The musical adaptation of the legendary "PTL Club" host's life struggles to examine her actions in favor of absurdist gags and bright, flashing lights.

Unfortunately for Sir Elton, the godawful musical about flamboyant 1980s televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is a lot more of a “Lestat” than an “Aida.”

An unlikely subject for a Broadway musical, the late Tammy Faye Messner is the focus of a new biographical show set to open Thursday (4). Featuring music by Elton John and lyrics by Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters,

It takes more than a holy spirit and revivalist verve to make "Tammy Faye" divinely suited for musical theater. It would take a creative team knowing what their show wants to be: a campy hoot, a stinging indictment,

If you remember Tammy Faye Bakker at all from the peak of her ’80s televangelical fame, you’ll most likely remember the scandals, the mascara, the tarantula-leg eyelashes, the big, big hair, the prescription drugs and maybe the groundbreaking on-air interview she did with AIDS patient Steven Pieters,

The TV Evangelist scam artist with too much makeup is turned into a feminist saint worshiped by gay men The post ‘Tammy Faye’ Broadway Review: Elton John Delivers a Very Long Infomercial appeared first on TheWrap.