Impending demise, family dysfunction and teenage social anxieties may not seem like an equation for a feel-good stage musical ...

Comedy may be more difficult than drama, but balancing both in a 2½-hour musical? That’s harder to pull off than, say, a bank heist. But “Kimberly Akimbo” manages it. The musical — based on the 2001 p ...

Kimberly Akimbo,” which won five Tony Awards in 2023, including Best Musical and Best Original Score, offers a refreshing ...

The musical comedy tells the story of 16-year-old Kimberly Levaco, suffering a rare (and also fictional) disorder that causes her to age rapidly. As she suffers from the genetic condition ...

Written by David Lindsay-Abaire, with a score by Jeanine Tesori (“Fun Home”), it’s about 16-year-old Kimberly Levaco, the lonely new girl at a suburban New Jersey high school in 1999.

The musical comedy tells the story of 16-year-old Kimberly Levaco, suffering a rare (and also fictional) disorder that causes her to age rapidly. As she suffers from the genetic condition ...

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions. [BUDDY LEVACO] (Male, 30s). Kimberly's loving but flawed father who is often unreliable and irresponsible. [JEFF] (Male, 20s). A misfit.

Adapted from David Lindsay-Abaire’s decidedly darker stageplay, “Akimbo” focuses on Kimberly Levaco, a new girl in town (Bergen County, N.J., the butt of more than a few of the musical’s ...