‘Tina’ is simply the best
Parris Lewis performing ‘River Deep — Mountain High’ (Photo by Matthew Murphy for Murphy Made) The most effective scene in telling Tina Turner’s story takes place just a couple of miles from Fair Park Music Hall, where Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is playing through Feb.
4 before moving to Bass Hall for a week. To escape Ike Turner’s brutality, Tina left her room in the Statler Hotel in downtown Dallas and ran barefoot across I-30 to the Ramada Inn, now the Lorenzo Hotel, where an understanding hotel manager gave her a room for a few days until she could arrange transportation back to family.
Brianna Cameron, who plays young Anna-Mae (Tina), has the most surprising voice among the cast. The 4th grader can belt out a song and hold her own against any of the adult cast members, who all seem to love her.
She won over the audience in the opening scene and received a stand ovation through the encore. Parris Lewis as adult Tina does a great job vocally as well as with Tina’s dance moves but never resorts to parody.
