‘Tammy Faye’ review: Elton John’s Broadway show is a disaster of biblical proportions
nypost.commixed reviews, but it eventually caught on with tourists.Then, in 2006, came the singing vampires of “Lestat” (uh-oh!), based on Anne Rice’s novels.
Critics were out for blood, and wary audiences didn’t bite.And on Thursday, the Rocket Man’s latest show, “Tammy Faye,” took its opening night bows, once again, at the Palace.
Unfortunately for Sir Elton, the god-awful musical about flamboyant 1980s televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker (later Messner) is a lot more of a “Lestat” than an “Aida.”Sheesh, the glories of his “Billy Elliot” seem so long ago, Billy probably goes by William now.“Tammy Faye,” which I also found lacking when it premiered in 2022 at the tiny Almeida Theatre in London, vanishes in a much bigger Broadway house.
Poof!Two years ago, the sinfully long show still included many of John’s same Saltine-cracker songs that are forgotten the moment the audience applauds and a book that’s seemingly allergic to insight and fleshed-out humans.
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