Best Mimi in Rent
re: Best Mimi in Rent#50
Posted: 4/29/05 at 5:27pm
Daphne Ruben Vega
Saycon Sengbloh
Tallia Brinson
They are my favorites !!!!!!!!!!
re: Best Mimi in Rent#51
Posted: 4/29/05 at 9:29pmCaren Lyn Manuel will be going on as Mimi From May3-May7, so if you get a chance, Go see her!!!! :)
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
Broadway Star Joined: 12/11/04
re: Best Mimi in Rent#52
Posted: 4/29/05 at 9:36pm
Saycon was definitley the best SUNG Mimi. She was great.
I saw Marcy live. She was good.
re: Best Mimi in Rent#53
Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:36pm
Does anyone know where I could find clips of Saycon as Mimi? I'd love to hear some.
Thanks!
re: Best Mimi in Rent#54
Posted: 4/29/05 at 11:46pm
Dreamcatcher---Limewire is where i got mine
I have only seen Karmine and MY GAWD that woman is AMAZING!! just superb!
from what I hear of Saycon *she was also my Elphaba* in rent clips she was damn good!
Understudy Joined: 12/11/04
re: Best Mimi in Rent#55
Posted: 4/30/05 at 12:36pmOkay, I have to say, even though I bashed her in the Aida thread, and i'm sticking to those opinions (which, btw, I got some hate mail over. A passioned plea...quite amusing. It brought a single, dry, cracked tear to my eye) Maya Days was the BEST Mimi I have ever seen. Physically, vocally...she was all the way there. Every moment was fresh and inspiring. Her Out Tonight was balls to the wall, and full out fantastic.
Chorus Member Joined: 4/21/05
re: Best Mimi in Rent#56
Posted: 4/30/05 at 12:41pm
Best Mimi I've seen was SIMONE (daughter of Nina Simone). I thought she created a fuller character than Daphne, altho I would not put Daphne is the WORST list.
re: Best Mimi in Rent#57
Posted: 4/30/05 at 12:44pm
i've only seen 1, so i can't really judge, but i DID love talia
re: Best Mimi in Rent#58
Posted: 10/31/05 at 5:24pmI think Krystal Washington deserves more props. She's very talented.
re: Best Mimi in Rent#59
Posted: 10/31/05 at 5:59pm
Daphne
Marcy
Lorraine
wow...i was just thinking that in about 20 years or so when RENT has long closed that people who've never seen the show will only identify Rosario with this role.
re: Best Mimi in Rent#61
Posted: 10/31/05 at 7:41pmMarcy, hands down. She was my first Mimi and and I saw her play the role about 8 or 9 times out of the 12 or so times I saw the show in NYC. Her "Out Tonight" was electrifying.
re: Best Mimi in Rent#62
Posted: 10/31/05 at 7:50pmBest I've seen is Karmine, but I haven't seen too many memorable Mimis.
Wanting life but never knowing how
re: Best Mimi in Rent#63
Posted: 10/31/05 at 9:45pmKystal Washington is my favorite , just thinking of how well she acted during Another Day gives me chills
re: Best Mimi in Rent#64
Posted: 10/31/05 at 9:51pmI saw Antonique Smith just a week ago and she was AWESOME, SOOOO good!!!!!!!
Stand-by Joined: 12/2/04
re: Best Mimi in Rent#65
Posted: 11/1/05 at 3:45pmHad the pleasure of seeing Karmine recently. Blew the other three away. Of course blowing away Scary Spice was easily done.
re: Best Mimi in Rent#66
Posted: 11/1/05 at 3:50pm
TOP
Marcy
Dominique
Saycon
(Vocally: Simone)
BOTTOM
Mel B
re: Best Mimi in Rent#67
Posted: 11/1/05 at 6:30pmLoved Daphne Rubin Vega. She was amazing in the role. I also enjoyed the Australian Mimi, Christine Anu.
re: Best Mimi in Rent#69
Posted: 11/1/05 at 6:41pm
I love Simone to death!
A little off-topic, but I am PISSED that I wasn't able to see Karmine. When I went to the theatre for the first time getting tickets for the first time to see the show for the first time in July, I was SOOO excited to see Karmine, but when I saw the Playbill, there was a slip in it that said:
RENT INVITES BACK KRYSTAL L. WASHINGTON
I WAS SOOO PISSED! Krystal sucked during Out Tonight. She was really stiff and flat. Her voice was weird. I still don't know why she was in it for that one night, but I wish I saw Karmine.
re: Best Mimi in Rent#70
Posted: 11/1/05 at 7:00pmMarcy Harriell was AMAZING as mimi!! I couldn't believe what I was seeing on that stage! her and daphne are my favorites and i have seen a lot of mimi's in my day! :)
Stand-by Joined: 8/28/05
re: Best Mimi in Rent#71
Posted: 11/1/05 at 10:06pm
Really liked Krystal Washington
Really hated SH*Tty Spice
Stand-by Joined: 10/20/05
re: Best Mimi in Rent#72
Posted: 11/2/05 at 1:28am
"I still don't know why she was in it for that one night, but I wish I saw Karmine."
Karmine took about a week vacation this summer so they brought Krystal to fill in for a week.
And i have only seen Caren, Karmine, and Krystal live and I loved them all in different ways.
re: Best Mimi in Rent#73
Posted: 11/2/05 at 9:31pm
Bump because I have a question.
I've only ever seen one Mimi live, and she was the one on the national tour circa fall/winter 2003. Does anyone know who it was? I thought that she was amazing, but admittedly have no live standard of comparison.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
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