Kristin Chenoweth on the Future of Broadway, Tammy Faye Bakker Musical, and More!

Broadway favorite Kristin Chenoweth is currently in Kanas City for a special concert performance, and while she was in town she chatted with the Kansas City Star about the future of Broadway. Chenoweth commented: "It's getting bigger, more expensive and more commercial. Notice I didn't say 'better.' I am a very proud member of that community, but there was a time that I miss and that time wasn't about how much money a show can make on the road."

She continued, "How about an original story somebody writes out of their heads? In the old days composers and writers used to sit around and say, 'OK we've got a star - let's write a show for her.' Now they write a show first and then plug somebody in."

Chenoweth also told the KCS that she still hopes to return to Broadway in a revival of On the Twentieth Century, but that's not the only new project she's involved with. She's also working on an original musical about the life of Tammy Faye Bakker. Chenoweth said on the project: "I think Tammy was a tortured person. "I think she was a person of God. And I think she was a funny person. … I can't wait."

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Chenoweth won a Tony Award for her role as Sally Brown in the Broadway musical You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and is also celebrated for originating the role of Glinda in Wicked. In 2010, she appeared as Fran Kubelik in Promises, Promises alongside Sean Hayes.

The actress has won an Emmy Award for her performance as Olive Snook in the television dramedy Pushing Daisies. Chenoweth is best known on TV for playing Annabeth Schott in The West Wing. She also had her own TV series, Kristin. Her film credits include Bewitched, The Pink Panther, Running With Scissors, Stranger Than Fiction, Four Christmases and RV. Her upcoming series GCB is set to premiere on ABC on March 4th.