Vanessa Hudgens to Star as Mimi in RENT at the Hollywood Bowl

[Rob]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:02pm

Click Here to Read Vanessa Hudgens to Star as Mimi in RENT at the Hollywood Bowl

[BwayTday]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:03pm

OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!

...But really, I don't hate this choice that much. As long as she can sing the score and all.

EDIT: I just looked up her singing live, so never mind.

Updated On: 4/9/10 at 01:03 PM

[ABoyLikeThat]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:03pm

It's not April 1st, is it?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:05pm

How long before Zac Efron is announced as Roger?

[Annas_Priest]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:05pm

Well.. I want to be sick

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:08pm

Why are they even bothering if this is the kind of thing they're going to do?

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:09pm

And now **** hits the fan.

[Devious]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:11pm

This is sickening.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:12pm

Based on "High School Musical" and her CD's (or what I've heard of them), I don't think she's vocally up to it. Her voice is too light and wispy.

I thought it was an April Fools Joke too...

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:15pm

Based on "High School Musical" and her CD's (or what I've heard of them), I don't think she's vocally up to it. Her voice is too light and wispy.

Er, have you heard Daphne Rubin-Vega?


I'll wait to hear the rest of the cast before passing judgment. She could just be the token stunt cast the Hollywood Bowl seems to require every year. (Jessica Biel anyone?)

[into_the_woods2]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:20pm

F my life...

i couldn't think of someone WORSE. sorry to be negative, but it's the truth. i think she's atrocious. horrible idea.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:21pm

It could be worse. It could be Vanessa Hudgens, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:21pm

Neil Patrick Harris' thoughts on casting Vanessa Hudgens

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:27pm

Honestly, I don't know much about this girl, but based on this live concert in Chile, I think she looks fabulous and sounds ok for the part.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zePvy2Grci8

Updated On: 4/9/10 at 01:27 PM

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:27pm

I thought Jessica Biel was a good singer by the way...

Updated On: 4/9/10 at 01:27 PM

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:27pm

I don't think it can get much worse than Rosario Dawson and Mel B to be honest...lol

Updated On: 4/9/10 at 01:27 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:32pm

Wow, the amount of pearl-clutching in this thread is amazing.

Besides, it's not like she'll be doing it 8 times a week.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:37pm

It could be worse. It could be Vanessa Hudgens, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp.

After seeing the "final tour", I agree completely.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:42pm

HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA

I'm surprised Disney's not having a sh*tfit that she's playing a "crackhead nymphomaniac prositute" (tm Forbidden Broadway).

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:47pm

This cast to going to get interesting.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:48pm

"I don't think it can get much worse than Rosario Dawson and Mel B to be honest...lol"

Come off it, i know people like to bash the Rent movie but Rosario Dawson was a brilliant Mimi, hence her walking away with all the reviews

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:49pm

She walked away with the reviews?

[tazber]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 1:53pm

Whatever. Really, why is this such a big deal? She may be excellent.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 2:11pm

Rosario Dawson brought a shred of decency to the awful movie, I thought, although she was autotuned to no end, still I don't blame her for that. And really, no one walked away with the RENT reviews, it was ripped to shreds and rightly so.
I don't get Vanessa Hudgens, I think she's a disastrous actress. Daphne Rubin-Vega may not have the best voice around but she sure knows how to act and how to sell a song. Oh well.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/9/10 at 2:11pm

"She walked away with the reviews? "

That's what i said, it would take you 2 mins to check on somewhere like Rotten Tomatoes