The national tour of Best Musical Tony winner Kimberly Akimbo will get some new stars beginning October 28 when the production is in Philadelphia. Joining that day will be Marcus Phillips as Seth and Max Santopietro as Aaron, along with understudies Aidan B. Jones and Benjamin Camenzuli. The tour is also adding Gabby Beredo to the cast as Delia, beginning September 23 in San Antonio.
They will join a company that currently includes Ann Morrison as Kimberly, Jim Hogan as Buddy, Emily Koch as Debra, Laura Woyasz as Pattie, Skye Alyssa Friedman as Teresa, and Darron Hayes as Martin. Continuing understudies Sarah Lynn Marion, Regene Seven Odon, and Bailey Ryon plus Kimberly standby Janet Dickinson round out the company.
The work premiered Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company before moving to Broadway in 2022, ultimately winning Best Musical at the 2023 Tony Awards. The show won five Tonys in total. Based on Lindsay-Abaire's 2000 play of the same name, the work follows Kimberly Levaco, a New Jersey teenager with a rare disorder that causes her to age four times faster than normal. Lindsay-Abaire wrote the Tony-winning book from his earlier script, along with penning lyrics to Tesori's music for the Tony-winning score. Victoria Clark won her second Tony for her performance in the musical's title role.
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Jessica Stone was Tony-nominated for directing Kimberly Akimbo. Her creative team reunited for the tour, including choreographer Danny Mefford, orchestrator John Clancy (with additional orchestrations by Macy Schmidt), music supervisor Chris Fenwick, scenic designer David Zinn, costume designer Sarah Laux, lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, sound designer Kai Harada, projection designer Lucy MacKinnon, and wig, hair, and make-up designer J. Jared Janas. New for the tour is music director Leigh Delano. The production is cast by The Telsey Office's Craig Burns. Shawn Pennington is serving as production stage manager.
David Stone, Atlantic Theater Company, James L. Nederlander, LaChanze, John Gore, Patrick Catullo, and Aaron Glick are producing.
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