KIMBERLY AKIMBO Previews — Page 6

Hey everyone! Would you recommend this as a fun and heartwarming show to take my mom to for her 60th birthday? My mom and I have always gone to Broadway shows together and was just curious what some other theater fans might think. Thanks!

Having seen this last night I would answer that question with a resounding 'Yes'! Heartwarming is exactly how I would describe it.

I hadn't seen the previous iteration but it was very much on my radar given the excellent word of mouth, and my experience last night was that it very much lived up to the hype. An original idea with a fresh score and top notch talent- we love to see it! Something that I found incredibly effective about the show was that it allowed for an undercurrent of sadness given Kimberly's condition, without forcing it down your throat or leaning into melodrama. It had so much joy and laughter that dynamically existed with a heartbreaking truth and understanding- the creative team trusted the audience to allow both to exist rather than being too heavy handed with one or the other.

The cast was just exceptional, and it's a pleasure to see Bonnie Milligan's star continue to rise. What a singular talent.

This appears to be an easy lottery to win--my friend and I entered for the fist time for tomorrow's matinee and we both won. Got the tickets right away and ended up with orch center row B.

In the promos and sitting in the theater last night I was trying to figure out where I had seen Justin Cooley before. After reading his bio I realized I knew him from the Jimmy Awards.

I was sitting in the second row. I normally don't sit that close but it was nice to see, up close the genuine connection this cast has and the twinkle in their eyes. Especially between Cooley and Victoria. I think Mr. Cooley could be looking at a Tony nomination.

It was also nice to see Steven Boyer onstage again. I really like him.

I didn’t see it off-Broadway, but I cannot imagine saying that Mauzey and Boyer have little to do. They’re both onstage a lot- and they each get showcase numbers and lots of heavy-lifting scenes besides. Their characters are both pretty unlikeable and don’t get much warmth them to mitigate their lack of redeemable qualities (unlike Milligan’s Aunt Debra, who is equally terrible but zany and generally kind and supportive toward Kimberly).

Updated On: 10/21/22 at 03:51 PM

I saw this tonight, the last show in my fall visit to NYC. Leading up to this were Death of a Salesman, The Piano Lesson, Leopoldstadt, Funny Girl, Almost Famous, The Music Man. This was one of the better trips: loved most of them, was entertained by Almost Famous, and I enjoyed this. I did NOT love it, but the two people I was with both loved it.

I had several reservations: on first hearing, not a single song made much of an impression, although none seemed bad; and I hated the sub-plot involving the low-life aunt. An awful lot of time was devoted to that sub-plot, which one could argue only existed to enable the last scene.

The cast was very strong, with Clark and the young man who became her close friend the standouts. The woman who played the aunt was aIso excellent, even if I just hated her character. (I have packed away my playbills, since I leave in the am, so I do not remember their names right now). The design was clever, as was the book and direction.

It is a very slight show for which I paid $40 (rush) to sit in the first-row center of the mezzanine on the aisle. At $40, I enjoyed the show; I cannot imagine paying full-time Broadway prices to see it, however.

Jarethan said: "I saw this tonight, the last show in my fall visit to NYC. Leading up to this were Death of a Salesman, The Piano Lesson, Leopoldstadt, Funny Girl, Almost Famous, The Music Man. This was one of the better trips: loved most of them, was entertained by Almost Famous, and I enjoyed this. I did NOT love it, but the two people I was with both loved it.

I had several reservations: on first hearing, not a single song made much of an impression, although none seemed bad; and I hated the sub-plot involving the low-life aunt. An awful lot of time was devoted to that sub-plot, which one could argue only existed to enable the last scene.

The cast was very strong, with Clark and the young man who became her close friend the standouts. The woman who played the aunt was aIso excellent, even if I just hated her character. (I have packed away my playbills, since I leave in the am, so I do not remember their names right now). The design was clever, as was the book and direction.

It is a very slight show for which I paid $40 (rush) to sit in the first-row center of the mezzanine on the aisle. At $40, I enjoyed the show; I cannot imagine paying full-time Broadway prices to see it, however.

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I hoppe you come back to see Beetlejuice, Loop and Kpop soon!

I am beginning to regret picking Some Like It Hot and & Juliet over Kimberly Akimbo for my November trip

Updated On: 10/22/22 at 08:01 AM

“ anyhow, to have a show glamorizing/normalizing criminal behavior or trying to make it cute or funny, it's simply disgusting.”



truly, one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. Your delusion is a special form of comedy and for that I salute you.

It's not that I think theater goers are going to become thieves, but I have to say, I took the subway and saw a guy jumping the turnstiles with a box of an item that was very clearly stolen, from bestbuy perhaps? It had no bag (obviously stolen) and you could just tell. I go to Broadway to escape reality, not to see people committing fraud and things like that, to see that, now you can just take the subway any given day.