VIDEO: TINA Star Adrienne Warren Talks Being Grateful For Tina Turner

The star of Broadway's Tina - The Tina Turner Musical, Adrienne Warren was a guest on Tuesday night's episode of THE LATE SHOW WITH Stephen Colbert to talk about the musical. During the interview, Warren tells tells host Colbert what it was like to meet the legendary performer for the first time.

Colbert asked Warren what it was like meeting Tina Turner for the first time, to which she replied, "It was terrifying." Warren goes on to say that, "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."

Colbert then asks Warren, "What's the first song you sang in front of her?" Warren replied, "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.'"

Watch the full interview below!

A new musical based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner, TINA - THE Tina Turner MUSICAL received its world premiere in April 2018 in London, where it opened to five-star reviews and has broken box office records at the Aldwych Theatre. The West End production is now booking through June 27, 2020. A German production also opened in Spring 2019 at Stage Operettenhaus in Hamburg and is now booking through August 30, 2020.

From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her transformation into the global Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner didn't just break the rules, she rewrote them. This new stage musical, presented in association with Tina Turner herself, reveals THE UNTOLD STORY of a woman who dared to defy the bounds of her age, gender and race.