Cable TV in the early 1980s had no more hypnotic oddity than “The PTL Club,” otherwise known as “The Jim and Tammy Show,” ...
Musicals based on the lives of Tammy Faye Bakker and Louis Armstrong reveal the difficulty of capturing a famous legacy ...
By all rights, Tammy Faye – she dropped the Bakker after divorcing her cheating, possibly gay husband and partner in the God ...
The musical adaptation of the legendary "PTL Club" host's life struggles to examine her actions in favor of absurdist gags ...
This scattershot Broadway musical has a disappointing score and a muddled tone. It’s as messy as Tammy’s mascara.
Unfortunately for Sir Elton, the godawful musical about flamboyant 1980s televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is a lot more of a ...
Tammy Faye” has its fun moments, but while Elton John’s score certainly matches that era, it’s hard to find a song therein ...
The televangelist defended gay men during the AIDS crisis. Now she’s getting perhaps the gayest tribute: a Broadway show led by Elton John.
Tammy Faye,” a bland, tonal mishmash of a show opening on Broadway, seems afraid to lean into what made the televangelist so distinctive.
With a soaring score from the legendary Elton John, the show casts Jerry Falwell Sr. as the villain, Jim Bakker as a ...
Spinning an evangelist grifter into a camp icon and sorta-feminist heroine is a little hard to take right now.
Michael Musto's Village Voice review of Broadway's "Tammy Faye" reports that Katie Brayben brings a human touch to the shamed televangelist.