Best Mimi in Rent
Best Mimi in Rent
fiyero8132
Broadway Star Joined: 4/27/05
#0Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:14pm
Rank the Mimis!!! Top three and the three you absolutely hate!
FAVORITE
1. Saycon Sengbloh
2. Dominique Roy
3. Lorraine Velez
WORST
1. Daphne Rubin Vega
2. Caryn Lyn Manuel
3. Talia Brinson
#1re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:15pm
Daphne's top, 'nuff said.
That I've seen - Karmine. I've only seen her and Krystal, but she's my favorite of them.
#2re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:20pm
Karmine
I've heard Caren is awesome too.
And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps...
What did she realize, Kitten?
That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs.
What's wrong with that?
Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had...
Where?
On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.
Over_the_Moon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/05
#3re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:24pmHaven't we done this?
"what have we learned? Don't smoke... don't do drugs and don't sing 'Defying Gravity'." -CATSNYRevival
hortonhearsasam
Featured Actor Joined: 7/12/04
#4re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:26pmDid anyone here see Marcy Harriell as Mimi? Her bio in Lennon says she was the first replacement in the Broadway company, and I was just curious because I thought she was phenomenal in Lennon.
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#5re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:32pm
Daphne Rubin-Vega and Caren Lyn Manuel as the WORST?
I didn't get much sleep last night, I MUST be seeing things...
#6re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:35pm
Marcy Harriell is AMAZING, at least on the video I saw...Why did I have no idea she will be in LENNON?? I am FLIPPING OUT!!
My other fav is Karmine, she is fierce and wonderful.
And Daphne in the bottom three?? No way, the woman IS Mimi, she created the role.
I've never seen a bad Mimi, but, I remember not being impressed with Laura Dias/Maya Days....
Sunchips: Best Kept Secret in the chip aisle!!
Updated On: 4/28/05 at 10:35 PM
Over_the_Moon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/05
#7re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:35pmDon't let Jwei see that...
"what have we learned? Don't smoke... don't do drugs and don't sing 'Defying Gravity'." -CATSNYRevival
#8re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:37pmAnyone know anything about Daphne and the RENT movie?????? Was she asked or considered?????? Did she even want to do it??????
#9re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:44pm
Ahhh the Daphne question...apparently she wasn't even asked, because she gave birth in January and maybe she just wanted to spend time with her husband and child. Some think she looks too old to pass for Mimi, but I say that's poppycock! In short, it's anyones guess.
In the mean time I am still in love with Marcy. LOOK how Beautiful! I am so getting my hair cut just like hers ,land I am ordering Lennon tickets right now! I'm not obsessed or anything...
Sunchips: Best Kept Secret in the chip aisle!!
MeliMel
Understudy Joined: 6/8/04
#10re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 10:57pmcaren lyn manuel.
The theatre is one of the most expressive and useful instruments for the edification of a country; it is also the barometer which makes its greatness or its descent. A theatre which is sensitive and well oriented in all its branches from tragedy to vaudeville can in a few years change the sensibilty of the people; theatre which has been destroyed, in which cloven hooves take the place of wings, can put to sleep an entire nation. A people that does not aid and encourage its theatre is moribund if not dead; the theatre which does not gather to itself the best of society, of history, the drama of its people and the genuine color of its landscape and its spirit, with laughter or tears, does not deserve to call itself theatre, but rather a place for that horrible thing which is called killing time.- Federico Garcia Lorca
JoeGillis
Understudy Joined: 3/28/05
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#12re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:19pmand are you judging daph based on a bootleg or the cast cd? Cause those of us who were lucky enough to see the OBC several times KNOW no one can EVER compare to THEM.. as a whole but, the replacement cast barring sherie came JUST as close to being as amazing. Daph,Yassmin and Marcy = 3 best
#13re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:21pm
OK, I don't care for Daphne's voice - but the women was great in the role.
Becky
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/03
#14re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:29pmI can't put to words how perfect Daphne was in the role. I did, however, enjoy Karmine Alers almost just as much.
#15re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:33pmHands down, Caren Lyn Manuel is my fav that I've seen
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#16re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:08am
What makes you think that people have three whom they 'absolutely hate'? Anyway, these are the ones I've SEEN and my order of preference.
Saskia Garel, Marcy Harriell, Genny Padilla, Karmine, Krysten Cummings, Sharon Leal, Yas, Saycon, Dominique, Daphne, Karen Olivo, Loraine Velez, Maya Days, Julia Santana, Jaime L. Kirchner, Antonique Smith, Krystal Washington.
#17re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:13am
Its a toss up:
Donna Murphey
or
Suzanne Summers
or
Judi Dench
...sheesh...
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before...
After the Sky.
-Into the Woods (Jack)
#18re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:22am
I've seen most Mimi's, since Daphne.
How anyone can include Daphne in the WORST MIMI's list is beyond my realm of comprehension.
I'm not just saying this because she's the original cast - because many members of the OBC have been surpassed by excellence by their replacements, but Daphne is not one. She is the ultimate Mimi, and she's absolutely incredible in the role.
My other favorite Mimi's are:
Yasmine Alers
Karmine Alers
Caren Lynn Manuel
Lorraine Velez
Krystal Washington (I think that's her name)
Out of those, Caren is the BEST, second to Daphne.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
TheGaIsSilent
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
#19re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:30am
Caren Lyn Manuel, without a doubt.
Marcy would be right under her, and then probably Karmine, and Yas!
JOHN LITHGOW
I just realized, your last name is Butz! Both "Norbert" AND "Butz" are in your name! You must have gotten picked on a lot as a child!
Updated On: 4/29/05 at 12:30 AM
jezzebelle
Featured Actor Joined: 4/19/04
#21re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:00am
I never had the privelege of seeing Daphne live in the show, only from the cast recording (which I know doesn't even begin to do justice to the OBC) and thru boots. I'm sure she was amazing.
For the Mimi's I have seen, I'd say Julia Santana was my absolute favorite. Her Mimi was FIERCE.
#22re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:04am
SCARY SPICE!!!!!!!
...oh wait...nevermind.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#23re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:12am
krystal wasington was the best
melanie b the worst
karmine and daphne were just "ok".
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#24re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:16amI haven't heard all the Mimis but from those I have heard, my vote goes to Daphne and Karmine. Daphne's voice was just so unique and perfect for the role and she found a great balance between being sexy and feirce and vulnerable. And Karmine's Mimi (from what I've heard in clips, never seen her live) was really feirce and strong as others have said.
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-Scrubs
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