I spent most of Tammy Faye unsure what to make of this new musical’s tone. 

Tones? 

Tones. 

But maybe that’s fitting for a TAMMY FAYE Broadway musical. 

What’s the appropriate tone to tell her story through song, in relationship to 2024 mores? A messy, even sloppy mishmash feels like an apt register for such an undertaking. Is her tale — and, thus, the musical itself —  sincere or satire, saccharine or camp? 

Yes. Sometimes simultaneously, sometimes hard-pivoting from moment to moment. 

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Look at Rupert Goold’s Broadway resume…

Why have a majority of his productions received significantly more acclaim in London than New York?