Pain and Joy in the Stellar Musical, ‘Kimberly Akimbo’

Carolee Carmello (photos courtesy of Joan Marcus).

For many, high school is considered to be a difficult time, because of the stress of dealing with social pressures and intense classroom responsibilities. The protagonist (Carolee Carmello) of Kimberly Akimbo, the winner of the 2023 Tony Award for Best Musical, has it tougher than the average student, because she knows her time on earth is limited.

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Just Kidding

Just Kidding

People are pretty much the same everywhere, but storytellers understand that audiences love rediscovering this reality through a peep into somebody else’s life. That’s where plays like David Lindsay-Abaire’s play Good People – presently at the Old Globe Theatre’s White Theatre through Oct. 28 – come from. In a program note, the Boston author describes…

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