Kiki Moritsugu is a woman who knows who she is and has spent a lot of time and effort getting there. This show is a beautiful showcase of her talent, her messy relationship with her mother, and what it takes to survive showbiz and be authentically you. Kiki has done everything right in terms of content warnings, but sometimes I wish we had more words! I found myself both seen in how she describes her relationship with her mothers death to cancer and very unprepared for the emotions that followed. As someone who is white I can’t relate to or speak on the struggle of being multi-racial in show biz (or the world) but I really appreciated learning about her experience! This show covers so much but I never found it too much, the way she weaves her story together is intricately beautiful. The addition of musical numbers felt so Kiki and so well done, and her voice is amazing and so versatile! The piano felt loud and the switching between her mic being on and off felt abrupt and distracting at times, I think it would have been better to just leave it on throughout the performance. I wore loop engage earplugs and used a stress ball. I also found myself wishing I had a sweater as Gateway Theatre can be a bit chilly. While this show invoked emotions I was not prepared for, it was beautifully done and there are a lot of people that will probably find themselves in Kiki’s story, which had me laughing as much as crying.