Kimberly Akimbo – Musical
Kimberly Akimbo is a 2021 musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, and lyrics and book by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on Lindsay-Abaire’s 2001 comedy of the same name.
The show tells the story of a lonely teenage girl, Kimberly Levaco, who suffers from a condition similar to progeria that causes her to age rapidly, thereby giving her the appearance of an elderly woman, and how, according to Playbill, “forced to manoeuvre 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.
Booth Theatre Broadway NYC
FIRST PREVIEW 12 Oct, 2022
OPENING NIGHT 10 Nov, 2022
CLOSING NIGHT – OPEN RUN
Cast
Victoria Clark – Kimberly
Steven Boyer – Buddy
Justin Cooley – Broadway debut – Seth
Alli Mauzey – Pattie
Bonnie Milligan – Debra
Olivia Elease Hardy – Broadway debut – Delia
Fernell Hogan – Martin
Michael Iskander – Broadway debut – Aaron
Nina White – Broadway debut – Teresa
Standby: Colleen Fitzpatrick (Kimberly), Jim Hogan (Buddy), A.J. Holmes (Buddy) and Betsy Morgan (Pattie, Debra)
Understudies: Skye Alyssa Friedman (Delia, Teresa), Miguel Gil (Seth, Aaron, Martin) and Alex Vinh (Seth, Aaron, Martin)
Booth Theatre
The Booth Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 222 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in midtown-Manhattan, New York City. Architect Henry B. Herts designed the Booth and its companion Shubert Theatre as a back-to-back pair sharing a Venetian Renaissance-style façade. Named in honour of famed 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, the theatre’s 783-seat auditorium was intended to provide an intimate setting for dramatic and comedy plays. It opened on October 16, 1913, with Arnold Bennett’s play The Great Adventure.
Architect Henry B. Herts designed the Booth and its companion Shubert Theatre as a back-to-back pair sharing a Venetian Renaissance-style façade. Named in honour of famed 19th-century American actor Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, the theater’s 783-seat auditorium was intended to provide an intimate setting for dramatic and comedy plays. It opened on October 16, 1913, with Arnold Bennett’s play The Great Adventure.
The venue was the second New York City theatre to bear this name. The first, Booth’s Theatre, was originally owned by Edwin Booth, and built by the architectural partnership Renwick & Sands between 1867-69 on the corner of 23rd Street and 6th Avenue (see picture, below).
The Booth Theatre appeared in The West Wing episode Posse Comitatus as venue for a fictitious charity performance of War of the Roses which President Jed Bartlet attended during the assassination of the Qumari Defence Minister Abdul ibn Shareef.
The box-office record was broken in 2013 by Bette Midler in I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers with a gross of $753,217 in just seven performances. Midler then broke her own record the week following with a gross of $865,144. The revival of The Elephant Man, starring Bradley Cooper, topped Midler’s record by grossing $1,058,547 for an eight-performance week ending December 28, 2014.
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| Address |
| 222 W 45th St (between 7th Ave & 8th Ave) New York, NY 10036 |
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| Transport |
| Subway: A, C, E to 42nd St–Port Authority; N, Q, R, 42nd St S, 1, 2, 3, 7 to 42nd St–Times Square |
| Phone |
| (212) 239-6200 |
| Box Office |
| Monday – Sat 10am-8pm Sun Check |
| Access Information |
| Theatre is not completely wheelchair accessible. Seating is accessible to all parts of the Orchestra without steps. |
| Seating is accessible to all parts of the Orchestra without steps. |
| Wheelchair accessible restroom available. |
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