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Broadway’s Tony Award winning
Kimberly Akimbo is making its
West Coast debut right here in
San Diego. The San Diego Civic
Theater. And it’s about growing
up and growing old. It’s great.
I in Bergen County, there are
parties everywhere. This time,
everybody waits inside. You
won’t get close this time. We
hit the road. How fun is this?
So here’s a short preview.
Kimberly is about to turn 16 and
recently moved with her family
to a new town, new Jersey. She’s
forced to navigate family
dysfunction, a rare genetic
disorder. She also ages faster
than her peers and also throw in
her first crush and possibly
some felony charges. And today,
in our studios, we have one of
the stars of the highly
acclaimed musical, Miguel Gil,
who plays Seth, who is
Kimberly’s best friend. Welcome.
Thanks so much for joining us.
We’ve got one of the stars in
town here. So this is your first
trip to San Diego after being on
Broadway? Yes, this is my first
time in San Diego. I’ve loved
it. It’s beautiful. The
weather’s been amazing. Yeah,
it’s been great here. So you
play Seth, who’s Kimberly’s best
friend? Yes. And you were an
understudy on Broadway. And then
you stepped into the starring
role here. What’s that like? And
did that benefit you from being
an understudy? Oh, absolutely.
Absolutely. Yeah. Being an under
covering that role was actually
my first professional job in the
city and in theater. And it was
a huge milestone for me, but
also a huge learning experience,
like being surrounded with the
Tony Award winning Victoria
Clark and so many Broadway
legends that I like really
looked up to. I feel like really
prepared me to take this step
and now feel confident and
comfortable in this role and in
this leadership position. So
let’s talk about this role. And
do you think it will attract
young people to come to see the
play? Because it’s all about
growing up, dealing with those
awkward moments. And for you,
for Seth, the character, you
have your own thing going to,
right? Yeah, I sure do. I sure
do. You know, I think that this
cast and this, this group of
characters is a bunch of kind of
outsiders in a way, you know,
they all there’s this group of
core theater kids that are
bonded together through that.
And then there’s Seth and Kim
who are who are their own thing.
And they find each other and
it’s a story about connection
and I think that it takes the
fact that it takes place in high
school is something that’s so
scary and relatable, you know?
So I think it’s good for all
ages, to be honest, because you
get the high schoolers and you
get Kim, who’s 16, but she looks
like she could be 80. You know?
So it’s the whole gambit. And
we’ve got some big stars behind
the scenes and in front. So
we’ve got Carolee Carmello, who
I know that you just adore and
Jessica Stone, who has roots
here because she directed at the
old Globe. So what’s it like
working with such big stars, big
names, big backgrounds? Yeah,
it’s an incredible experience,
incredible learning experience.
It’s been really cool to see
Carolee work and take command of
the space. You know, she’s been
in so many Broadway shows and
she’s always the lead and she
has a demeanor of
professionalism and just
kindness. That is awesome. Yeah.
Nicole Gale, what a pleasure to
have you here, San Diego is going to love you and glad you