![]() Indeed, to protect the star's voice from blowing out as well, the role of Tina is performed on Wednesday and Saturday matinees by Nkeki Obi-Melekwe. When she tears into the likes of "Proud Mary," "What's Love Got to Do With It," "Private Dancer," and "We Don't Need Another Hero," she blows the audience out of the water. ![]() As Tina Turner, Adrienne Warren is the embodiment of adrenaline on steroids, with a voice to match. Watts), the man who would be her first professional mentor, husband, and, sadly, her chief abuser, first hears her singing, he says "I ain't never heard no woman spit fire like that girl did tonight." Whatever else you think of the man, he's got that part right. When I look over the credits for Tina - The Tina Turner Musical, I am surprised that I don't see a listing for a building contractor, because surely the roof of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre needs to be replaced on a daily basis once Adrienne Warren calls it a night following her ferocious-to-the-rafters performance as the "queen of rock and roll." ![]() Theatre: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Watson, Skye Dakota Turner, Steven Booth, Nick Rashad Burroughs, Gerald Caesar, Judith Franklin, Carla R. Watts, Dawnn Lewis, Nkeki Obi-Melek We, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Steven Booth, Gerald Caesar, Holli' Conway, Kayla Davion, Destinee Rea, Mars Rucker, Charlie Franklin, Matthew Griffin, David Jennings, Ross Lekites, Robert Lenzi, Gloria Manning, Jhardon Dishon Milton, Mars Rucker, Jessica Rush, Jayden Theophile, Antonio J. US associate choreographer Janet Rothermel. International associate choreographer Simone Mistry-Palmer. US associate director Zhailon Levingston. International associate director Ola Ince. Musical supervision, arrangements, additional music, and conductor Nicholas Skilbeck. Wigs, hair, and makeup design by Campbell Young Associates. Set and costumes design by Mark Thompson. Tina - The Tina Turner Musical Book by Katori Hall, with Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins. Theatre Review by Howard Miller - November 7, 2019 ![]()
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