Bringing Tammys story to Broadway has been an absolute joy.
Stop by the Palace before 12/8 to see our cast shine, the stage production wrote onInstagram.
The story about the famous televangelist failed to attract audiences in the US.
The musical had its world premiere at the Almeida Theatre in London in 2022.
It had a successful run in England, receiving four Olivier Awards, including Best Musical.
(In the Broadway show, Bakker is played by Christian Borle.)
In its one-star review, theNew York PostcalledTammy Fayea disaster of biblical proportions.
Narratively the whole point of the Bakkers is largely missed.
The bribe money allegedly came from funds the couples ministry had raised from faithful donors.
I cannot pretend anymore.
She then married property developer Roe Messner.
Steve Pieters, a gay Christian minister who opened up about what it was like living withHIV/AIDS.
No one else in the evangelical community was very gay-friendly at all.
They, well, totally hated us.
And I loved her for that.
We might have misjudged her.
And the private sides that you might not know of her and her family.
The role earned Jessica an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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