BRUCE R. MILLER Jul 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Updated May 2, 2022 There’s a great musical – maybe an opera – lurking in the story of evangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker. Highly theatrical and colorful, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) What is it about televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker that continues to fascinate nearly 35 years after the fall of their evangelical empire? Jim Bakker still makes headlines ...

In the 1980s, the televangelist Jim Bakker was riding a sensational wave of fame, religious fervor and cash, bringing in more than $100 million in revenue annually as the founder and face, along with ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Ronald “Roe” Messner, a prominent Wichita builder and husband of the late Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner, has died. Born in Waldron, Kansas, in 1935, Ronald graduated from East ...

For Elton John, Donald Trump’s presidential election victory did not make Broadway great again. In an interview with Time magazine, which named the singer-songwriter its Icon of the Year, John seemed ...

It’s only November, and Broadway has posted its first closing notice. “Tammy Faye,” the new $25 million Elton John musical about Tammy Faye Bakker, will close on Dec. 8, at which point it will have ...

In our purportedly youth-obsessed culture, the Broadway musical offers a kind of counter-balance. It is still a place where not only many of the headlining stars but audiences as well tend toward ...

The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Elton John’s Broadway musical about the late Tammy Faye Messner, who was known as “the first lady of televangelism” when she was Tammy Faye Bakker in the ...

Here's something that would for sure make Tammy Faye Messner cry. Tammy Faye, the joyful Broadway musical based on the life of the late televangelist, has set its closing date — less than a month ...