New Eartha Kitt musical

[hollygolightly]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 10:19am

Hey guys,
Does anyone know anything about the new Eartha Kitt musical "Mimi Le Duck?" i saw the ad in yesterday's NY times.

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 10:46am

I was hoping she would do Ursula in Little Mermaid.

[Nydiva]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 6:37pm

Other than it has a TERRIFIC cast (including two friends of mine) and sounds like a fun premise...not much else.

They have a good website (which links to the author's blog, so it makes it interesting to be in on "the process").

I'm hoping for very, very good things from this show and highly anticipating the first preview.

Nydiva
Don't Duck the Duck

[morosco]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 6:44pm

Eartha Kitt is FIERCE onstage! Her performance in WILD PARTY completely blew me away.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 7:27pm

She was great in The Wild Party

What else would you expect from the catwoman - purrfect

[kyle.]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 8:05pm

She was a Diva Supreme as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz! Loved every second of it!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 8:28pm

She's 172 years old! How could she possibly have the stamina to do a Broadway show?

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 8:30pm

that's why it's OFF-broadway, Dollypop

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 9:40pm

On or Off Broadway, it still takes an enormous amount of stamina for a 172 year old woman to perform in a show. Especially if she was once blacklisted by LBJ (who is now dead)

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 9:42pm

"it still takes an enormous amount of stamina for a 172 year old woman to perform in a show"

we're talking about eartha kitt darling, not Carol Channing.



but anyway, I saw Eartha and Nine and I must say, I've never so badly wanted to have sex with a woman old enough to be my grandmother.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/30/06 at 9:44pm

EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carol Channing is a mere 85.

Thank you very much!

[philcrosby]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 8:24am

Kitt is, in fact, younger than Ms. Channing. She is a sprightly (and surprisingly sexy) 78.

[VeuveClicquot]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 8:26am

She also apparently has a serious Yoga regime, which appears to be working for her.

At 40, I'm not nearly in as good of shape. Go, Eartha!

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 8:30am

"EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carol Channing is a mere 85.

Thank you very much!"


when carol channing is younger than Eartha Kitt (and no longer looks like the Crypt Keeper) then you can make jokes about Catwoman being sooooooooooooooooooooooo old.

[folkyboy]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 12:52pm

i got my ticket for November :) i'm excited!

[once a month]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 2:39pm

I saw her in the Broadway Christmas concert a few years back...I think it was called Joyful Noise. Eartha did Santa Baby and a few bits.

I remember her preparing for Timbuktu, I think in the late '70s, possibly the same time as Sarava- but did it ever officially open?

[AuditioningWaitress]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 3:47pm

I saw it at the Fringe Festival a few years ago. It was a cute show. Still needed some work. Annie Golden was amazing in it though!

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 8/31/06 at 3:55pm

It doesn't matter how old you are when you make a pact with Satan. Eartha, Carol and Chita all reap the benefits of an alliance with the devil and so do we. I will pass away long before any of those divas. Rock on sisters!

[bwaydancr]

Posted: 9/18/06 at 4:26pm

You can hear some of the music too at their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/mimileduck (click "open player") I love "Is There Room" and "Don't Ask." And I think this was posted elsewhere, but there's a rehearsal blog leduckblog.blogspot.com/

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/18/06 at 6:26pm

She was the best Catwoman bar none

See it the end of October . Will see what she says when I ask her to sign my Timbuktu Playbill