{"id":230514,"date":"2026-04-14T00:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230514\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:37:06","slug":"tony-award-winning-kimberly-akimbo-making-stop-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230514\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Award-winning \u2018Kimberly Akimbo\u2019 making stop in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A new Broadway musical about growing up and growing old is making a stop in the City Beautiful.<\/p>\n

\u201cKimberly Akimbo<\/a>\u201d first premiered in 2021 off-Broadway in Manhattan before making its official Broadway debut in 2022.<\/p>\n

A year later, the show show took home five Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Original Score. <\/p>\n

At its heart, \u201cKimberly Akimbo\u201d is the story of Kim, a teenager on the verge of turning 16 who has recently relocated with her family to suburban New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The National Touring Company of “Kimberly Akimbo.” (Joan Marcus)<\/p>\n

Set in 1999, Kim navigates the turbulent waters of family dysfunction, a rare genetic condition that accelerates her aging, her first crush and possible felony charges.<\/p>\n

Through it all, Kim is determined to find happiness against all odds and chase what promises to be a great adventure.\t<\/p>\n

The show is recommended for ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s running inside the Walt Disney Theater at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts April 14-19. Click here for information<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A new Broadway musical about growing up and growing old is making a stop in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[33956,1335,139,141,140,3205],"class_list":["post-230514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-kimberly-akimbo","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-setting-the-stage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}