Originally Posted by
PeaceNHarmony
So. Last evening I attended 'Tina - The Tina Turner Musical' at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and as a fan of Tina's since seeing the I&TTR on an Andy Williams show in 1968 I am over the moon at being able to report that the show is spectacular! Every cast member was superb, especially the mighty, mighty Adrienne Warren as Tina. [[Side note: Warren was born in 1987, 3 years after Tina's comeback).
The musical uses Tina-catalogue hits in a non-chronological fashion, inserting the songs where the lyrics are appropriate to plot advancement. I thought this was done expertly and found myself re-experiencing and rediscovering the songs [['Don't Turn Around', performed as a duet between Tina and her grandmother as Tina prepares to leave Nutbush for St. Louis, was a particular spine-tingler, as was 'Nutbush City Limits' reinvented as a field holler then church tune.
Warren's performance of 'River Deep, Mountain High' created a true show-stopping event in the first act - the audience stood and whopped for so long that she felt the need to break character for a second, look at the audience and pat her hands downward as if to say 'thanks - get it - gotta move on'!
I could, but won't. babble any further. Warren leaves the show today and her long-time understudy takes the part of Tina. I'm sure she will be great as well, and encourage any and all to attend a performance of this extraordinary event.
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