Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations has now transferred from Broadway to London’s Prince Edward Theatre.
AIN’T TOO PROUD – PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE
AIN’T TOO PROUD – The Life and Times of The Temptations, which won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography, is the electrifying new musical that follows the remarkable journey of the group from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With their signature dance moves and unmistakable harmonies, they rose to the top of the charts creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits with 14 reaching number one. The rest is history – how they met, how they rose, the ground-breaking heights they hit, and how personal and political conflicts threatened to tear the group apart as the United States fell into civil unrest. This thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty and betrayal is set to the beat of the group’s Grammy Award-winning music including the hits My Girl, Just My Imagination, Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone, Get Ready, Ain’t Too Proud to Beg and so many more.
The cast of AIN’T TOO PROUD in the West End includes Cameron Bernard Jones as Melvin Franklin, Kyle Cox as Paul Williams, Sifiso Mazibuko as Otis Williams, Tosh Wanogho-Maud as David Ruffin and Mitchell Zhangazha as Eddie Kendricks with Evonnee Bentley-Holder, Natalia Brown, Ryan Carter, Hannah Fairclough, Christopher Gopaul, Daniel Haswell, Naomi Katiyo, Akmed Junior Khemalai, Holly Liburd, Darnell Mathew-James, Simeon Montague, Posi Morakinyo, Sadie-Jean Shirley, Michael James Stewart, Toyan Thomas-Browne, Dylan Turner and Kevin Yates.
AIN’T TOO PROUD has a book by Kennedy Prize-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau and reunites two-time Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff with Tony and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Sergio Trujilio, whose previous collaborations include the Tony Award-winning hit show Jersey Boys. It has Scenic Design by Tony Award nominee Robert Brill with Costume Design by Tony Award winner Paul Tazewell. Tony Award-winning Lighting Designer Howell Binkley and Tony Award-winning Sound Designer Steve Canyon Kennedy united once again following their success working together on Jersey Boys. Projection Design is by Drama Desk Award winner Peter Nigrini, Hair and Wig Design by Charles G. LaPointe. Music Supervision and Arrangements are by Kenny Seymour, Orchestrations by Drama Desk Award winner Harold Wheeler, Music Direction by Matt Smith and Casting by Pippa Ailion CDG and Natalie Gallacher CDG.
AIN’T TOO PROUD PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Photos: Johan Persson
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VENUE INFORMATION
Prince Edward Theatre
Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4HS
Performance schedule
Tuesday – Saturday: 7:30pm
Thursday & Saturday: 2:30pm
Sunday: 3:00pm
AIN’T TOO PROUD – WHAT THE CRITICS SAID
The actors sing with vigour and perform the athletic dance moves that made the group so distinctive, with nice period choreography by Sergio Trujillo. – The Guardian
This show is really about the performances of those timeless songs. There isn’t a duff voice on stage, but Tosh Wanogho-Maud and Mitchell Zhangazha deliver particularly charismatic, powerhouse turns as lead vocalists David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks. – Evening Standard
