The Tony Award-winning musical Kimberly Akimbo has arrived in Tulsa, starring Broadway veteran Ann Morrison as the title character. Morrison visited the News On 6 studio to discuss the show and her career.

About the Show

Kimberly Akimbo follows a 16-year-old girl with a rare genetic disease that causes her to age rapidly. Morrison, 70, plays Kimberly, who inhabits the body of an older woman but retains the emotions of a teenager.

“She’s an optimist,” Morrison said. “Life expectancy could be not much beyond 16.”

The musical explores Kimberly’s relationships and a deeply dysfunctional family, with moments of humor woven throughout the dialogue.

Onstage Challenges

A key setting in the show is an ice skating rink where the actors use ice skates on polyglide, which is a synthetic ice.

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