Simply the Best: Music of Tina Turner

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2026-2027 Season, Mainstage

Simply the Best: The Music of Tina Turner

Nov 7

Saturday

7:30 PM

Century II Concert Hall

About the Concert

One of music’s greatest comebacks and one of the world’s most powerful survival stories.

She’s sold over 100 million records. She won twelve Grammy Awards. She was the first black artist — and the first woman — to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. For over fifty-six years she has been rock music’s leading female voice and has twice been inducted into the Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame.

While her songs have broken records around the world her life represents one of music’s greatest comebacks and one of the world’s most powerful survival stories.

Performed by a trio of singers — led by two-time Grammy Award winning vocalist Tamika Lawrence and Broadway’s Shaleah Adkisson — Simply the Best celebrates the stories and songs that made Anna Mae Bullock one of the greatest performers the world has ever known.

Rock out to "Proud Mary," "River Deep, Mountain High," "Private Dancer," "Better Be Good to Me," and more — including the worldwide number one hit "What’s Love Got to Do With It."

On the Program

Featured Songs

"Proud Mary" and "River Deep, Mountain High"

The fire, grit and release of Tina Turner’s live legacy.

Featured Songs

"Private Dancer" and "Better Be Good to Me"

Songs of independence, resolve and reinvention.

Worldwide No. 1

"What’s Love Got to Do With It"

Plus more music from one of the greatest performers the world has ever known.

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Tiffany Mann is best known for her powerhouse vocals and standout performances in Encores’ Jelly’s Last Jam and Ragtime, Broadway productions of Waitress and Be More Chill, her recent star-turn as Effie in Dreamgirls at the MUNY, and her Lucille Lortel award winning performance in Jerry Springer: The Opera. Her television credits include Orange is the New Black and New Amsterdam.Her empowering single, “Do It Anyway,” is an anthem and declaration to push past your fears and go for your dreams. Tiffany also shares her passion for mental health advocacy, relatable transparency, and self-love, through social media in what she calls “joy infused healing”. And yes, she’s one of the Manns: If you know, you know. Management: The Rosenzweig Group

Michelle Merrill is Music Director of the Winston-Salem Symphony and Coastal Symphony of Georgia, inspiring audiences with vibrant, sharply detailed performances. Her growing guest conducting career includes engagements with the National Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera and orchestras throughout North America and abroad. Merrill is a recipient of the Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award and the prestigious Ansbacher Conducting Fellowship, which brought her to the Salzburg Festival.

Shaleah Adkisson has appeared on Broadway and on tour in Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical and off-Broadway in the revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent. Her regional theater credits include Jubilee, Clybourne Park, Avenue Q, The Hot Mikado, Beehive: The 60’s Musical and Ain’t Misbehavin’. She also performs in New York City and on tour with Soul Picnic Productions in Back to the Garden and August 1969: A Tribute to the Women of Woodstock.

Scott Coulter is one of New York’s most honored vocalists, with five MAC Awards, five Bistro Awards and two Nightlife Awards. An Emmy nominee, he has performed with symphonies around the world and alongside artists including Stephen Schwartz, Ben Vereen and Sheena Easton. Coulter was director and star of A Christmas Carol: The Symphonic Concert and is a resident director of programming at 54 Below, artistic director of the Pocono Mountains Music Festival and founder of Spot-On Entertainment.

John Boswell has served as musical director for Judy Collins, Andy Williams, Bob Newhart, Scott Coulter, Faith Prince and many others. His symphony appearances include Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy Concert, Blockbuster Broadway! and Music of the Knights. Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include Crazy for You, The Secret Garden and Liza! Steppin’ Out at Radio City Music Hall. Boswell has also appeared on The Tonight Show and Today and has released eight CDs of original piano music.