Tammy Faye Bakker is Broadway bound. As a musical.

A new musical about Tammy Faye Bakker, the singing televangelist whose colorful life and collapsed ministry have been repeatedly dramatized for stage and screen, promises to appear on Broadway next season.

The show, called “Tammy Faye,” features music by Elton John and lyrics by Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters. The musical was shown last year at the Almeida Theater in London, where critic Matt Wolf called it ‘spectacularly entertaining’.

The musical is directed by Rupert Goold, artistic director of the Almeida and two-time Tony nominee for the plays “Ink” and “King Charles III.” The book is by James Graham, a prolific English playwright whose previous Broadway outings include “Ink” and the musical “Finding Neverland.”

John and Shears, although best known for their careers in pop music, have both worked extensively in theatre. John has written songs for many shows including “The Lion King”; won a Tony Award for “Aida”; and now also reworks a musical adaptation of “The Devil Wears Prada” that was poorly received during an initial production in Chicago. Shears has not only written theater songs, but also performed in “Kinky Boots” on Broadway, and is currently starring in “Cabaret” in London.

“Tammy Faye” explores the life and work of Bakker (she used the surname Messner in her final years), who had a hugely successful and lucrative television ministry in the 1970s and 1980s, which fell apart when her husband and partner in ministry, Jim Bakker, was indicted and subsequently imprisoned for fraud.

She was known for her big hair, her big personality and her big heart; her compassion for people with AIDS made her a popular figure among gays often shunned by evangelicals. The musical explores her life in the context of the rise of the politically powerful religious right in the United States.

Bakker’s arc has proven irresistible to storytellers. Jessica Chastain won an Academy Award for playing her in the 2021 film “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” and there have been several other stage projects.

“Tammy Faye” is produced by Rocket stagea theater production company founded by John and his husband, David Furnish; Greene Light stage, a production company founded by Sally Greene, who has a business partnership with John; and James L. Nederlander, the president and CEO of the Dutch Organization.

The producers said Friday that the musical would premiere in one of the nine Dutch Broadway houses in the 2024-2025 theater season; they did not specify which theater and did not announce casting.

Andrew Rannells, who played Jim Bakker in London, and now stars in “Gutenberg! The Musical!” recently on Broadway Andy Cohen said he expected the show to appear on Broadway soon, but did not say whether he was going ahead with the project.