Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO Presented by Broadway Across America at Kentucky Performing Arts
by Taylor Clemons - Dec 5, 2025
Original musicals that aren’t based on movies are becoming all too rare these days. Most of the fare tends to be adaptations of popular films, and these musicals can vary in quality. However, every once in a while, something fresh or unique breaks through and becomes a success. It makes me so happy that is what happened with the 2023 Best Musical Tony Winner Kimberly Akimbo.
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Bass Concert Hall
by Joni Lorraine - Oct 2, 2025
Now playing at the Bass Concert Hall through October 5th, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is a darkly funny and deeply heartfelt musical about finding joy in the midst of life’s complications. At its center is Kimberly Levaco (played by the magnificent Ann Morrison), a bright, witty teenager from suburban New Jersey who looks like a 72-year-old woman due to a rare genetic condition that drastically accelerates aging.
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Broadway At The Hobby Center
by Jonathan Netek - Sep 17, 2025
This touring production of the 2023 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, is based on David Lindsay-Abaire’s play of the same name. Kimberly, about to turn 16, has just moved with her family to a quiet suburb in New Jersey.
Review: KIMBERY AKIMBO at Connor Palace--Key Bank Broadway Series
by Roy Berko - Jul 18, 2025
Offerings of the musical theater cover a vast array of topics. There is the tale of the young prince who wants to find his “Corner of the sky” (PIPPIN), the flower girl who wants to be a lady (MY FAIR LADY), and the dairy man who has a life ruled by tradition (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF).
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis
by Jared Fessler - Jul 9, 2025
The national tour of Kimberly Akimbo, the five-time Tony Award-winning musical, opened this week at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis — and it is, quite simply, a triumph of storytelling.
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Orpheum Memphis
by AniKatrina Fageol - Jun 26, 2025
'I suppose it's like the ticking crocodile, isn't it? Time is chasing after all of us.' One of my favorite quotes from Peter Pan and it fits so well with this particular story. Kimberly Akimbo teaches a unique lesson about time and aging.
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Ohio Theatre
by Paul Batterson - Jun 6, 2025
Chances are Seth Weetis, the anagram-obsessed friend in KIMBERLY AKIMBO, would have a field day with the show’s title. The two-act musical opened June 3 and runs through June 8 at the Ohio Theatre.
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at National Theatre
by Elliot Lanes - May 22, 2025
DC theatre audiences are blessed because besides there being a huge wealth of local theatres, there are also places like the historic National Theatre that bring us national tours direct from Broadway. It’s current attraction is one of the best tours I’ve seen in a very long time.
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center
by Jeffrey Kare - Apr 30, 2025
Based on David Lindsay-Abaire’s 2001 stage play of the same name, Kimberly Akimbo follows a bright and funny teenage girl from New Jersey who happens to look like a 72-year-old lady. However, 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.
Tickets to KIMBERLY AKIMBO in Chicago on Sale This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 7, 2025
Individual tickets for KIMBERLY AKIMBO, winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL, will go on sale starting Tuesday, April 8. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.