Kimberly Akimbo Creators David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori on How the Play Grew Up to Be a Musical by Darryn King

After Shrek the Musical opened on Broadway in 2008, playwright and lyricist David Lindsay-Abaire and composer Jeanine Tesori knew they wanted to collaborate on another project. When it came to deciding what it would be, Tesori literally pulled it off the shelf. Written in 2000, Lindsay-Abaire's play Kimberly Akimbo was about a teenage girl with a rapid aging disease. The play premiered in 2001 at South Coast Reperto…

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