Ain't Too Proud Officially Heading to Broadway

[bear88]

A couple of decidedly tepid reviews. I basically agree with the LA Times review, although Sykes didn't have vocal problems when I saw him. 

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/theater/reviews/la-et-cm-aint-too-proud-review-20180826-story.html

https://variety.com/2018/legit/reviews/l-a-theater-review-aint-too-proud-the-life-and-times-of-the-temptations-1202917200/

Peter Marks liked it more in the Washington Post when it was in D.C. He's right about the choreography and performances.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/choreography-lifts-aint-too-proud-above-other-jukebox-musicals/2018/06/28/0d38abde-7ada-11e8-8df3-007495a78738_story.html?utm_term=.278697fd0505

[LaneBryant]

YvanEhtNioj said: "One of my best friends was in one of the tryouts for the show. I told him, like most of you, I didnt see the point since we already have Motown. 

We literally have 9,026 shows of white people whiting, but because we had "Motown", having a Temptations musical is too much? Okay, Connor........Thanks for that. *rolls my eyes back into blackness*

 

[RippedMan]

Well, I get what he's saying. Motown kind of covered this story already - and was a hit. So why retread? And it seems like the reviews are kind of saying the same thing. 

I just think the bio-musical is a tired, tired form. 

[A Director]

RippedMan said: "
I just think the bio-musical is a tired, tired form."

So, you are not going to see The Cher Show?!?

 

[YvanEhtNioj]

LaneBryant said: "YvanEhtNioj said: "One of my best friends was in one of the tryouts for the show. I told him, like most of you, I didnt see the point since we already have Motown.

We literally have 9,026shows ofwhite people whiting, but because we had "Motown", having a Temptations musical is too much? Okay, Connor........Thanks for that. *rolls my eyes back into blackness*
"

Hi. Hello. I'm black. 

That's not what I was saying. Do I want more shows focusing around the black experience? Hell yes. But I don't want to see what feels like a "spin off" of something that has already been told. Motown, though not everyone's favorite, did an okay job at telling their story. This feels like it's not really adding anything new. Which is what the reviews say as well. 

[YvanEhtNioj]

RippedMan said: "Well, I get what he's saying. Motown kind of covered this story already - and was a hit. So why retread? And it seems like the reviews are kind of saying the same thing.

I just think the bio-musical is a tired, tired form."

Thank you :) 

[RippedMan]

Of course I'm seeing Cher, duh. But I would take a Head Over Heels over a Summer any day. I like when they try to shoehorn a show into a plot. It's fun, it's campy. I don't want to hear the same tired stories over again. Misunderstood then suddenly a superstar... blah.

[Catsbroadwayfan]

This show just got slammed with negative reviews for its pre broadway engagement. Its being called a “glorified powerpoint presentation”

Good luck to them, but if out of town reviewers are
This harsh, cant wait to hear broadway reviewers!

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Catsbroadwayfan said: "This show just got slammed with negative reviews for its pre broadway engagement. Its being called a “glorified powerpoint presentation”

Good luck to them, but if out of town reviewers are
This harsh, cant wait to hear broadway reviewers!"

I wouldn’t say that the show has gotten “slammed with negative reviews”. In fairness, the reviews have been mixed, and almost all of them acknowledge the entertainment value of the show’s very talented cast and great choreography  Virtually all of the negative comments are directed at the book, and I hope they’re being addressed 

i saw the show in DC and loved it. And there’s a reason it broke every box office record at Berkeley Rep and at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater. So, I wouldn’t count out the possibility that the show could turn out to be a hit, maybe a critic proof hit  

 

 

 

 

[LostinTranslation]

My understanfing is that it sold out its run at the Kennedy Center and that the crowds were dancing in the aisles. Critics be damned. Wicked got lackluster reviews, too.

[Mister Matt]

Baby, It's You Again.

[fashionguru_23]

I mean, its not going to be "South Pacific" or even "Jersey Boys". it will be a fun night in the theatre, that many will want to experience. 

[Bwayfan292]

It wont even make it to the tonys. It wont be the next wicked.

[Sauja]

LostinTranslation said: "My understanfing is that it sold out its run at the Kennedy Center and that the crowds were dancing in the aisles. Critics be damned. Wicked got lackluster reviews, too."

Crowds were also dancing in the aisles at Summer, and a couple short months later, it's playing to 60% capacity. We've simply had too many jukebox musicals. Cher might work because she has a 50 year career behind her and is a PERSONALITY, but The Temptations...they're an (incredibly important) group whose membership often changed and who haven't felt current in decades. The latter could have been said for the Four Seasons, but Jersey Boys was what, 15 years ago? And the reviews on this have been pretty brutal at each of its three stops. I don't sense this being a hit, but I've certainly been wrong before

[RemlapLBC]

I saw in Los Angeles, only because it was a replacement for a show at the Ahmanson season that cancelled.  Painfully bad.  If you want to hear someone's musical journey on Broadway, go see Beautiful again.

 

[Beedlebard]

I’m looking forward to the bio-musical/jukebox musical fad to be over! Sales will hopefully dictate that!

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Beedlebard said: "I’m looking forward to the bio-musical/jukebox musical fad to be over! Sales will hopefully dictate that!"

Well, sales for this show have been exceedingly robust at Berkeley Rep, The Kennedy Center and the Ahmanson, so I wouldn’t get your hopes up. I saw the show in DC and I’ll see it again in NY. It’s a great night of entertainment. A better show than Beautiful in my opinion.