The North American Tour of the 2023 Tony Award-winning BEST MUSICAL KIMBERLY AKIMBO is coming to Minneapolis July 8-13
Winner of 5 Tony Awards, including Best Musical
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award Winner for Best Musical Lucille Lortel Award Winner for Outstanding Musical Outer Critics Circle Award Winner for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical Drama Desk Award Winner for Best Musical
“SUBLIME CAST = BEST MUSICAL! Profoundly funny and heartbreaking, the season’s most moving new musical earns its place among the behemoths of Broadway.” – Jesse Green, The New York Times
“A HOWLINGLY FUNNY HEARTBREAKER OF A SHOW.” – Elisabeth Vincentelli, The New Yorker
“MEET YOUR NEW FAVORITE MUSICAL!
It’s something uncommonly satisfying, a new musical so clever, funny and touching, you might want to give everyone on stage a hug. It’s heaven. DO NOT MISS IT.” – David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
“I loved it from the first note to the last! Hilarious and heartbreaking, it’s the kind of entertainment — wise, original, moving — that stamps musical theater as one of the best things ever made in America.” – Peter Marks, The Washington Post
Book & Lyrics by Tony and Pulitzer Prize-Winner David Lindsay-Abaire Music by Tony Award-Winner Jeanine Tesori Based on the play by David Lindsay-Abaire Choreographed by Danny Mefford Directed by Tony Award nominee Jessica Stone
TICKETS GO ON SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON FRIDAY, FEB. 28 AT 10 A.M.
MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 24, 2025) — Hennepin Arts is thrilled to announce that KIMBERLY AKIMBO, winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL and the most critically acclaimed musical of its season, will make its Minneapolis premiere as part of the Bank of America Broadway on Hennepin season Tuesday, July 8 to Sunday, July 13, 2025 at the historic Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Ave.).
Tickets for KIMBERLY AKIMBO go on sale at HennepinArts.org on Friday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. For reservations for groups of 10 or more, please click to minneapolis.broadway.com/groups.Show dates are Tuesday, July 8 to Sunday, July 13 at the historic Orpheum Theatre. Performance times are Tuesday to Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice.
Kimberly is about to turn 16 and recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey. In this “howlingly funny heartbreaker of a show” (The New Yorker), Kim is forced to navigate family dysfunction, a rare genetic condition, her first crush…and possible felony charges. Ever the optimist, she is determined to find happiness against all odds and embark on a great adventure.
Named BEST MUSICAL by the Tony Awards, New York Drama Critics Circle, The Drama Desk Awards, The Lucille Lortel Awards, and The Outer Critics Circle Awards, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is also the winner of 4 additional Tony Awards: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, Best Score (David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori), and Best Book (David Lindsay-Abaire). With her win for KIMBERLY AKIMBO, Jeanine Tesori made history as the first female composer to win two Tony Awards for Best Score.
KIMBERLY AKIMBO features scenic design by David Zinn, costume design by Sarah Laux, lighting design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, sound design by Kai Harada, projection design by Lucy MacKinnon, and wig, hair, and make-up design by J. Jared Janas. The production’s Music Supervisor is Chris Fenwick and the Music Director is Leigh Delano. KIMBERLY AKIMBO features orchestrations by Tony Award nominee John Clancy, with additional orchestrations by Macy Schmidt. The Production Supervisor is Arabella Powell, the Production Stage Manager is Shawn Pennington and casting is by The Telsey Office, Craig Burns, CSA.
The North American Tour of KIMBERLY AKIMBO is produced by David Stone, The Atlantic Theater Company, James L. Nederlander, LaChanze, John Gore, Patrick Catullo, and Aaron Glick.
KIMBERLY AKIMBO opened on Broadway to unanimous rave reviews on November 10, 2022, following its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company in November 2021. Upon closing on Broadway, KIMBERLY AKIMBO played 32 previews and 612 performances.
For more information, please visit KimberlyAkimboTheMusical.com
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