Kim Kardashian: The Opera
Opera meets celebrity soap opera in “The Marriage of Kim K,” a slight but ambitious British stage musical, a post-modern mashup that draws parallels between Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Kim Kardashian’s 72-day marriage to NBA star Kris Humphries back in 2011. Starring Yasemine Mireille and James Edge (pictured) Conceived by the youthful duo of composer Stephen Hyde and librettist Leo Mercer, The Marriage of Kim K premiered in prototype form last year. Reconfigured and shortened, this new version has been warming up on a well-received regional tour for the last few weeks ahead of a July 25-29 London run at the Arcola Theatre, followed by a monthlong residency at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.
