Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It?" for Broadway?

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Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do With It?" for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 10:33am

In a review from the Broadway Rocks concert here in Fort Worth, it says:

"Opposite [Darius de Haas] was Tina Turner ... well, not really, but Virginia Ann Woodruff came really close as she strutted across the stage during 'Proud Mary'. As it turns out, 'Proud Mary' is not from a Broadway show just yet. But it will be incorporated in a new production based on Tina Turner's biopic What's Love Got to Do With It?"

This is the first I have heard of this... does anyone have any info on this. Just curious...

#2

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 10:36am

Hmmmm. Now that's something I'd love to see!

#3

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 10:58am

Looks like its been floating around since late 2007, as per the mention of this via Playbill.com:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/113658-Tina-Turner-Bio-Musical-May-Be-Heading-for-London

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Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 12:41pm

If they translated the movie to the stage (verbatim), I would run and go see it.
Who would you cast as Tina and Ike?

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#5

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 12:46pm

Patina Miller

#6

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 12:47pm

Lady GaGa

#7

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 12:48pm

Freaky, she is the first person I thought of (and Montego Glover).

I thought about Colman Domingo for Ike, but realized he lacks the larger size and power of him.

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Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 12:51pm

Ike was actually pretty scrawny and slight.

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Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 12:57pm

The Ike and Tina music has a definite theatrical oomph to it, and lord knows their live shows are theatrical but, after THE COLOR PURPLE and NEW YORK, NEW YORK, are we really sure wife-beating and musical numbers go together?
And there just isn't ANYONE who could recreate Tina's soul....and I don't mean the musical genre. When the woman performs, she is sharing something genunely unique with you.

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#10

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 1:03pm

Angela Bassett didn't do too bad.

#11

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 1:50pm

I'd be al over this in a heartbeat.

#12

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 1:50pm

I have a wooden nickel, half of a twix bar and a slightly used tampon. But if you give me a room, I promise I'll pay you back.

#13

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 2:11pm

Shangela Laquifa Wadley! HALLELOO!

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#14

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 4:26pm

Another portion of the musical, the Post says, involves an Egyptian setting that involves Hatshepsut — who ruled Egypt from 1479-1458 BC — and Hatshepsut's evil stepson, Thutmose III.

"The Egyptian queen watches over Tina," the Post says. "When Ike pulls a gun on Tina, Hatshepsut shields her and the gun 'leaps' out of Ike's hand."

LMAO! WTF?!!! Seriously?!!

#15

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 4:37pm

Well I'm glad Julie Taymor's found her next project!

#16

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 4:38pm

I think Tina believes she may have been Hatshepsut in a past life. I think that's what the song "I Might Have Been Queen" is about.

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Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 7:54pm

I would love to see What's Love Got To Do With It made into a Broadway show. I loved the movie and have seen Tina in concert 5 times since the Private Dancer tour in the 1980's.

My thoughts on who would play a great Tina on Broadway would be Heather Headley, LaChanze or Elisabeth Withers-Mendes.

#18

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 9:13pm

Tina: I'm leaving you!
Ike: Tina, I love you!
(Pause.)
Tina: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

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#19

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 9:45pm

Chris Brown and Rihanna.

#20

Tina Turner's 'What's Love Got to Do With It?' for Broadway?

Posted: 4/9/11 at 11:41pm

I have long thought this film would make a great musical. The subject matter is a bit difficult, I'd think... but the big numbers (Shake a Tail Feather, Fool in Love, Proud Mary, What's Love Got to Do With It?" Would just be awesome. If they could throw in "Can't Believe What You Say (When I See What You Do) and the harrowing NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS you're talking solid gold.

Woohoo.