Daniel Yearwood, James T. Lane, and More Announced for the Muny's Ain't Too Proud

The cast has been announced for the Muny premiere of Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, running July 27-August 2.

The musical will star James T. Lane as Otis Williams, Nick Rashad Burroughs as David Ruffin, Jawan Jackson as Melvin Franklin, Elijah Ahmad Lewis as Eddie Kendricks, and Daniel Yearwood as Paul Williams. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

Marcia Milgrom Dodge directs the production, with choreography by Rickey Tripp and music direction and conducting by Darryl Archibald.

The design team includes scenic designer Edward E. Haynes Jr., costume designer Gail Baldoni, lighting designer Rob Denton, sound designer Joshua Hummel, video designer Kevan Loney, and wig designer Kelley Jordan.

Ain’t Too Proud, which follows the Temptations’ journey from the streets of Detroit to international stardom, has a book by Dominique Morisseau, based on the book The Temptations by Otis Williams with Patricia Romanowski, with music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalog.