ATLANTA - The passage of time seems to be a running theme in the career of singer and actress Ann Morrison.
Back in 1981, Morrison made her Broadway debut in the Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along, in which she played a character who aged 20 years. Famously, the musical played out in reverse chronology, opening with the characters as adults and ending with them two decades younger.
Forty-four years later, Morrison is headlining the national tour of the Tony-winning Broadway hit Kimberly Akimbo. This time around, she plays a young teenager with a rare genetic condition that causes her to rapidly age — essentially turning her into an old woman before she really has a chance to grow up.
Kimberly Akimbo opened at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre last night as part of the current Br