2023 Best Musical Tony Award winner Kimberly Akimbo embarks on a national tour beginning September 22, with the first official performances at Denver, Colorado's Buell Theater.
Three-time Tony nominee Carolee Carmello (Bad Cinderella) is leading the company in the title role, alongside Miguel Gil as Seth, Jim Hogan as Buddy, Skye Alyssa Friedman as Teresa, Darron Hayes as Martin, Emily Koch (Wicked) as Debra, Dana Steingold (Beetlejuice) as Pattie, Grace Capeless (The Lion King) as Delia, and Pierce Wheeler (Dear Evan Hansen national tour) as Aaron.
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Understudies Sarah Lynn Marion, Regene Seven Odon, Marcus Phillips, Bailey Ryon, and Brandon Springman and standby Valerie Wright round out the company.
Kimberly Akimbo premiered Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company before moving to Broadway in 2022, ultimately winning Best Musical at the 2023 Tony Awards. The show won five Tonys in total. Based on David Lindsay-Abaire's 2000 play of the same name, the work follows Kimberly Levaco, a New Jersey teenager with a rare disorder that causes her to age four times faster than normal. Lindsay-Abaire wrote the Tony-winning book from his earlier script, along with penning lyrics to Jeanine Tesori's music for the Tony-winning score. Victoria Clark won her second Tony for her performance in the musical's title role.
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Jessica Stone, currently represented on Broadway with Water for Elephants, was Tony-nominated for directing Kimberly Akimbo. Her creative team reunites for the tour, including choreographer Danny Mefford, orchestrator John Clancy (with additional orchestrations by Macy Schmidt), music supervisor Chris Fenwick, scenic designer David Zinn, costume designer Sarah Laux, lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, sound designer Kai Harada, projection designer Lucy MacKinnon, and wig, hair, and make-up designer J. Jared Janas. New for the tour is music director Leigh Delano. The production is cast by The Telsey Office's Craig Burns. Shawn Pennington is serving as production stage manager.
David Stone, Atlantic Theater Company, James L. Nederlander, LaChanze, John Gore, Patrick Catullo, and Aaron Glick are producing.
Visit KimberlyAkimboTheMusical.com for a full schedule.
