Nkeki Obi-Melekwe to take over from Adrienne Warren in TINA on Broadway

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Producers of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical have announced that Nkeki Obi-Melekwe will star in the title role from 2 November 2021, taking over from Tony and Olivier award nominee Adrienne Warren.

Obi-Melekwe was an original Broadway cast member, as well as playing Tina in the West End production and at certain performances in the Broadway production.

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical will reopen at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 8 October 2021.

The current Broadway cast also includes Daniel J. Watts as Ike, Dawnn Lewis as Zelma, Myra Lucretia Taylor as Gran Georgeanna and Jessica Rush as Rhonda. Completing the cast are Juliet Benn, Steven Booth, Nick Rashad Burroughs, Gerald Caesar, Julius Chase, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Holli’ Conway, Kayla Davion, Leandra Ellis-Gaston, Charlie Franklin, Judith Franklin, Matthew Griffin, Ari Groover, Sheldon Henry, David Jennings, Ross Lekites, Robert Lenzi, Rob Marnell, Jhardon DiShon Milton, NaTonia Monet, Phierce Phoenix, Justin Schuman, Allysa Shorte, Eric Siegle, Carla Stewart, Jayden Theophile, Skye Dakota Turner and Katie Webber.

Written by Katori Hall with Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is directed by Phyllida Lloyd, with choreography Anthony van Laast, set and costume design by Mark Thompson, musical supervision, additional music and arrangements by Nicholas Skilbeck, lighting by Bruno Poet, sound by Nevin Steinberg, projection by Jeff Sugg, orchestrations by Ethan Popp, and musical direction by Alvin Hough Jr.

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