REVIEW: Broadway in Cincinnati’s “Kimberly Akimbo:” A Quirky Coming-Of-Age Story
“Kimberly Akimbo” is a purely original show and a showcase of theatre as its own art form. It’s not trying to act like a movie.
February 19, 2025
“Kimberly Akimbo” is a purely original show and a showcase of theatre as its own art form. It’s not trying to act like a movie.
Director Brian Isaac Phillips sets the perfect tone for the production. Even before the metaphorical curtain rises, the audience is giggling with anticipation for what
Mr. Chace’s villainy is perfection: exhibited clearly while still maintaining brilliant restraint, somehow making Iago even more sinister.
The actors are succeeding in exactly what the play demands: exposing the ugliness beneath carefully constructed civility.
From the beginning, the emotions are so palpable that the language almost became secondary.