tammy faye messner
Olivia Bardo 11-22-2024
Katie Brayben in 'Tammy Faye.' Photo by Matthew Murphy, courtesy Polk & Co.
A musical about Tammy Faye Messner, more widely known by her former name, Tammy Faye Bakker, seems odd at first. But the Broadway stage feels like the right place for the rise and fall of televangelism to play out. Televangelism, after all, is meant to be a spectacle. And its shadow of corruption, sex, and money only add to the theatrics of it all.