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Broadway is Back: Nick Rashad Burroughs stars as Ike Turner in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

By Sarah LaDuke

Published April 29, 2022 at 11:34 AM EDT

Nick Rashad Burroughs

Broadway is back and so is “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” - a show that celebrates the unstoppable woman that dared to dream fiercely, shatter barriers, and conquer the world—against all odds. The show itself has had to persevere through the Covid19 pandemic but has come back as strong as ever.

Nick Rashad Burroughs is now playing Ike Turner.

His EP "Groove Machine" is available where you find music.

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Sarah LaDuke

Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.

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