Tina is best known for being the vocalist on the theme song for the
children's television show, Reading Rainbow, which aired on PBS from
1983 until 2009. Her version of the theme ran until 1999, when it was
replaced by a newer version by Chaka Khan. The original theme song was
written by Steve Horelick, Dennis Neil Kleinman, and Janet Weir, and
featured one of the first uses of the Buchla synthesizer in a TV theme
song.
She was nominated for a 1991 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Musical for a Supporting Role in "South Pacific" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.