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      *The New York Post is reporting that Tina Turner has written an autobiographical musical titled "Simply the Best," which will follow her rise to fame, the abuse suffered under ex-husband Ike Turner and her belief that he is the reincarnation of the tyrannical Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III.

       As the Post puts it: "Simply the Best" portrays Ike Turner as a gun-wielding, cocaine-sniffing, wife-beating monster whose signature line is: "That b*tch will taste my wrath like it's her own saliva!"

       The musical is aiming for London production next year before heading to Broadway, the Post reports. It will feature music from Tina Turner's back catalog to narrate her journey from Nutbush, Tenn. to superstardom. Among the songs in the show are "Nutbush City Limits," "I Can't Stand the Rain," "Let's Stay Together," "Private Dancer" and "What's Love Got To Do With It?"

       The Post reports: "A top-secret workshop of the musical was staged a year ago in London. No auditions were held. Theater agents received discreet phone calls inviting their clients to take part in a 'rehearsed reading of a new musical.'

       "The actors got the script the day before the reading. When they arrived at a dingy rehearsal studio in southeast London, they were shocked to find Turner, in full-diva regalia, there to greet them."       

       A source tells the Post of Turner: "She was every inch the star, but charming and gracious and overwhelmed by the reading."

       A casting director for the show snuck into New York to scout Fantasia in "The Color Purple," as a possibility to play Tina, according to the Post. "Word is he was knocked out by her performance, though there's some concern she isn't sexy enough to play Turner," the newspaper reports.

       "Simply the Best" – which closely mirrors the structure followed in Tina's autobiographical film "What's Love Got to Do With It" – takes a curious turn when the setting shifts to Ancient Egypt.

       According to the Post, "Tina believes she's the reincarnation of Hatshepsut, whose reign from 1479 to 1458 B.C. was prosperous and peaceful. Hatshepsut prevented her evil stepson, Thutmose III (that's Ike), from assuming the throne (though he seized it when she died).  The Egyptian queen watches over Tina. When Ike pulls a gun on Tina, Hatshepsut shields her and the gun 'leaps' out of Ike's hand (special effects!)."