KIMBERLY AKIMBO Reviews — Page 7

Any discount codes currently? Trying to see a Saturday matinee in March.

It isn't a big discount, $10-20 off. TodayTix has some better pricing, but maybe not for a Saturday.

Well, I’ve finally seen this one and while I enjoyed it, I can’t say I’m as enthusiastic as the rest of you. It was nice. Victoria Clark was excellent, and I also loved Justin Cooley. Alli Mauzey was very funny, but I don’t get the adoration of Bonnie Milligan. She has a strong voice, but her acting just isn’t great. I find Stephen Boyer to be the exact opposite.

Honestly, I could talk about the set, the costumes, the music and all the rest, but “nice” is kind of all I’ve got on this one. Yes, go live your life while you’re living and have a great adventure, but it all seemed very off-broadway (I’m aware that it started off-broadway and this is not a bad thing as I enjoy that, but this feels misplaced). It’s an original musical, and to me, that’s why people are willing to sing its praises and claim it’ll win all the Tonys when the show is just “good.”

Feels like it’ll be another An American in Paris vs. Fun Home Tony year with Some Like It Hot (or even & Juliet) going up against this smaller guy. One has more sparkle and the other has more heart. I think I’m rooting for sparkle this time.

dramamama611 said: "If Some Like It Hot wins, I'll eat my hat. It was cute, but.....not much else."



Want some ketchup with that?

The real race this Tony season is between the musical revivals. Kimberly already has the Triple Crown in the bag.

Victoria Clark posted on Instagram that she will be out March 7 - March 12; returning March 14. Her understudy Colleen Fitzpatrick will be on for her :)

Hairspray0901 said: "Victoria Clark posted on Instagram that she will be out March 7 - March 12; returning March 14. Her understudy Colleen Fitzpatrick will be on for her :)"

Well darn. I bought a ticket for March 7 a couple of days ago and this information was not disclosed at Telecharge (nor is it as of this moment). Off to see about swapping.

And yes, I'm aware her understudy does a fine job, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Updated On: 2/25/23 at 04:38 AM

Disagree. It’s jukebox. Some Like It Hot is the one to beat. Many producers and all theater owners involved.

I saw this evening's performance specifically for Colleen Fitzpatrick's portrayals of Kimberly and it was brilliant. Completely different and original from Victoria's, full of bright eyed wonder and had a hysterical sense of sarcasm that she added. So nice to see originality. An absolutely beautiful performance that I felt lucky to be at.

A wonderful audience that seemed to be about 90% full. I only heard one pair of audience members pull the "I did not pay to see an understudy" speech and left 5 minutes before the show started. Colleen was very well received by the audience and excited oozed out of her at her well deserved standing ovation!

Happy to hear the positive reviews for Colleen. I've heard they added a second cover for Clark now as well.

Seeing this gem of a show in a few hours and I can’t wait.

TotallyEffed said: "I struggled with the parts about the aunt, the mailbox/show choir subplot, and whatever happened in the town they lived in before. I found the parents to be too broad and cartoony. They said and did things that were so cruel they were unforgivable. I wanted the show to focus more on Kimberly, who was so intriguing and heartbreaking to me. I was way more interested in her journey and her relationship with Seth. I felt all the other stuff was underdeveloped, farfetched, and ultimately uninteresting. Victoria Clark was fabulous…joyful, silly, awkward, intelligent, and very sweet. Her story left me leaving the theatre so sad inside. I really felt for her."

Beware. Unpopular opinion below.

I found the parents so over-the-top awful and stupid that it took me completely out of the show. I hated them, and then we'd learn more, and it would get even more stupid and/or cruel. I was ready for Kimberly to borrow from the musical revival I'd seen the previous night and sing, "Epiphany" before doing something deserving to them with Debra's chemicals.

Show choir kids? Didn't care, and Debra's joke about them was revealing because, while a funny line and delivery by Bonnie Milligan, it also pretty much dismissed them from the show.

I've never been to a show where the audience repeatedly said, "Awww," after some dopey teenager says an insensitive thing to Kimberly (excusable, although only Seth is really her friend) or her parents do yet another terrible thing (not excusable, especially by the end). Kimberly's plight could have been compelling and felt genuine. Instead, the show seemed to be making the same treacly plea for sympathy for her that Kimberly - as played by Victoria Clark - didn't really seem to want for herself. Bookwriter David Lindsay-Abaire basically got her a treehouse.

Updated On: 3/18/23 at 07:04 PM

bear88 said: "

Beware. Unpopular opinion below.

I found the parents so over-the-top awful and stupid that it took me completely out of the show. I hated them, and then we'd learn more, and it would get even more stupid and/or cruel. I was ready for Kimberly to borrow from the musical revival I'd seen the previous night and sing, "Epiphany" before doing something deserving to them with Debra's chemicals.
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i enjoyed the show very much, but i agree 1000% that the portrayal of the parents was such a giant, glaring miss. cartoonish and one-dimensional, yes, but also so over the top horrible to be unforgivable. i believe i said this when i saw it off bway and got some pushback here, so yes its an unpopular opinion, again, it did not ruin the show for me by any stretch but yikes. was hoping this got toned down/adjusted for bway but i guess not.