Broadway Bound: Former Charles Rice Learning Center student cast in “The Tina Turner Musical”

By The Hub (Dallas ISD)

When “TINA: The Tina Turner Musical” opened on Broadway in November, 2019 a familiar Dallas ISD face was on stage performing as a young version of the musical legend.

After earning second-place honors at the MLK Jr. Oratory Competition, Turner went viral with her response to a question from former Mayor Mike Rawlings at a Summer Reading Challenge kickoff. She then appeared on the Steve Harvey Show, joined the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for a homegrown duet and helped kick off the Dallas ISD 2018 State of the District.

By E. Davis
Staff Writer

The 11-year-old Oak Cliff native, Broadway actor, was back in North Texas to visit and perform in a Black History Month program at UNT Dallas. Skye got to sing with her former choir and share about her journey since landing the role of a young Tina Turner in the Broadway musical about the legendary singer’s life.

Skye will next appear in an upcoming film about the late Aretha Franklin, premiering in October.