Elton John is opening up about his musical Tammy Faye, that didn’t final very lengthy on Broadway.

The 78-year-old musician wrote the music for the present, which first opened in London in 2022 earlier than transferring to Broadway for the 2024-2025 season.

Nevertheless, after a month of previews, the musical opened on November 14th and some days later, it was introduced it will shut on December eighth on account of poor ticket gross sales and adverse evaluations. The present solely performed 24 previews and 29 common performances.

In a brand new interview, Elton shared his ideas on the present flopping and why he thinks it did.

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“We put out two musicals just lately, one an enormous flop in America and the opposite an enormous hit in England,” he instructed The Occasions, referring to Tammy Faye and The Satan Wears Prada.

The explanation for the present flopping, in response to Elton – audiences weren’t prepared for a it due to the political messaging.

“Tammy Faye got here out in the course of the U.S. election and it’s all about how the mixing of church and state ruined America — which Ronald Reagan did,” he stated. “It was too political for America. They don’t actually get irony.”

Elton additionally just lately revealed how dropping his eyesight has affected his every day life and along with his youngsters.