A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:02pm

From replacing Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl to singing "Broadway Baby" in the Encores Follies, her career has spanned more than 4 decades.

She is one of the funniest women ever to grace the stage, and according to PalJoey'sMother, "She was just as good as Barbra in Funny Girl, only she didn't become famous."

Here are 5 YouTube links to entertain you:

"Who Are You Now" from Funny Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dSHX5Abwz8


"Chicago" and "The Music That Makes Me Dance":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Y3WbiTR0g


A Tribute to Rio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Cp0EOLBN0


"I'm the Greatest Star":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id3LUlw_uDs


"Broadway Baby":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tzprx1LEg8

Updated On: 9/12/08 at 04:02 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:07pm

Mimi now:

[NYadgal]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:09pm

Wonderful!

(But, I thought you were organizing an event!)

She's fabulous!

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:11pm

I second Addy's delight (why had I never heard of her before?) and her dismay - I thought we were havng a party!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:13pm

This IS a party!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:14pm

That "Who Are You Now" was extraordinary.

In the "today" photo, she kinda looks like Imelda Marcos.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:17pm

That's true, PalJoey!

Cheers!

[Q]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:17pm

Saw Mimi in Reprise's PIPPIN a couple of years ago - she was great fun as Berthe (and the crowd LOVED her!)

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:41pm

Can't find a funny Mimi Then pic but here's another Mimi Now that shows how effortlessly funny she is.

[ljay889]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 5:18pm

Wait. Where can I find the rest of those clips from FOLLIES? There seems to be like a menu with all of them.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 6:24pm

I saw her in FUNNY GIRL. She was fabulous. I have loved her ever since.

Thank you for paying her tribute, PJ.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 6:37pm

My God, she looks like a prettier, funnier, more kinder and talented Roseanne!

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 6:58pm

She was BETTER than Streisand in Funny Girl. I saw them both.

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:25pm

Holy crap!

I could never picture her as Fanny Brice until I saw those "younger" clips of her.

Now, I get it!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:35pm

Well, JohnBoy, I guess you are just so much better than I am in so many ways!!!

(Just kidding, of course. )

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:40pm

LOL. She was better. Much better. When I saw the show with Babs, I actually thought she had fallen asleep on stage, that's how little she exerted herself. She was completely lifeless in the role, until she opened her mouth to sing. Hines, was full of life, and actually was funny. There was simply nothing funny about Streisand. She was the antithesis of funny

[Q]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:42pm

"she opened her mouth to sing"

Which is why she had the career she did.

[BNN]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:47pm

Broadway Baby... remix?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEjmq3Yse-8

She's a hysterical performer with a wonderful voice.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 7:55pm

Which is why she had the career she did.

Whatever. It makes for rather tedious theater.

[Mamie]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 9:41pm

We used to have a summer stock theatre around here called the Shady Grove Music Fair. They put on lots of revivals of old musicals with guest stars. They also had a few concerts booked and I remember going there and seeing Paul Lynde and Mimi Hines. It was hard to tell who was funnier but it was no contest as to who sang the best. Her "Send in the Clowns" left me in tears.