Kimberly Akimbo tour

The Kimberly Akimbo tour ended it's 2 week run at The National Theatre yesterday. I saw it Thursday evening and absolutely loved it.

I played the lottery 4 times and won one time. Great seat - 8th row center orchestra on the aisle. What puzzles me is that there were a lot of empty seats, yet tickets for this production did not appear on TodayTix and there wasn't a rush policy in place. I tried the lottery again for Sunday, but didn't win. Usually our local NBC station will feature touring shows that play in DC, but I didn't see any publicity for this. If a production isn't selling, why not offer any incentives to buy tickets?

I got last minute tickets in Boston for sixty something bucks, so I think it likely depends on the venue.

Incidentally, I didn't know they'd planned to run for another entire year! I wonder if we'll get a replacement Kim...

Falsettolands said: "If the replacement murmurs are true...who's like her? Damn few."

Ann Morrison?!

I agree that the touring production is excellent. In San Francisco, there were discounted tickets for every performance and still some empty seats, even though it played the smaller Curran Theatre (1600 seats) instead of the Orpheum (2200 seats). People are not buying those expensive subscriptions since it is clear that almost every show will offer generous numbers of seriously discounted tickets. Why pay $120-140 for a main floor seat when the same seat will go for $55-65 on discount? Might as well wait for the discount and avoid the weak shows like Mrs.Doubtfire, Girl from the North Country, Back to the Future, Some Like It Hot, and worst of all that awful rewritten Oklahoma that distorted the musical so much that people walked out in droves. Only Wicked, Lion King, Hamilton, Hadestown sold without discounts.Funny Girl, A Beautiful Noise received quality reviews and strong word of mouth, but still had many discounted seats. Kimberly was high quality and deserved to sell a lot better than it did, but at least the theatre was mostly full through discounted tickets.

Updated On: 6/2/25 at 08:41 PM

There is a 3 week layoff after the Greenville stop. I’d suspect there would be cast changes around then.

Ann Morrison to join Kimberly Akimbo tour as Kim.

Morrison will join the cast starting on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 in Cleveland, OH. Carolee Carmello will play her final performance on Sunday, July 27, 2025.

Updated On: 6/13/25 at 12:44 PM

ColorTheHours048 said: "Ann Morrison to join Kimberly Akimbo tour as Kim.

Morrison will join the cast starting on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 in Cleveland, OH.Carolee Carmellowill play her final performance on Sunday, July 27, 2025."



OMG

emo_geek said: "I am so impressed by the amount of love and care that is put into this tour. I assume it's the producers doing the work?"

Of course. That's the job of being a producer, and David Stone knows what he's doing.

I don’t know the last time I got really excited for national tour casting, like this!

Even with a second year, it doesn’t seem like this tour will make its way to Canada.

That said, I’m excited to see Louise Pitre as Kimberly in the licensed production in Montreal and Toronto.

Updated On: 6/13/25 at 02:37 PM

I really enjoyed the tour when I saw it last year in DC. Thinking of seeing it again in Baltimore.

EDSOSLO858 said: "Sorry I couldn't find a more recent thread for this:

The national tour will close on May 17 in New Haven, CT - but with it comes an announcement that it made its money back both on tour and on Broadway ($7 million capitalization).

KIMBERLY AKIMBO has become just the fifth new musical to open on Broadway post-COVID and announce its recoupment (SIX, MJ, & JULIET, THE OUTSIDERS)."

While I didn’t enjoy the musical as much as most of you, I am very glad to hear that the Broadway production and the tour recouped. It gives everyone a little more hope that new work isn’t a money pit.

But the $7 million capitalization is quite a bit cheaper than a lot of new musicals these days.

Selling terribly for it's stop in Baltimore this week. Aggressively trying to dump some tickets via Lucky Seat. If you enter, you'll certainly win. Had a co-worker put in 4 Lucky Seat chances with 2 email addresses for herself, two for her husband ... and they won all 4. Tons of seats still remain unsold, even after the Lucky Seat winners started to drop today. Zero buzz for this one. Solid subscription base in Baltimore and a solid following for single show tickets, shows rarely struggle this much to fill up the Hippodrome in Baltimore. Even Back to the Future recently sold very strongly here. Looking pretty rough for the show for this upcoming week.