Entertainment & Arts
Otis Williams, the last surviving original member of the Temptations, sits down with his real-life manager of more than 50 years, Shelly Berger, and the two actors who play them onstage in the jukebox musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud.’
Dec. 15, 2022
“Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations” has been added to Center Theatre Group’s 2018-19 season, Artistic Director Michael Ritchie announced Wednesday.
Jan. 25, 2018
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.
Aug. 26, 2018
Movies
Back in the mid-’60s, anybody could want to be John and Paul, or Dylan, or Mick and Keith.
Oct. 31, 1998
Music
Replacing a cog here, a valve there, the Temptations are one Detroit model that has managed to keep running strong for almost 30 years--and a few weeks ago the definitive Motown soul group was awarded a designated parking place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Feb. 6, 1989
Afterword
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May 31, 2010
Replacing a cog here, a valve there, the Temptations are one Detroit model that has kept running strong for almost 30 years--and a few weeks ago, this definitive Motown soul group was awarded a designated parking place in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
In one of their best songs, the Temptations gave the world an indelible melody and a good piece of advice: walk and don’t look back.
Dec. 11, 1989
The Temptations and the O’Jays together--as they were Sunday at the Celebrity Theatre in Anaheim--represent about 50 years of experience, a slew of personnel changes and approximately 1 zillion hits.
Feb. 23, 1988
Melvin Franklin, the original bass singer of the perennially popular Temptations who anchored such hits as “The Way You Do the Things You Do” and “My Girl,” died Thursday.
Feb. 24, 1995