Elton John's $25m Broadway musical announces closure 5 days after opening day

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Elton John’s multimillion-dollar musical Tammy Faye has announced it is to close, just five days after opening night following poor sales and unfavorable reviews.

The Broadway show, based on the life of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, opened on November 14.

It quickly failed to fill audience capacity. In the week ending 17 November, it drew a gross of $374,371 with an overall attendance of 5,732 (63 percent of capacity).

It will close with a final performance at New York’s Palace Theatre on December 8, after just 24 previews and 29 regular performances.

The reviews have been scathing, with the New York Post calling it “a disaster of biblical proportions.”

According to reports, Tammy Faye was capitalized at $25m and will lose it all.

Tammy Faye featured music by Elton John, lyrics by Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters and a book by Dear England playwright James Graham. source source

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Didn't even know it existed ngl

So the promo budget worked lol

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I saw it - it was bad ya’ll. It didn’t do Tammy justice.

The movie portrayal that Jessica Chastain rightfully won an Oscar for is excellent however! 

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by all accounts it was dreadful

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Oh man the poor performers, that must really suck after putting in so much work