The Temptations musical comes to London's West End
The Tony-winning musical - 'Ain't too Proud' is heading to London
Last updated 23rd Nov 2022
Ain't Too Proud, the jukebox musical based on the story of the American vocal Group The Temptations is coming to the West End.
Producers have now announced the actors who will play the band members in the West End production.
Ain't too Proud will star Cameron Bernard Jones (The Wiz, South Pacific) as Melvin Franklin, Kyle Cox (Elf, Crazy For You) as Paul Williams, Sifiso Mazibuko (Hamilton, Motown the Musical) as Otis Williams, Tosh Wanogho-Maud (The Drifters Girl, Dreamgirls) as David Ruffin and Mitchell Zhangazha (Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, Dear Evan Hansen) as Eddie Kendricks.
The musical is set to run at the Prince Edward Theatre from 31st March 2023 with tickets now on sale.
The musical first ran in Berkeley, California in 2017 and then went on to run in Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Toronto before arriving on Broadway in 2019, where it won the Tony Award for Best Choreography.
Otis Williams, the group’s founding member and an executive producer of the show said: “I am truly thrilled that our Tony Award-winning musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations, which was a smash hit on Broadway and is currently touring to 50 cities in the U.S., will be opening in the West End next Spring. The UK has always loved our music and embraces it as much today as it did 60 years ago. All of us involved with the show can’t wait to share this very production with you all."
Ain't Too Proud has a book by Dominique Morisseau, and is directed by Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujilio. Des and Sergio previously worked together on Jersey Boys.
About The Temptations:
The Temptations are often referred to as American Music Royalty, with an expansive catalogue of hit songs and an ongoing prolific six-decade career. Ranked Number One in Billboard Magazine’s recent list of ‘Greatest R&B/Hip Hop Artists of All Time’, the group were also named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s ‘100 Greatest Artists of All Time’.
'My Girl', released in December 1964, was The Temptations’ first #1 charted record and sold multi-millions of copies.
The Temptations have over 50 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards all combined, and also have been awarded five Grammy Awards, including the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award. They won Motown’s, and their first ever GRAMMY in 1969 for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group for their song 'Cloud Nine'.
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