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#1

A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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

#3

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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

Wonderful!

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

She's fabulous!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#4

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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!
#6

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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

That "Who Are You Now" was extraordinary.

In the "today" photo, she kinda looks like Imelda Marcos.
#7

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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

That's true, PalJoey!

Cheers!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#8

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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!)
#10

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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.
#11

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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. re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines
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#12

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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

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

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines
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#14

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#15

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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. re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines )
"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"

http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html

**********

"If any relationship involves a flow chart, get out of it...FAST!"

~ Best12Bars
#16

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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
#19

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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

Which is why she had the career she did.

Whatever. It makes for rather tedious theater.
#20

re: A BWW Friday Night with Mimi Hines

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.
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