Lucille Lortel Award Winner for Outstanding Musical
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical
Nominated for 9 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical
Drama League Nominee for Best Musical
KIMBERLY AKIMBO
Announces Pre-Sale for Fall Broadway Premiere
at the Booth Theatre
Fan Pre-sale Begins Tuesday, May 31
General Public On-sale Begins Friday, June 10
Complete Creative Team Confirmed
Previews begin October 12
Opening Night November 10
The fan pre-sale will be exclusively accessed by joining the KIMBERLY AKIMBO email list through the website - KimberlyAkimboTheMusical.com. Fans will receive an email with the code for first access to the pre-sale which will begin Tuesday, May 31st at 10:00am. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 10th at 10:00am at Telecharge.com.
Beginning previews on October 12th and officially opening on November 10th at the Booth Theatre, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is produced by David Stone, Atlantic Theater Company, James L. Nederlander, LaChanze, John Gore, Patrick Catullo and Aaron Glick.
A new musical with book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, music by Tony Award-winner Jeanine Tesori, based on the critically-acclaimed play of the same name by David Lindsay-Abaire, choreographed by Danny Mefford, and directed by Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo had its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company, where it opened to rave reviews in fall 2021.
Kim is a bright and funny Jersey teen, who happens to look like a 72-year-old lady. And yet her aging disease 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.
AWARDS FOR KIMBERLY AKIMBO
NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARD
Best Musical – David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori
OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
Outstanding Musical – David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori
Outstanding Actress in a Musical – Victoria Clark
Outstanding Director of a Musical – Jessica Stone
Outstanding Book of a Musical – David Lindsay-Abaire
LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS
Outstanding Musical – David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori
Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical – Victoria Clark
Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical – Bonnie Milligan
DRAMA DESK AWARDS
9 Drama Desk Award Nominations including OUTSTANDING MUSICAL
DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS
Three Nominations including OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
THEATRE WORLD AWARD
Justin Cooley
CLARENCE DERWENT AWARD
Justin Cooley
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR KIMBERLY AKIMBO
“What’s an Anagram for ‘Wonderful’?
Kimberly Akimbo is a funny, moving and powerful new musical with songs that beautifully tell us new things. It’s the rare example of a good play that has become an even better musical.
Victoria Clark is one of our great singing actors, situating herself exactly where the two impossible arts intersect. In role after role she makes music not an afterthought to character, but the thought itself.”
– Jesse Green -
“A Sensational New Musical!
I am so, so, so glad I saw Kimberly Akimbo — it feels like a miracle, the funniest and most moving experience of my entire return to theatergoing. A choke-back-the-tears tale without a scintilla of schmaltz. Victoria Clark is so heartbreakingly *right* as Kimberly – I can’t get her performance out of my head. Composer Jeanine Tesori contributes touching and witty melodies to Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire’s words, as if the inspiration was pumped from a single heart, all smashingly directed by Jessica Stone. Kimberly Akimbo speaks directly to our moment, when time in the company of others feels particularly precious. It beseeches us to seize the day.”
– Peter Marks -
“Gorgeous! It can sometimes seem that there are no fresh musical-theater ideas, just revivals and adaptations of movies. But Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire’s musical comedy deepens and enriches Lindsay-Abaire’s 2001 tragicomedy. Sweet and bitter, hilarious and touching, this outstandingly cast production is THE BEST NEW MUSICAL OF THE YEAR!”
– Helen Shaw -
“Clever, touching and idiosyncratic, Kimberly Akimbo is THE BEST NEW MUSICAL OF 2021 and Jessica Stone’s well-cast world-premiere production does it justice. The dark absurdist comedy of David Lindsay-Abaire’s original play remains, but it is tempered by Jeanine Tesori’s winding, agile melodies; material that might have been rendered merely as zany has a more human dimension. Mortality is in every beat of this show, but less like a clock than like a pulse.”
Adam Feldman -
“Best of the Year!
Sondheim is irreplaceable, but a leading contender as the dominant composer of musicals is Jeanine Tesori. Her latest revelation, Kimberly Akimbo - with David Lindsay-Abaire, based on his play of the same name - is a near perfect night of theater. It is very funny, sad and incredibly fresh.”
– Eben Shapiro -
“A funny, big-hearted new musical! Kimberly Akimbo is a delight, just what I needed.
So satisfying — every laugh and every teardrop honestly earned.
Victoria Clark is a National Treasure.”
– David Rooney -
For more information, please visit KimberlyAkimboTheMusical.com
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