Tammy Faye Bakker (aka Tammy Faye Messner) wasn't your usual television icon. This charismatic talk show host was one of the world's most famous televangelists, building an empire of influence ...

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 ...

Unfortunately for Sir Elton, the godawful musical about flamboyant 1980s televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is a lot more of a “Lestat” than an “Aida.” ...

One of the most polarizing tabloid figures of the late 20th century, Tammy Faye Bakker was an overly made-up, squeaky-voiced televangelist, who — along with her husband, pastor Jim Bakker ...

If you remember Tammy Faye Bakker at all from the peak of her ’80s televangelical fame, you’ll most likely remember the scandals, the mascara, the tarantula-leg eyelashes, the big, big hair ...

The musical follows the rise and fall of televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker and the impact of religion on U.S. politics.

Elton John is sharing what inspired him to make a Broadway musical about one of America's most famous televangelists Tammy Faye Bakker, who died in 2007.

Tammy Faye Bakker Is Broadway Bound. As a Musical. A show about the televangelist, with songs by Elton John and Jake Shears, had a run in London last year and plans to open in New York next season.

Rev. Dr. A. Stephen Pieters, the AIDS activist and longtime HIV survivor known for his groundbreaking 1985 interview by televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, died July 8.

The trials and resilience of Tammy Faye Bakker, one of America’s most famous televangelists The Bakkers built a Christian-themed television act modeled after Johnny Carson.

Televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker has a complicated legacy, muddied by the fraud conviction of her first husband. But the story of Bakker, who died of cancer in 2007 at age 65, continues to live on ...

Watching "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" the other night with my wife, Liz, I was especially struck by its portrayal of the late televangelist's conversion.