John Legend’s smooth-as-silk Tony-night performance with the cast of Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations should have tipped us off: The multiple-Grammy winner, along with his partners Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious in Get Lifted Film Co., have joined the producing team of the hit Broadway musical.
During last Sunday’s broadcast of the CBS special Broadway’s Back!, Legend sang and played piano during a performance by the Ain’t Too Proud cast on a number of Temptations classics. Ain’t Too Proud currently is in rehearsals for its return to Broaday’s Imperial Theatre with a gala performance on Saturday, Oct. 16.
Legend and Jackson return to Broadway having won a Best Revival of a Play Tony as producers of August Wilson’s Jitney in 2017.
“Performing with this incredible cast is a memory I’ll always cherish,” Legend said in a statement. “The...
During last Sunday’s broadcast of the CBS special Broadway’s Back!, Legend sang and played piano during a performance by the Ain’t Too Proud cast on a number of Temptations classics. Ain’t Too Proud currently is in rehearsals for its return to Broaday’s Imperial Theatre with a gala performance on Saturday, Oct. 16.
Legend and Jackson return to Broadway having won a Best Revival of a Play Tony as producers of August Wilson’s Jitney in 2017.
“Performing with this incredible cast is a memory I’ll always cherish,” Legend said in a statement. “The...
- 10/4/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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