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The musical Kimberly Akimbo sounds like the premise for a Disney comedy: A teenager afflicted with a disease that ages her 4 ½ times faster than normal tries to cope at the same time with the normal challenges of adolescence. But the original playmay still have laughs but its initial strength and its continued impact is the deep affecting portrait not just of adolescence but the importance of savoring life.