Mimi le Duck to Begin Previews a Day Late on October 12

For technical reasons, Off-Broadway's Mimi le Duck will begin previews one day later than originally announced.

Although opening night is still slated for October 31st, Mimi le Duck will now begin previews at New World Stages on October 12th.

"The Paris that's been created by our Tony Award-winning design team is more elaborate than the typical off-Broadway show, and our technical rehearsals took longer than expected. In order to ensure that the audience sees the beautiful world that our designers intended, we needed to iron out a few final technical concerns," explained general manager Carol Fishman in a statement.

The show will star Kitt (Nine, The Wild Party) and Annie Golden (The Full Monty, Assassins), as well as Tom Aldredge, Candy Buckley, Robert DuSold, Allen Fitzpatrick, Ken Jennings, and Marcus Neville. 

Kitt will play a Parisian torch singer in the show, while Golden--who was previously seen in the show in 2004 when it played the Adirondack Theater and New York International Fringe festivals--will take on the title role of Miriam, "a discontented Mormon housewife from Ketchum, Idaho, who, in a moment of desperate inspiration (and a visit from the ghost of Ernest Hemingway), packs her bags and moves to Paris, leaving behind her husband and her career as a duck painter for QVC," according to New World Stages notes.

Mimi le Duck features music by Brian Feinstein, with music and lyrics by former congresswoman and children's book scribe Diana Hansen-Young.   Thomas Caruso--who previously directed Mimi le Duck--will again stage the musical.  Aruba Prods., Ken Denison and Fishman (Bingo) will serve as executive producers and general managers.

Visit www.newworldstages.com for more information.