>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS THE STAR OF "TINA: THE
TINA TURNER MUSICAL" ON BROADWAY.
PLEASE WELCOME ADRIENNE WARREN!
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♪ ♪ ♪ >> HEY!
>> Stephen: HELLO!
>> HI!
>> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> THANKS.
NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: A PLEASURE.
YOU'RE PLAYING TINA TURNER ON BROADWAY IN A MUSICAL BASED ON
HER LIFE.
HERE WE GO.
HERE ARE THE TWO OF YOU TOGETHER.
SHE LOOKS FANTASTIC.
YOU COULD BE SISTERS.
>> YEAH.
( APPLAUSE )
MEETING THE LEGEND FOR THE FIRST TIME?
>> IT WAS TERRIFYING.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH?
>> YEAH, BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME I MET HER WE WERE DOING A
WORKSHOP OF THE SHOW WHEN WE WERE PUTTING SHOW THE UP FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN LONDON SO I WAS PLAYING TINA TURNER IN FRONT OF
HER.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I MET HER.
SO I DIDN'T LOOK AT HER FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE UP THERE-- WHAT'S THE FIRST SONG
YOU SANG IN FRONT OF HER.
>> I REMEMBER I DIDN'T LOOK AT HER UNTIL I SANG "PROUD MARY,"
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IF I DIDN'T GO FURTHER IN THIS PROJECT I AT
LEAST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO TELL MY GRANDKIDS THIS HAPPENED.
I LOOKED AT HER AND SHE WAS SINGING ALONG AND DANCING, AND I
WENT, "IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY."
>> Stephen: WERE YOU A FAN GROWING UP?
>> MAJOR.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN MY PARENTS DIDN'T PLAY TINA
TURNER MUSIC.
I USED TO PUT MY MOM'S STOCKINGS ON AND HIGH HEELS.
I THINK I LEARNED HOW TO STRUT BEFORE I COULD TIE MY SHOES
BECAUSE OF TINA TURNER.
>> Stephen: THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, "DON'T MEET YOUR
HEROES."
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH HER.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW SURREAL IS THAT?
>> IT'S NOT NORMAL.
LIKE.
>> GET IT.
>> Stephen: IT IS SORT OF SURREAL.
THAT PERSON BELONGS ON A BIG SCREEN OR A LITTLE SCREEN.
THEY'RE LEGENDARY.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GET PAST THAT?
>> BECAUSE SHE IS JUST LIKE YOU AND I.
AND SHE IS JUST A WOMAN FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, WHO HAS
BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH.
AND SHE'S THE ICON, BUT SHE IS ANNA MAY BULLOCK AT THE END OF
THE DAY, AND SHE IS FULL OF SO MUCH LIGHT AND LOVE AND YOU
CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH SO MANY
OBSTACKLES AND CAME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE FULL OF LIGHT AND
LOVE.
AND SHE'S EMBRACING AND LOVING, AND I'M SO AGREEMENTFUL THAT
SHE'S IN MY LIFE AND I'M NOW A PART OF HER STORY, TOO.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WELL, IN CREATING, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF ACTORS
TALK B, I PLAYED A COP, SO I DID A RIDE-ALONG."
DID YOU GET TO DO A TINA RIDE-ALONG?
DID YOU GET TO PING HER BRAIP AT ALL.
>> DI.
MY PRODUCERS WHEN THEY CALLED ME AND SAID, "TINA WOULD LIKE YOU
TO COME IN AND ASK HER ANY QUESTION YOU WANT."
SO THE NIGHT BEFORE I'M SITTING IN MY HOTEL ROOM, "WHAT DO I ASK
HER?" I STARTED ASKING HER, "WHAT DO
YOU EAT?
HOW DO YOU-- HOW DO YOU-- HOW DO YOU BE YOU?"
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES SHE EAT?
>> NUTS.
A LOT OF PROTEIN.
BUT SHE ATE, LIKE, A BIG BREAKFAST AND, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
HOW DO YOU SLEEP.
HOW DO YOU BE YOU?
AND I JUST ASKED HER HOW-- HOW DOES SHE FEEL JUST BEING A
WOMAN, NOT JUST THE TINA TURNER, NOT JUST THE PERFORMER.
BUT EVERY DAY WHEN SHE'S WALKING AROUND THE STREET, EVERY DAY
WHEN SHE GOES TO THE GROCERY STORE-- I CAN'T IMAGINE SEEING
TINA TURNER IN THE GROCERY STORE, BIT IF YOU GO, WHAT DO
YOU BUY?
I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER AS A WOMAN AND A HUMAN BEING.
>> Stephen: SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLE CATALOG.
WHAT IS THE TINA TURNER SONG THAT STICKS ON YOU.
>> IT'S GROWN ON ME.
"WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO."
>> Stephen: REALLY?
WHY THAT ONE?
THAT SONG HAS ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME, TOO.
BECAUSE IT'S A AGREEMENT-- NO, IT'S A GREAT SONG.
BUT IT'S GOT THIS ONE LINE IN IT THAT KIND OF SETS IT IN TIME
WHICH S, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO.
WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE WAY HOME."
"ALL THE WE WANT IS LOVE BEYOND THUNDERDOME."
>> YEAH.
IT'S LIKE -- >> Stephen: UNATTACHED TO THAT
MOVIE, WHAT DOES THAT LINE MEAN TO YOU?
WHAT IS THE THUNDERDOME TO YOU, ADRIEN?
>> IT'S THE THUNDERDOME OF YOUR MIND.
YOU JUST HAVE TO EMBRACE IT.
GO WITH ME HERE!
>> Stephen: GO WITH HER, BEYOND, BEYOND THE THUNDERDOME.
>> IT MAKES SENSE IN OUR SHOW.
IT'S A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT IN OUR SHOW, AND I THINK WE DO A
GOOD JOB OF MAKING IT MAKE MORE SENSE.
>> Stephen: I HAVE NO DOUBT.
EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE ON BROADWAY.
>> NOT EVERYTHING!
>> Stephen: THEY'VE GOT SINGING CATS.
THEY'VE GOT CANDLESTICKS THAT DANCE AND EVERYTHING.
>> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: YOU STAY THIS STARTED ON THE WEST END.
YOU MET THE ROYALS WHEN THEY CAME.
>> DI.
>> Stephen: THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY.
>> YES.
>> WERE THEY NICE?
>> THEY WERE.
>> Stephen: WERE THEY REALLY NICE OR WERE THEY LIKE "ROYAL"
NICE?
>> THEY WERE REALLY NICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT "ROYAL" NICE --
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU GET?
DID YOU GET GOOD ONES.
>> THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSEX.
>> Stephen: WHO ARE THEY?
>> MEGAN AND HARRY!
COME ON!
>> Stephen: THOSE ARE GOOD ONES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TITLES ARE!
I DON'T KNOW-- >> THEY WERE INCREDIBLE.
THEY'RE INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: OKAY, AND ALSO WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT HERE, YOU
MET AMERICAN ROYALTY.
YOU MET GAYLE AND OPRAH.
>> GAYLE AND OPRAH.
>> Stephen: WHICH MADE YOU MORE NERVOUS, THE DUKE AND
DUCHESS OF SUSSEX OR THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF MONTECITO.
>> OPRAH, OF COURSE.
>> Stephen: EXROORT, RIGHT.
>> COME ON.
IT'S MY QUEEN.
>> Stephen: THE RUMORS ARE TRUE.
SHE'S ACTUALLY-- WHAT DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT?
>> WELL, SHE SHE'S THE BIGGEST TINA TURNER FAN IN THE WORLD.
I WAS ACTUALLY MORE NERVOUS TO DO IT IN FRONT OF HER BECAUSE I
KNEW HOW MUCH OF A FAN SHE WAS.
>> Stephen: SHE KNOWS TINA.
>> SHE KNOWS TINA.
>> Stephen: HARRY DOESN'T KNOW TINA.
>> HARRY DOESN'T KNOW TINA.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN ON BROADWAY THREE TIMES NOW?
>> YEAH, THREE TIMES.
>> Stephen: AND HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> WHAT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
IN MY DEFENSE, IN-- IN MY DEFENSE, YOU LOOK SO YOUNG THAT
I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN OKAY QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: DON'T ANSWER ME.
DON'T ANSWER ME.
>> IT'S OKAY.
YOU CAN JUST GOOGLE.
>> Stephen: I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THREE TIMES ON BROADWAY
AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.
>> I'M COOL.
I'M 32.
IT'S COOL.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WOW.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST ROLE?
WHEN YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST PERFORMANCE?
>> MY VERY, VERY FIRST ROLE.
I WAS IN "ALADDIN."
I WAS A STREET RAT.
MY MOM MADE MY COSTUME.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE SAME COLOR AS THIS OUTFIT RIGHT NOW.
AND EVIDENCE DEATHLY AFRAID OF THE DARK AND THE LIGHTS TURNED
OFF AND I STARTED CRYING.
>> Stephen: YEAH, THAT IS TROUBLE.
>> YEAH.
I'VE GHOTTEN BETTER SENSE, YEAH.
I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE DARK ANYMORE YOU.
>> Stephen: DON'T WANT TO BE CRYING THROUGH YOUR CURTAIN
CALL.
WELL, HOWEVER OLD YOU ARE-- >> I TOLD YOU!
>> Stephen: SURE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR RUN TSOUNDS FANTASTIC.
"TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL" IS ON BROADWAY NOW.
ADRIENNE WARREN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.