Critically acclaimed new musical KIMBERLY AKIMBO to launch US national tour
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The most critically-acclaimed new musical of the season, Kimberly Akimbo, will launch a national tour at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in September 2024.
The 75-week tour will play 60 cities across North America. Casting, exact dates and additional cities will be announced on a later date.
Executive Director of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Broadway and Cabaret divisions, John Ekeberg, said: “Kimberly Akimbo is the kind of Broadway musical our audiences love – smart, contemporary musical theater with lots of laughs and an original, heartfelt story. We know Denver audiences will embrace the show as much as New York has and we’re beyond excited to kick off the Great Adventure of Kimberly’s National Tour for audiences across the country.”
A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), Kimberly Akimbo was named ‘Best Musical’ by the New York Drama Critics Circle, The Drama Desk Awards, The Lucille Lortel Awards, and The Outer Critics Circle Awards.
The musical features a book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, based on his acclaimed play of the same name; music by Tony Award-winner Jeanine Tesori; choreography by Danny Mefford; and direction by Jessica Stone. Kimberly Akimbo opened on Broadway to unanimous rave reviews in November 2022, following its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company in December 2021.
Kimberly Akimbo features set design by David Zinn, costumes by Sarah Laux, lighting by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, sound by Kai Harada, projection by Lucy MacKinnon, music direction by Chris Fenwick, orchestrations by John Clancy, additional orchestrations by Macy Schmidt, and casting by The Telsey Office, Craig Burns, CSA.
Kim is a bright and funny New Jersey teen, who happens to look like a 72-year-old lady. And yet her aging condition may be the least of her problems. Forced to maneuver family secrets, borderline personalities, and possible felony charges, Kim is determined to find happiness in a world where not even time is on her side.
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