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Sunday World
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- Sunday World
Tina Turner musical's stars pay tribute to icon as show lands in Ireland
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is set to the pulse-pounding soundtrack of the American music icon's hits. TINA the musical, , Directed by Phyllida Lloyd with a book by Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, and Kees Prins, CHOREOGRAPHER -ANTHONY VAN LAAST, SET & COSTUME DESIGNER - MARK THOMPSON, LIGHTING DESIGNER - BRUNO POET, PROJECTION DESIGNER - JEFF SUGG, HAIR, WIGS & MAKE UP DESIGNER - CAMPBELL YOUNG, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - KATHERINE HARE, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER - SIMONE MISTRY-PALMER, Curve theatre, UK, Credit: Johan Persson/ TINA the musical, , Directed by Phyllida Lloyd with a book by Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, and Kees Prins, CHOREOGRAPHER -ANTHONY VAN LAAST, SET & COSTUME DESIGNER - MARK THOMPSON, LIGHTING DESIGNER - BRUNO POET, PROJECTION DESIGNER - JEFF SUGG, HAIR, WIGS & MAKE UP DESIGNER - CAMPBELL YOUNG, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - KATHERINE HARE, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER - SIMONE MISTRY-PALMER, Curve theatre, UK, Credit: Johan Persson/ From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her triumphant transformation into a multi-award-winning global superstar, Tina Turner didn't just break the rules, she rewrote them. Born Anna Mae Bullock, Tina, who died in May 2023 at the age of 83, left behind an incredible legacy and a treasure trove of hits that will see her name live on for generations to come. Not surprisingly there's Tina, The Tina Turner Musical, which opens at Dublin's Bord Gais Energy Theatre this coming week. Set to the pulse-pounding soundtrack of her iconic hits, including The Best, What's Love Got To Do With It?, Private Dancer and River Deep, Mountain High, it's a real treat. Elle Ma-Kinga N'Zuzi and Jochebel Ohene MacCarthy will share the iconic role of Tina Turner, alongside David King-Yombo as Ike Turner. MacCarthy says she will never forget the morning she heard about Tina's death as she had starred as the pop legend in the Australian production of the Tina musical the previous night. Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Photo: Johan Persson She says: 'When I first performed this show, Tina was still alive…a week after we opened, she passed. I didn't know until I started receiving messages from people the next day telling me how sorry they were to hear the sad news. I was like, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa...' 'That night, the house was packed…people wanted to be there to pay their respects and show their gratitude. Having experienced doing the show with the potential for Tina to walk in the door at any moment, that night I experienced it with the potential of her presence being there… the emotion was phenomenal, a different level of performance, like an out of body experience.' N'Zuzi says: 'My foster dad was a huge fan of Tina Turner, consequently, she was the first black artist I was introduced to as he had all her cassettes and CDs. I'd dance in front of the TV whenever she was on.' As a child, N'Zuzi's party-piece was Proud Mary and by a strange twist it was the song that got her an initial role playing Tina. She explains, 'I was in rock bands at the time and at several concerts I'd been asked to sing the likes of Proud Mary. I was working in Germany when the producers needed an alternate Tina and they emailed me. I thought, 'Why not?' So I went along and I got the job. It just happened by chance really.' It was at the age of seven that MacCarthy first came across the name Tina Turner thanks to a singing birthday card she'd bought for her mum. She laughs: 'That was the first time I ever came across her name… it was back in the day when you got these cards that, when opened, would sing this one song, Simply The Best, over and over again." To their regret, neither N'Zuzi nor MacCarthy met the rock legend whose story they tell, the former missing the opportunity to do so by just a few months. 'Tina had visited the show a few months before I joined during a cast change,' she says. 'So half of the cast had met her, the other half, like me, had not. 'But I discovered that Tina loved Germany and that when she ran away from Ike, she hid in Stuttgart, just around the corner from our theatre there. Not many people are aware of that. 'In fact, while I was there, I went to a local recording studio to record some stuff and there, on the walls, were all these amazing photos of Tina that I'd never seen before.' After Tina died MacCarthy set off on a pilgrimage to Switzerland to visit the star's home. She adds: 'I went to her house and laid some flowers by her door. Unlike many huge stars who live in secluded communities, her house was by the road. Tina always wanted to be accessible.'
Miami Herald
19-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Nick Jonas celebrates his return to Broadway with glimpse of ‘girl dad life'
It doesn't take long for Nick Jonas to switch from 'girl dad' mode to Broadway superstar. The 32-year-old singer, songwriter and actor made his official return to Broadway March 18 when he and fellow singer-actress Adrienne Warren took the stage for their debut of 'The Last Five Years.' It was Jonas's first Broadway performance in 13 years, per Us Weekly, and his two brothers, Kevin and Joe Jonas, were all smiles at the premiere. But before that premiere began, Jonas took to Instagram to share a glimpse of his life at home. In the photo, Jonas is wearing his daughter's light blue bow, fake flower clip and hair tie, which were likely placed there by his 2-year-old, Malti Marie, whom he shares with wife Priyanka Chopra. Jonas and Chopra, who have been married since 2018, welcomed their only daughter in 2022 via a surrogate mother. 'Girl dad life,' he wrote in the caption. Jonas, of course, had to ditch the bows and hair ties for his performance later that night, but it culminated in a night to remember for the 'Jealous' singer. And it ended with a different type of bow — one he hasn't experienced in more than a decade. In one clip shared by the Broadway show's official Instagram account, Jonas and Warren took center stage for their first bows in front of a cheering crowd at show's end. They also shared a personal handshake and hug before welcoming director Whitney White and composer, lyricist and writer Jason Robert Brown on stage. Jonas hasn't appeared on Broadway since starring in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' in 2012, per People, but was a regular Broadway star as a child. Warren last portrayed Tina Turner in 2019's 'The Tina Turner Musical.' 'Putting the whole thing together has been an absolute joy,' Jonas said of his Broadway return during an appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' earlier this month. Warren, who joined in on the interview, had plenty of good things to say about her co-star. 'He's such an incredible teammate and such a hard worker,' Warren said of Jonas. 'He ups the ante every single day and I'm like, 'Wait a minute. I gotta step up!'' 'It's natural to feel a little nervous, so I'm trying to step into this with real focus and confidence. But it's a big show and it's got a lot of fans over the world,' Jonas said in a different interview. And while Jonas's wife was too busy to attend the premiere, she was cheering loud from afar. 'So proud of you @nickjonas performances start tonight!' Chopra, who is currently shooting for her film with SS Rajamouli, wrote in her Instagram Stories March 18. The premiere comes less than a month after the family of three took their first trip to the theater together. 'So special having the fam with me for our first trip to the theatre today,' Jonas wrote in a Feb. 27 Instagram post that featured Malti Marie pointing at a larger photo of her father in a window.
