Faye is recommended for ages 12 and up. Note audiences under four years old are not permitted in Broadway theatres.
Do Tammy’s lashes flutter? Yes! Tammy Faye received four-star reviews in London Theatre and Time Out, and the latter says that “Elton John’s new musical is a joyously camp tribute to the oddball US televangelist, with a storming book by James Graham.” Plus, leading actress Katie Brayben won her second Olivier Award for playing Tammy, so Broadway audiences are in for a treat.
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