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Tina’s childhood mirrors my own so naturally I felt a tremendous empathy for her and for her mother too, having to make painful choices. She knew that to survive to she had to protect herself before she could protect anyone else.

#Tina mom of two faves how to

Tina’s mother Zelma is not a character who is easy to love yet Dawnn Lewis (Grammy winner, actress, Veronica Mars, A Different World, Major Crimes) makes her as sympathetic as she can be: “There are two sides to every story, it would have been easy to paint Tina’s mother as a villain but no, I wanted the audience to feel her humanity and see that she just didn’t know how to love this daughter. We see her gospel roots and share her early heartache as her mother, in a violent marriage (foreshadowing Tina’s relationship with Ike), takes off leaving her behind to be raised by her abusive father and her grandmother (played by Myra Lucretia Taylor).

The story (book by Katori Hall) begins with Tina as a child in Nutbush, Tennessee (the origins of “Nutbush City Limits”). Warren actually is the rock icon we love so well, she is thrilling to watch, literally you can’t take your eyes off of her. Though it’s true there is only one Tina for an evening we suspend disbelief and believe that Ms. Who else could this rock’n roll icon be but the one and only Tina Turner? Adrienne Warren IS Tina in this bio-musical overflowing with Tina’s hits, “River Deep – Mountain High,” “Let’s Stay Together,” “Proud Mary,” “We Don’t Need Another Hero,” and of course, the mega chart-topper “What’s Love Got To Do With It” – among 20-odd other Tina tunes we just can’t ever associate with anyone else. She shimmies! She sizzles! She rocks! Her energy brings the audience to its feet.