Kimberly Akimbo Tickets
Tennessee Performing Arts Center - Andrew Jackson Hall | Nashville, Tennessee
You might find yourself trapped in debt, a low pay job, and exagerated expectations. But getting trapped in a elderly women’s body is a hard pill to swallow. Trying to overcome both adolescent and a life changing circumstance at the same time, and seeking for happiness, acceptance and somewhere to belong, pretty much encapsulates Kimberly Akimbo. A well adjusted weave of Comedy and Drama.
Originally Kimberly first debuted on broadway November 10, 2022. “Kimberly” giving a connotation of strength and nobility, and “Akimbo” a postion of having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward, envisions the challenge Kimberly is facing, and the identity she is building.
Played by Victoria Clark, a highly praised Americal Actress and Singer, with hit productions likeThe Light in the Piazza, and Caroline, or Change. This role has won multiple recognitions including the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award, and many more.
With Victoria’s knack of casting, David Lindsay-Abaire’s playwright and lyrical genius, and Jessica Stone’s astonishing storytelling - Kimberly was brought to life so beautifully. Like watching your teenage years unfold before your eyes the show can take you on a wind ride of emotions. Presented to you by the grand Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville, on Wednesday 9th April 2025, Kimberly is here with some good old musical tunes, with prices starting at just $132!
How far can you search for happiness, in a life that is so deliberately is trying to prove you wrong? The story of Kimberly Akimbo, might just be all about that, and more. Written at the start of the millennium by the award-winning David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo is a musical that revolves around the judgment of Time, Identity, and Resilience.
Kim is a brilliant, funny, and enthusiastic Jersey Girl, with, A disorder that gave her the appearance of a 72-year-old woman, making her physical age four and a half times older than she is. Directed by Jessica Stone, the cast starred Victoria Clark as Kimberly, with Justin Cooley, and more. The show has won several acclaimed awards including 5 Tony Awards, and a Drama Desk Award in 2023.
The two and a half hour show, which debuted on Broadway in 2022, is a walk through a standard teenager, with an unusual condition, going through ordinary high school experiences including her first love, dynamic family, and teenage identity crises. Brought to you by the astonishing Tennessee Performing Arts Center, the performance is stepping into the spotlight of Nashville, on Wednesday 9th April 2025. The musical merges the two polarities of a teenager, one struggling with unreal aging issues, and the other as a standard adolecent going through her phases.
The musical has the ability to bring an amotional journey to the audience by fusing self reflection, and judgement, regarding one’s life point of view and the strength to challenge suffering. While packing so many life lessons behind the curtain, the show can also be unbearably funny, and dark humored. Kimberly uses her humor to cope with life and much of the emotional burden that was unfairly placed on her shoulders.
Kimberly’s dearest relationship is with Jaff her friend, a sophomore, who likes to tingle with his words, and emotional complexicity much of the time. Apart from her posetive relationship with Jeff, one can hardly say more, her mother “Pattie”, is an anxious, abruptly remote and emotionally unavailable often seeming to be caught up with her emotions. “Buddy” Kimberly’s father is an liquor entusiaist who usually fails to demonstrate a good father figure, and then there is “Aunt Debra” dubious con-artist, who’s entire interest was pulling successful conspiracies at all costs.
Don’t undermine the show by the coloring, and braces, Kimberly Akimbo can take you on an emotional rollercoaster, of humor, frustration, compassion, and hope, all at once. This masterpiece will join the gathering in the fabulous Nashville, on Wednesday 9th April 2025, at the splendid Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Secure your seat now, and enjoy some good old Broadway at just $132.
