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Tina Turner appeared on the second cover of ‘Rolling Stone’ on November 23rd, 1967 — the first frontwoman in the publication’s history. Now ‘Tina,’ the musical based on her life and music, opens on Broadway November 7th. In anticipation of the queen of rock & roll’s Broadway debut, Turner — who turns 80 years old on November 26th — penned this personal essay for ‘Rolling Stone’.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tina-turner-musical-broadway-essay-906671/
Great message from Tina!
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Originally Posted by Motown Eddie
Wonderful. What a lady. I wonder if Tina still has the roses I handed her at The Empire Room of the Waldorf Astoria [[one of the final Revue bookings) in '76? I'm sure she does!:)
Oh I am sure she does ;). I did not know that the Revue appeared at the Waldorf's Empire Room. The only time that I saw them was at some club in either Queens or Long Island. When the show began, there were no chairs, and everyone sat on the floor to watch the show. Thankfully, we were in the front row.Quote:
Originally Posted by PeaceNHarmony
Recently saw the Tina Turner musical on Broadway and enjoyed it too
Tell us more about Broadway! I'll be seeing the show before too long. And yes, I&TT at the Waldorf was somewhat ... surreal ... after Carnegie, the Beacon, etc! Was your Q/LI event just before the end? They were booked at a low-rent club in NJ, The Joint in the Woods, but it was cancelled. This would have taken place just after the sad [[but necessary) limo fight. Be well!Quote:
Originally Posted by milven
Surreal is a good word. I saw Diana and Mathis and a couple of others at the Empire Room and probably was in a suit and tie. I can't imagine I&TT appearing in front of such a buttoned down audience. They were great at that place in Q/LI. That was probably in the mid sevenites. It may have been a dance club. I don't dance, so my purpose was just to see the show.Quote:
Originally Posted by PeaceNHarmony
I go to Broadway shows to enjoy them, not to critique them. I did enjoy this show and one thing that was nice is that even though this could be labelled as a Juke Box musical, I liked how they made a few songs part of the book to move the story along. However, they weren't chronologically correct. For instance, LETS STAY TOGETHER was sung during the I&TT era of the show, but it was used as part of the story.
Another nice thing about the show is that after it was over and bows were taken and the audience was still on their feet, "Tina Turner" gave a little mini-concert. The audience stayed on their feet joining in, swaying and clapping along. The broadway audience transposed itself into a concert audience.
Hope you enjoy show as much as I did
They did that for a reason to tell the story within the song even if it wasn't what happened biographically. It's a clever concept! They do that with all the jukebox musicals actually.