Best Mimi in Rent- Page 2
Best Mimi in Rent
MrMarkCharlieBrownCohen
Stand-by Joined: 4/5/05
#25re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 8:17am
Daphne is tops, of course, but how come no one has mentioned Simone? She was an AMAZING Mimi!! Mad vocals! :)
theleadingplyr
Chorus Member Joined: 1/4/05
#27re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:13am
daphne is most certainly the best, followed by karmine alers, who is AMAZING. i've also seen dominique roy who was very good too.
the only mimi i can say i really wasn't a fan of was krystal washington.
#28re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:13amand i never got to see saycon, but i wish i had! i can only imagine how great she probably was!
pair-o-dice
Stand-by Joined: 1/18/05
#29re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:34am
Daphne WAS mimi.
Maya Days was pretty amazing. Her Out Tonight was off the wall! I thought she was going to kill herself. Her performance was definitly a personification of "No Day But Today" and you felt like she was living each moment as her last. A really ballsy, but sweet, Mimi.
Marcy Harriel was adorable (a different take on Mimi, but I liked it, and she is sooooo likeable and fun on stage).
Krysten Cummings was also great. A really rough and tumble sort of girl. All of the Mimi's I've seen recently are too feminine and cautious...Krysten was the most rough and tough and was the real deal.
#30re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:30pm
Daphne was great as Mimi! I've seen several takes on the mimi character and daphne by far was the best. I actually LOVE her voice for the character.
However.....
if I were the producer or director for the Rent MOVIE... I would not have extend the offer for the role.
Why?
'Cause she looks like an old lady. Daphne looks so weathered and beaten up nowadays. For the stage ...yes, she's great. For the movie ...keep her far away!
Updated On: 4/29/05 at 12:30 PM
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#31re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:35pmi do have to say, HAPPY BIRTHDAY RENT!!!!! And also if the show closes in the next year, they should bring back the ENTIRE OBC reguardless of age to close the show the way it opened.. PERFECTLY.
another_day_2day
Understudy Joined: 11/24/04
#32re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 12:40pm
i can only say the worst.......
Karmine Alers-I was embarresed during out tonight
#34re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 1:55pm
Amneris I completely agree! 
Or even if the show doesn't close next year, whenever it does they should bring the OBC back for one final show to end all shows. They brought the roles to life, it seems appropriate that they put them to final rest whenever that may be.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
#35re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:21pmI love Dom, and Karmine...I'll give my opinion on Caren next week. *quietly rejoices and clutches tickets tightly in her hand*
"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
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Intolerant of intolerance.
#36re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:27pm
Karmine Alers and, of course, Daphne.
Equally amazing.
"Oh, good. After all, I can rub my stomach and pat my head at the same time, and I can do it with my eyes closed while whistling 'The Entertainer.' That's rhythm for you."
~ Snaps, proving that White Boys CAN have rhythm
#37re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:30pm
Lari I love your avatar. 
It has momentarily hypnotized me.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
#38re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:44pmRegarding Dominique: I think she's the first Mimi I've ever seen that truly makes me believe that she's a junkie. I had a couple issues with her voice, and the fact that she literally seemed to CLIMB Cary during Goodbye, Love. But overall, I was really, really impressed.
"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
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Intolerant of intolerance.
Di2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/18/04
#39re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:52pm
Daphne was my ex-boyfriend's acting partner so she used to call our apartment all of the time.
I used to get a kick out of hearing her voice on our answering machine.
#40re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:59pm
caren lyn as the WORST? Are you JOKING!?!?!?!?!
*needs to cool down*
I can't believe that...
Just LOOK at my avatar.
I'm in Shock.
awkward.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
Kato2
Swing Joined: 4/22/05
#41re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:00pm
Daphne
Yasmin
Marcy
(and Krysten Cummings, i loved her "Out Tonight")
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#42re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:01pmI completely agree, Amneris. That would be so great.
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#45re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:20pm
Lari I love your avatar. :) It has momentarily hypnotized me.
*MOMENTARY THREAD-JACK*
Why, thank you. XD I made a few more movie-shot icons... One of Wilson as Angel, one of a trio (Adam, Jesse, Wilson), one of Anthony. I'll probably make more later, when I have more time on my hands.
Karmine, though... I saw her a couple months ago, and I loved her to bits. Seriously. I really wish I had a chance to *SEE* Daphne, although her performance on the OBC alone has enough power to show how well she suited the role.
I'm hoping Rosario Dawson will make just as great a Mimi. From what I hear of her voice and see of the set photos... Well, let's just say I have a ton of faith.
"Oh, good. After all, I can rub my stomach and pat my head at the same time, and I can do it with my eyes closed while whistling 'The Entertainer.' That's rhythm for you."
~ Snaps, proving that White Boys CAN have rhythm
#46re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:40pm
favorit mimis
daphne
Karmine
Domonique
least
Antonique smith
krystal
Worst of all
Mel b
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#47re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:02pm
*quick threadjack*
Lari do you think you could send me one?
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
#48re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:14pm
Yeah, sure.
I'll either IM you or PM you... can't right now, though. Gotta run momentarily. :)
"Oh, good. After all, I can rub my stomach and pat my head at the same time, and I can do it with my eyes closed while whistling 'The Entertainer.' That's rhythm for you."
~ Snaps, proving that White Boys CAN have rhythm
#49re: Best Mimi in Rent
Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:16pm
Thanks. Whenever you get the chance, that'd be great.
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
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