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Set in 1920s Los Angeles, Scandalous is based on the life of Aimee Semple McPherson, the trailblazing media superstar whose passion for saving souls was matched by her passion for making headlines. Holiness collides with Hollywood in the extraordinary tale of one woman's charismatic rise to fame. But as her popularity grows, so do her enemies, until her sermons, her celebrity and her past combine to put everything she believes in on trial.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Dec. 9, 2012.

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What Is the Story of Scandalous?

Set in the 1920s, Scandalous is about the life of early revivalist and broadcasting pioneer Aimee Semple McPherson. It follows her life and career from her childhood to her controversial death in 1944, focusing on her mysterious "kidnapping" and the ensuing trial. Other highlights include Aimee leaving her second husband to travel the country and hold tent revivals, founding the Foursquare Church in Los Angeles, becoming the first woman to obtain a radio broadcast license in the United States, her multimedia empire and her interactions with contemporaries such as Charles Chaplin and William Randolph Hearst.

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Carolee Carmello, Kathie Lee Gifford and More Celebrate Scandalous’ Heavenly Broadway Opening
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Kathie Lee Gifford's Scandalous Musical Opens on Broadway
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Scandalous Starts
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Photo Exclusive! Carolee Carmello and Kathie Lee Gifford Get Busy Putting Up the Scandalous Marquee
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Kathie Lee Gifford and the Cast of Scandalous Save Some Souls and Meet the Press
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Candy Buckley Completes Cast of Broadway’s Scandalous, Starring Carolee Carmello
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Scandalous Scribe Kathie Lee Gifford to Host Broadway on Broadway Concert
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Tony Winner George Hearn to Join Carolee Carmello in the Broadway Musical Scandalous
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Carolee Carmello to Play Aimee Semple McPherson in Broadway Premiere of Scandalous
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