Hitsville goes glitzville in 'Motown the Musical'

Is there any chance that people buying tickets for "Motown the Musical" at the National Theatre don't know exactly what they're getting? Jukebox musicals are mechanical things, ritually unpacking pop catalogues to sweep audiences through hits they know and love. The "Motown" storytelling can be dull -- and it is, with a crisis-filled yet bland book by Motown founder Berry Gordy himself. But the bargain is getting to see effective stage versions of the formidable Temptations, the conscientious Ma...