{"id":98087,"date":"2023-04-27T14:35:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T14:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/27\/aint-too-proud-the-life-and-times-of-the-temptations-prince-edward-theatre-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T14:35:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T14:35:18","slug":"aint-too-proud-the-life-and-times-of-the-temptations-prince-edward-theatre-there-ought-to-be-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/27\/aint-too-proud-the-life-and-times-of-the-temptations-prince-edward-theatre-there-ought-to-be-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Ain\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of The Temptations, Prince Edward Theatre \u2013 There Ought To Be Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The newest in an extended line of jukebox musicals to be impeccably carried out however useless behind the eyes \u2013 Ain\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of The Temptations <\/em>opens on the Prince Edward Theatre<\/h2>\n

\u201cMomma I\u2019m depending on you to tell me the truth\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

What a second to be opening a brand new jukebox musical\u2026 As limitless debates rage about viewers behaviour and the culpability (or in any other case) of this explicit sub-genre, Ain\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of The Temptations<\/a> <\/em>launches onto the vast stage of the Prince Edward Theatre as the newest in an extended line of the Jersey Boys<\/em>-style bio-drama\/live performance efficiency which is, in fact, the far much less imaginative path to take in terms of these jukebox exhibits.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a very good whereas since I\u2019ve seen Jersey Boys<\/em> itself however I wasn\u2019t a fan then and as I\u2019ve taken within the Motown<\/em>, On Your Feet!<\/em>, Get Up Stand Up!<\/em>, The Drifters Girl<\/em> and extra, there\u2019s a miserable recurrence of the identical points. Glitzy productions led by robust casts delivering some distinctive vocal performances, papering over the cracks of the flimsiest of sanitised, selective books, deathly afraid to the touch something controversial about its topic (usually on account of their involvement, or that of their property). <\/p>\n

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Such is the case right here. Dominique Morisseau\u2019s guide pulls from Otis Williams\u2019 memoir, co-authored by Patricia Romanowski, and as a founding (and solely surviving) member of the Temptations, it handcuffs the narrative to his perspective and his interpretation of occasions \u2013 his avatar right here actually narrates at instances. The result’s a narrative that’s depressingly missing intimately \u2013 the social context of era-defining occasions paid scant lip service, biographical insights into his fellow band members ushered off-stage on an precise conveyor belt much less they scuff up the shiny presentation.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s to not deny the robust work from the central 5 \u2013 Sifiso Mazibuko\u2019s Otis Williams, Cameron Bernard Jones\u2019s Melvin Franklin, Kyle Cox\u2019s Paul Williams, Tosh Wanogho-Maud\u2019s David Ruffin and Mitchell Zhangazha\u2019s Eddie Kendricks are all appealingly executed, significantly within the swish strikes of Sergio Trujillo\u2019s choreography. But Des McAnuff\u2019s manufacturing can\u2019t conceal the whole lack of dramatic dynamism or storytelling intent, past offering a shiny new automobile for among the biggest music ever composed. <\/p>\n

Running time: 2 hours half-hour (with interval)
Photos: Johan Persson
Ain\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of The Temptations<\/em> is reserving at Prince Edward Theatre till 1st October<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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