Hit after peerless Motown hit rolls out in this slick, well-drilled, jukebox musical from Broadway, about the “number one group in the history of rhythm and blues”, The Temptations.
It’s basically two-plus hours of Sixties and Seventies bangers – My Girl, Shout, Just My Imagination, Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone – performed to fiercely demanding choreography, and loosely strung on a sleevenotes-style history of the group’s personal and professional ups and downs. And it’s none the worse for that. Never mind the narrative; just listen to that back catalogue.
