Kimberly Akimbo (Broadway)— 3/5
I watched this because it was voted by a jury of its peers as 'Best New Musical' and that made it an easy choice when deciding what to watch on my last night in New York City but watching it leads me to believe that it is very hard to be great on Broadway, and so good becomes rewarded. This was fine. The first half helped me get over the sticker shock of what it costs to see people perform live on Broadway, it has echoes of the humor of 'Raising Hope' which is a show I watched a few times and enjoyed because of its lower class humor, but the second half made me feel like this is kind of weird and makes me think the typical Broadway class does not actually like the lower class. It sets them up for a redemption that simply does not come. (Pair that with similar thoughts about the Matilda musical which also fucking hates it lower class participants.)
Some of the songs were good.
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