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Katie Brayben Sings "Empty Hands" From Broadway's Tammy Faye

Hear a new song by Elton John and Jake Shears.

David Gordon

David Gordon

| Broadway |

October 11, 2024

The new musical Tammy Faye starts Broadway previews this month, and here is a first listen to the song “Empty Hands” by songwriters Elton John and Jake Shears. It is sung by Katie Brayben, who plays Tammy Faye Bakker.

Joining Brayben are Christian Borle as Jim Bakker, and Michael Cerveris as Jerry Falwell will be Autumn Hurlbert as the Tammy Faye Bakker Alternate, Nick Bailey as Paul Crouch, Charl Brown as Steve Pieters, Mark Evans as Billy Graham, Allison Guinn as Jan Crouch, Ian Lassiter as Jimmy Swaggart/Ronald Reagan/Archbishop, Raymond J. Lee as John Fletcher, Max Gordon Moore as Thomas S. Monson/Marvin Gorman, Alana Pollard as Jessica Hahn, and Andy Taylor as Pat Robertson/Ted Turner.

Rounding out the ensemble are Amanda Clement, Michael Di Liberto, Jonathan Duvelson, Lily Kaufmann, Denis Lambert, Elliott Mattox, Brittany Nicholas, Keven Quillon, Aveena Sawyer, Allysa Shorte, TJ Tapp, Daniel Torres, and Dana Wilton.

Tammy Faye has a score by legendary musicians John (music) and Shears (lyrics), a book by James Graham, choreography by Lynne Page, and direction by Rupert Goold.

The creative team also includes Tom Deering (orchestrations, arrangements, additional music), Mark Dickman (orchestrations), Bunny Christie (sets), Katrina Lindsay (costumes), Neil Austin (lighting), Nick Lidster for Autograph (sound), and Finn Ross (video).

Our critic called the London production “a holy hoot.”

This will be the first full production to play the Palace Theatre since its renovation. Previews begin October 19 in advance of a November 14 opening.

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