Review: 'The Tina Turner Musical' at Playhouse Square will take you higher, even if it doesn't delve deeply enough into the star's personal life
If you were asked to describe Tina Turner's singing voice, chances are you'd use the word electrifying. As the unofficially dubbed"Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," Tina could turn an ordinary rock song into an anthem, and an anthem into a life-altering experience.
The book by Katori Hill follows Tina's chronological path from her childhood as Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee to her marriage and partnership with bandleader Ike Turner and eventually to her triumph as a single performer. This structure is informative and interesting, exploring intersections with other rock geniuses such as Phil Spector and his"wall of sound.
The musical doesn't spend any of its nearly three-hour run time explaining the demons that bedeviled Ike, torments that might have contributed to his patently hateful behavior, including being sexually abused when he was a child. But this is Tina's show and it details how their performance partnership, the Ike and Tina Turner Review, caught hold in clubs and with singles like"Nutbush City Limits" and"River Deep—Mountain High.
Director Phyllida Lloyd and choreographer Anthony Van Laast keep her life's journey, known by many through Turner's autobiography"I, Tina" and the movie What's Love Got to Do with It, as fresh as possible, with the added eye candy of Mark Thompson's dazzling set and costume designs plus Jeff Sugg's lush projections.
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