Tammy Faye: A New Musical sneak peek
The Bitch is Back at the Palace Theatre, the storied house that holds decades of memories for Elton John — both happy and miserable.And on Thursday, the Rocket Man’s latest show, “Tammy Faye,” took its opening night bows, once again, at the Palace.
They also made loads of cash, led lavish lifestyles off-camera and were ultimately taken down after Jim was convicted of committing fraud.Team “Tammy” can’t figure out how to build likable and compelling characters who also do unquestionably bad things. Tammy Faye’s drug addiction, Jim’s affairs and their company’s bilking their followers are rushed. So, the show leans hard on broad one-liners instead.
Rannells played Jim back in the UK, and his zest is missed. Jim was not the performer Tammy was, granted, and he struggled on camera. But actors in a musical should not be awkward to watch, and Borle is.Much of “Tammy Faye” is uncomfortable. Lynne Page’s ‘80s grab-bag choreography is me at a wedding.
Americans on both sides of the political divide can at least agree on this: Nobody wants to hear that lyric in a musical. And the religious types are ripped out of a comic strip. Every so often Pope John Paul II , the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mormon leader Thomas Monson will pop out from Bunny Christie’s “Hollywood Squares” set to witlessly whine about these small-screen rabble-rousers. A skit within a skit.
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