KIMBERLY AKIMBO Previews- Page 4

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 12:30pm

How is Steven Boyer?  I'm a big fan.

[bdn223]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 1:12pm

dramamama611 said: "How is Steven Boyer? I'm a big fan."

Not as great as when his hand was being possessed by a demonic puppet, but then again this is a much less showy and more grounded role. 

[2]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 1:17pm

Steven is excellent. He's extremely charming as one of the more unlikeable roles in the show, as is Alli Mauzey. The two have great chemistry, and their scenes with Kimberly are heartbreaking.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 1:22pm

Just opened this thread back - thank you all for your kind words. They mean a lot to me, especially today. 

 

So here’s some thoughts I have on the show. Material like this can go one of two ways. It can go extremely maudlin or it can be life-affirming and I was relieved it went with the latter. It’s a new take on the “if you knew you only had X amount of time left, what would you do” story. It really is a lovely little show and I don’t use “little” as a negative. In fact it reminded me of an off-Broadway show from the early/mid 00’s (is that how we write it?) that would have developed a little cult following. I don’t know how else to say it but the people I’ve said that to who were around then knew what I meant. 

 

The magic of the show is grounded in Victoria Clark’s performance, and I’d say it’s the best she’s ever been on stage. Never for a moment do you not see a 16 year old girl (even during that one moment in act two) and if any acting role is a testament to an actors ability to completely transform - it’s this one. 

 

The show is also as strong as it is because of a uniformly superb supporting cast especially that of Bonnie Milligan (who is serving Aidy Bryant realness in the best way) and Ally Mauzey who brings a grounded realness to a character that very easily could have been a cartoon villain. Justin Cooley has, I think, a very tough task to make his Broadway debut as a young man acting alongside a Broadway vet (I believe 3x his age) as his contemporary love interest and it’s maybe the sweetest romance I can remember seeing in quite a while. The fact that it never comes across as anything other than “sweet” just proves how talented he is. 

 

The score (for me) was a bit of a mixed bag but there was more to like/love in it than the songs that didn’t work as well - and that’s where that mid 00’s Off-Broadway feel really was noticeable for me, in music that felt like it was “ALMOST there”. 

 

I’ll echo what others have said that I hope it does well but….who knows. If it does succeed I can just imagine the replacement ideas. Patti? I could barely type that out without bursting into laughter but you all know damn well you’d pay a thousand dollars to see it. 

 

But go see this if you can. If only to see Bonnie and the mailbox. 

[MidWestTheater]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 2:32pm

For me Kimberly Akimbo is to Victoria Clark, what Carol Channing is to Hello Dolly or Harvey Fierstein to Edna...where a performer and character mesh so well together, it's gonna be hard imagining different interpretations. However, should the show become a big hit and be around for a while, I would love to see someone like Donna Murphy take on the role, or the show's producer LaChanze ( who still looks 25, which would be interesting). 

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 3:03pm

The show finally started papering 

[bdn223]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 3:06pm

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "The show finally started papering"

which services if you know by chance?

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 3:14pm

Just read Victoria Clark's bio on the site, and she has "Madame Sousatzska in Sousatzska" listed in her bio. I love that she kept mention of this show.

[Broadway Bob*]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 3:16pm

Has anyone done the in-person rush or the digital lotto? Interested on where seat locations have been as I've never seen the first row for sale on TeleCharge. I have a ticket, but it is near the back of the orchestra and I would gladly go stand in line to buy a rush ticket if I could get front row seats.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 3:17pm

I got lotto for tomorrow evening and it's orchestra row H on the side (they emailed e-tickets pretty much right away).  I think it's probably a fairly easy win right now, my friend and I entered for both shows tomorrow and she won for the matinee while I won for the evening.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 3:24pm

Update: They just sent me a discount for "last-minute tickets" for being a lottery loser as well, so for those that are interested, try KIMLOT1. It worked for tonight and both shows tomorrow, though it doesn't explicitly list dates so you could try it further on too.  Front side orchestra for $74 with fee (or $59 without).  Also rear center orchestra and rear mezz at the same price.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 3:25pm

bdn223 said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "The show finally started papering"

which services if you know by chance?"

was up for about four dates on Show-Score

also having seen this off-broadway Boyer was one of the weaker parts and can't really sing his one(?) song, he weirdly keeps getting typecast in these like red-neck/white trash kind of roles  

[C4b2a3b]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 3:52pm

This may be a stupid question, i'm sure it is actually. Where do you put coupon codes on telecharge? 

- I figured it out I think: telechargeoffers.com

Updated On: 10/14/22 at 03:52 PM

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 4:01pm

I wouldn't say it's a stupid question because it's not very intuitive. You have to go to telechargeoffers.com

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 4:58pm

Also won the lotto. My seats were orchestra right G 10-12.

[decotodd]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 5:38pm

Thanks for all of the comments everyone. I've decided to see this on my trip at the end of the month rather than PIANO LESSON. I was on the fence, but would rather see something new than a revival and love Victoria Clark. 

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 6:51pm

This wasn't really on my radar anymore but these positive reports (especially about slight changes) are making me want to revisit the show. I did enjoy a lot of the pieces at the Atlantic (though I did not find Clark as convincing as everyone else seems to) but I didn't think that they stuck the landing. I'd love to go back and be proven wrong. 

Also, thank you to everyone for the lottery/ticket feedback. What is the staging like? Is there a bad place to sit for this show?

[Robbie2]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 10:21pm

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "The show finally started papering"

 

YEA almost 30-40% of seats so far nightly is what I'm hearing

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 10:24pm

I said earlier how this felt like a mid 00’s show and then I heard Brian the Business Analyst mention how to him it was written like a mid 2000’s indie comedy (Juno, Little Miss Sunshine) and he hit the nail on the head - the book really does remind me of those - has this been floating around for 20 years? Curious when this was actually written. 

[bdn223]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 10:38pm

Jordan Catalano said: "I said earlier how this felt like a mid 00’s show and then I heard Brian the Business Analyst mention how to him it was written like a mid 2000’s indie comedy (Juno, Little Miss Sunshine) and he hit the nail on the head - the book really does remind me of those - has this been floating around for 20 years? Curious when this was actually written."

David Lindsay-Abaire apparently wrote the play, for which Kimberly Akimbo is based and shares a name in 2000. It had its premiere though in 2001…and based on everything I could find about the play short of reading it…it does have very similar comedic sense to what you’ve mentioned.

 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 10:39pm

Jordan Catalano said: "I said earlier how this felt like a mid 00’s show and then I heard Brian the Business Analyst mention how to him it was written like a mid 2000’s indie comedy (Juno, Little Miss Sunshine) and he hit the nail on the head - the book really does remind me of those - has this been floating around for 20 years? Curious when this was actually written."

Jake:

The musical is based on a play of the same name by Lindsay-Abaire, which was written in 2000 and premiered Off-Broadway in 2003. 

[bdn223]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 10:42pm

VintageSnarker said: "This wasn't really on my radar anymore but these positive reports (especially about slight changes) are making me want to revisit the show. I did enjoy a lot of the pieces at the Atlantic (though I did not find Clark as convincing as everyone else seems to) but I didn't think that they stuck the landing. I'd love to go back and be proven wrong.

Also, thank you to everyone for the lottery/ticket feedback. What is the staging like? Is there a bad place to sit for this show?"

The last two seats in the first 2-4 rows on the far left side of the theater are always obstructed as they literally face the proscenium wall of the Booth. I sat in them for both The glass menagerie and who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf and missed half of both productions.

[JoeW4]

Posted: 10/14/22 at 10:48pm

I know Jordan's question has already been answered above (the most relevant detail being that it's based on a play from 20 years ago), but I was also trying to figure out when the musical was written. Looks like they had the idea for it as far back as 2008, but sounds like they've been writing it for 7 years

https://variety.com/2022/legit/news/kimberly-akimbo-broadway-musical-david-lindsay-abaire-jeanine-tesori-1235400452/

"Back in 2008, after collaborating on DreamWorks Animation’s Broadway outing “Shrek the Musical,”Lindsay-Abaire (“Rabbit Hole&rdquo and “Fun Home” composer Jeanine Tesori were eager to reteam on something with lower corporate stakes than a Hollywood studio’s bid to turn a film franchise into a Broadway smash. “I wanted to work with Jeanine on a musical like I work on one of my plays,” Lindsay-Abaire recalls. “Something where it’s just us.”

...

After “Wicked” producer David Stone came aboard, the trio developed the show over seven years of demo recordings, readings, labs and attracting talent including Tony winner Victoria Clarke (“The Light in the Piazza&rdquo as Kimberly."

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 10/15/22 at 12:52am

Robbie2 said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "The show finally started papering"



YEA almost 30-40% of seats so far nightly is what I'm hearing

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that is crazy, anyone know what this show is capitalized at?  

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 10/15/22 at 1:08am

You clearly don’t get how producing a brand new musical works.