The show won five Tony Awards in 2022.
The original Broadway company of “Kimberly Akimbo,” which launches its national tour in Denver. The musical “Kimberly Akimbo” wastes no time in staking a claim to both exuberance and the weight of the world — as well as about a thousand other feelings that its titular lead, her teenage friends and, arguably, the rest of us are awash in.
From left: Nina White, Bonnie Milligan, Fernell Hogan, Michael Iskander and Olivia Hardy in the original Broadway company of “Kimberly Akimbo.” While there is a genetic disorder that ages people prematurely, the show’s makers chose not to name Kimberly’s ailment. We do know that for every year in her life, her body ages five years, and that her life expectancy is dramatically abbreviated.
Carmello takes on the beautifully daunting and tricky work of being 16 going on 70. It’s an illusion that one buys into or doesn’t quite. I didn’t when I saw a very good understudy do the role on Broadway . I did here. Because Kimberly can be so can-do and her parents are often woefully childish, it’s easy to forget that Pattie and Buddy have also been living with the burdens of their daughter’s fleeting life.
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