“The overall message of the show is triumphant. It’s an interesting piece and a very solid tour,” writes Tribune critic ChrisJonesTrib.
. But for the whole Chicago run, you’ll apparently either see Villanueva or Ari Groover, an understudy. But I wouldn’t sweat that. There are many talented singers surrounding this show, and another jukebox secret is that the top-tier Broadway performers often are technically superior vocalists to the stars themselves. Not that you’d ever hear that mentioned in a press conference.
Zurin Villanueva, Garrett Turner and cast in the Broadway tour of"Tina - The Tina Turner Musical" at Nederlander Theatre. I can only review what I have seen and Villaneuva certainly delivers all you could ask. As jukebox shows go, “Tina,” which is written by Katori Hall, goes deeper into the star’s psychological state than is typical in the genre. Hall wanted to write a story of self-empowerment as Turner, abused as a child, finds herself trapped in another abusive relationship with Ike Turner, only to find her sense of self in her 40s after she escapes to London and risks her livelihood on musical reinvention.
That’s still my view, although I get that Hall wanted to tell a story of overcoming the past rather than a more wonkish look at Tina’s amazing catalog and European stardom. Fair enough, and I’d note in the tour that I found the scenes with Ike to be less cartoonish than on Broadway, and thus far more disturbing. Garrett Turner dives admirably deep into the man’s troubled personality.
But the overall message of the show is triumphant. It’s an interesting piece and a very solid tour. And that wall of sound, nicely mixed at the Nederlander, is a rush.Where: Nederlander Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St.
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