A musical about televangelist Tammy Faye, featuring music by Elton John, is slated to come to Broadway in the 2024-2025 season.
In addition to music by John, the musical, Tammy Faye, features lyrics by Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, and a book by James Graham, the playwright of Ink, which followed Rupert Murdoch’s rise to power in the U.K. Rupert Goold, who helmed Ink and King Charles III, directs.
The musical comes to Broadway after making its world premiere at London’s Almeida Theatre in fall 2022, with Katie Brayben starring as Faye and Andrew Rannells starring as her husband and television co-host, Jim Bakker.
Casting, exact dates for the Broadway run and a theater have not yet been announced, but the production says it will appear in a Nederlander theater.
This production adds to John’s several other compositions for the stage, which have included The Lion King, Aida, Billy Elliot the Musical, Lestat and The Devil Wears Prada, which made its world premiere in Chicago in July 2022.
John’s production company, Rocket Stage, Greene Light Stage and James L. Nederlander are producing the Broadway run of Tammy Faye.
The musical will feature choreography by Lynne Page; orchestrations by Tom Deering and Mark Dickman; and music supervision, arrangements and additional music by Deering.
The production will feature scenic design by Bunny Christie, costume design by Katrina Lindsay, lighting design by Neil Austin, sound design by Bobby Aitken and video design by Finn Ross.
This is the latest project to probe the life of Faye, following the 2021 film, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, starring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield.
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