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Temptations in the Apollo’s Walk of Fame

June 20, 2019

Not only were “The Temptations” emblazoned on the Apollo’s marquee, the Motown group’s name is now embedded along the theater’s Walk of Fame, located between Patti LaBelle and Quincy Jones. The induction ceremony was Friday afternoon, June 7, and Otis Williams, the only surviving member of the original Temptations, was there to receive the honor. […]

Derrick Baskin And Dominique Morisseau On ‘Ain’t Too Proud’

June 7, 2019

“Ain’t Too Proud, a musical based on Motown legends The Temptations, is up for 12 Tony Awards. NPR’s Noel King talks with actor Derrick Baskin and writer Dominique Morisseau.”   Read more at NPR https://www.npr.org/2019/06/07/730564591/derrick-baskin-and-dominique-morisseau-on-aint-too-proud

The Temptations, with original Otis Williams, play the Shubert May 24

May 15, 2019

Otis Williams, last of the five original Temptations, still tours with the group, which will perform in New Haven Friday, May 24, at the Shubert Theatre. Past honors aside, there’s new reason for pride: a Broadway musical, “Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of The Temptations,” which opened in March. And the young […]