Review: 'Ain't Too Proud,' the Broadway-bound musical about the Temptations: Sensational music, scattershot storytelling
LOS ANGELES - When "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations," the Broadway-bound jukebox musical, is in motion, it's a force almost as irresistible as any of the powerhouse R&B band's greatest hits.
That list includes such everlasting records as "My Girl," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," "I Can't Get Next to You," "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" and, of course, the song that gave the show its title, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg."
The show, which opened Friday at the Ahmanson Theatre under the propulsive direction of Des McAnuff, is better at conveying the band's story through the music than through Dominique Morisseau's book. The
