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Post by Oleanna on May 16, 2019 23:06:07 GMT
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Post by Oleanna on May 16, 2019 23:12:13 GMT
Wonderful subject! This will be at least the third musical about Tammy Faye Messner/Bakker, following “The Gospel According To Tammy Faye” (had readings at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York), and “Big Tent” (ran at New World Stages Off-Broadway in 2007).
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2019 23:35:56 GMT
Which one was Kristen Chenoweth attached to?
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Post by Oleanna on May 16, 2019 23:51:46 GMT
Which one was Kristen Chenoweth attached to? This one I think! |
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Post by Oleanna on May 16, 2019 23:53:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2019 0:24:14 GMT
It's The Wild Party, all over again.
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Post by Boob on May 17, 2019 6:44:49 GMT
I’d be surprised if this wasn’t the Kristen Chenoweth one. It’s highly probable they just changed the creative team. I remember Chenoweth saying there was a writing team that didn’t work out.
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Post by anita on May 17, 2019 9:21:18 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on May 17, 2019 12:39:11 GMT
You know Elton John, anita . He's that bloke with the glasses from the Marathon and John Lewis adverts.  |
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Post by anita on May 17, 2019 13:02:44 GMT
You know Elton John, anita . He's that bloke with the glasses from the Marathon and John Lewis adverts. Yes . Ha Ha! It's Tammy Faye I've never heard of. |
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Post by ali973 on May 17, 2019 14:51:55 GMT
NOT the one Kristen is attached to. Kristen is attached to a version that is done by David Yazbek.
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Post by ali973 on May 17, 2019 14:53:36 GMT
This makes me think..Elton, just do Devil Wears Prada. It's what we really want.
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Post by johartuk on May 17, 2019 15:38:35 GMT
They look like they should be running the Local Shop for Local People in Royson Vasey! |
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Post by zahidf on Mar 12, 2020 23:10:23 GMT
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Post by intoanewlife on Mar 12, 2020 23:26:54 GMT
Can't wait x
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Mar 13, 2020 1:16:00 GMT
When TheatreBoard gets the drop on Baz three months early. 😁😁😁 Loads! Chastain’s A Doll’s House. Magic Goes Wrong (opens this month but won’t be seeing it till Jan) The James Graham/Elton John musical at the Almeida. Far Away at the Donmar. A Number at the Bridge. The Pullman adaptation at the Bridge. That seven hour Seven Streams play at the NT. Jack Absolute sounds fun at least. |
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Post by showgirl on Mar 13, 2020 5:02:24 GMT
Sounds interesting but like other posts here based on a BB tweet, it's also opaque to some of us, so a little more info would help. For instance, Almeida, Elton John, James Graham, Jake Shears, yes, but who is Tammy Faye?
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Post by Boob on Mar 13, 2020 6:15:03 GMT
Wasn’t this musical meant to be a vehicle for Kristen Chenoweth?
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Post by kathryn on Mar 13, 2020 8:45:28 GMT
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Mar 13, 2020 9:38:55 GMT
It’s about a disgraced televangelist who became a gay icon because she was one of the first or at the time one of the only high profile Christians to publicly support and embrace the LGBT community during the AIDS epidemic.
Filming just wrapped on the Jessica Chastain movie and the Chenoweth musical is in development hell.
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Post by kathryn on Jun 9, 2020 12:23:42 GMT
Tiniest sliver of news on this:
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Post by ali973 on Jun 10, 2020 3:19:53 GMT
I'm not sure if the best approach to writing a 1980s Ragan-era musical would come from a team of British dudes.
Elton John used to be able to chug out a tune, which he still can I would think, but a non-American book writer is a bit of a risk.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2020 6:14:41 GMT
I'm not sure if the best approach to writing a 1980s Ragan-era musical would come from a team of British dudes. Elton John used to be able to chug out a tune, which he still can I would think, but a non-American book writer is a bit of a risk. I know it’s not the same, I get what you’re saying, but Jake Shears is also involved. I still believe Elt is capable of smashing out a good bop too. |
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Post by kathryn on Jun 10, 2020 13:09:19 GMT
Jake Shears has said that he has been obsessed with Tammy Faye since he was a kid - and apparently Elton was also fascinated by her, because of her embrace of AIDS victims in the 80s. So there's hopefully enough background understanding there.
(And of course, sometimes an outsider actually sees more clearly than someone from the same background.)
I'm hoping that Elt can still bang out a good tune still when he is writing for other people, and not limited to his own greatly reduced vocal range to carry the melody.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 5, 2020 11:42:47 GMT
According to an interview, there was a Zoom reading of this a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 5, 2020 19:28:28 GMT
What interview was that?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2020 20:15:06 GMT
Jake Shears' only musical of Tales of The City bombed out of town and Elton's last musical, Lestat, closed after only a handful of performances and Elton has refused to release the cast recording.
I hope that between them they can do something great.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 6, 2020 8:45:36 GMT
A James Graham live Zoom interview from a couple of weeks ago. |
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Post by kathryn on Jul 6, 2020 9:35:10 GMT
Ah, thanks, so I’ve probably already watched it. Thought there might be a new one I’d missed!
Did find a newish podcast with Rupert Goold talking to James Graham when I went looking last night, but no mention of Tammy Faye in it.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jul 6, 2020 11:32:48 GMT
I can’t find the link but it was an interview for a film festival only viewable to people who had bought passes for the festival previously. I’m not sure if it’s online. They touched on the musical briefly.
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