There are 4 article(s) tagged Tina Turner:

• May 2023

  • Tina Turner belonged to the world, but West Tennessee claims a little piece

    Tina Turner’s story bares some similarities to another closer-to-home Tennessee artist: Elvis Presley. But while Presley was given his crown early, Turner fought for hers over decades.

    By Chris Herrington May 26, 2023

  • Tina Turner, unstoppable superstar whose hits included ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ dead at 83

    Her life became the basis for a film, a Broadway musical co-written and produced by Memphian Katori Hall, and an HBO documentary in 2021 that she called her public farewell.

    By The Associated Press May 24, 2023

• February 2023

  • ‘Tina’ — and Katori — travel aways to come back home again

    “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” has landed in the region that raised both singer Tina Turner and writer Katori Hall, the women who made the musical possible.

    By Blair Kinsey February 13, 2023

• October 2018

  • Tina Turner musical, written by Memphis-native Katori Hall, heading to Broadway

    A musical about Nutbush-native Tina Turner, written by Memphis-native Katori Hall, will head to Broadway in fall 2019.

    By Elle Perry October 03, 2018