RENT

[canigeta84]

Posted: 11/27/04 at 2:18pm

I just saw RENT again and I Have to say some of the cast is better then others...but Merle Dandridge as Joanne is irreplaceble!! Honestly she did an amazing job..she was in it last time I saw it and she just gets better!! She fits the part so perfectly!!
-Michelle

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 11/27/04 at 2:20pm

Glad you enjoyed it I have yet to see the show so its great to hear the cast is improving.

[Delphine]

Posted: 11/27/04 at 2:27pm

Who went on as Mimi?

[canigeta84]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 1:56pm

Karmie Aliers played Mimi...she was the same Mimi when I saw it last time too but was better last time.

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 1:59pm

"Karmie Aliers"?

Could you possibly mean Karmine Alers?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 2:01pm

karmine is phenomenal, krystal is my favorite, scary spice really was scary!


Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself!

[canigeta84]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 2:03pm

oops mispelled

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 2:11pm

Karmine = amazing Mimi. Yay!

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 3:34pm

i think i saw it with karmine the first time i saw rent. she was a helluva lot better than mel b

[GaLiNdaFied]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 3:41pm

I didn't think that Mel B was all too terrible until she started to say lines... the accent... no.

[Rentheadut]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 3:47pm

I saw Krystal a few weeks ago and she was phenomenal. She saved the show for me.

Drew Lachey on the other hand....yech.

[canigeta84]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 3:51pm

I thought Drew was good!! Better than Joey!
Yea I could imagine hearing Mel B's accent!! I wanted to see her in it, but maybe I should be happy I didn't.

[pab]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 3:54pm

Her accent was not my main problem it was her croaking out songs like 'Out Tonight' that did it for me.

[Rentheadut]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 3:55pm

I'm sorry but Drew Lackey was the worst thing I have seen on the Broadway stage in a long time. By far the worst Rent cast member ever. Well, I didn't like Karen Olivo as Mimi either but that's another subject. Drew's voice was okay, but his acting and delivery of lines was sooo sub-par.

And what's up with the lisp?

[OneBlazeOfGlory]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 4:00pm

I hear Karmine is a pretty awesome Mimi... sorry I'm a little slow, but has the spice girl left the show yet or is she still there?

[luvWICKED416]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 4:35pm

Rentheadut- I agree... I saw RENT last Sunday... and Drew is awful. But Merle and Kelly were amazing!! I was sooooo impressed.

[FireInYourBrain]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 4:36pm

I thought Drew was pretty ok a couple of weeks ago. Much better than he was in the beginning from what I've heard. But after seeing Matt play Mark so many times, it's hard for me to find anyone even 1/2 as good as him. Matt is definitely the best Mark I've seen. Same goes for Jeremy's Roger...always manages to bring me to tears everytime I see it.

[canigeta84]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 4:39pm

Yea Drew could of been better with the acting, I agree.
Yea the spice girl left.
Merle and Kelly were amazing. Kelly was very funny the singing could of been a bit better though.

[SCBWannabe]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 4:43pm

I saw the show yesterday and I enjoyed Drew. I thought he did fine. And the lisp thing, is kind of a low blow. Some people can't help having one.

I looked at Merle and I just am amazed at how absolutely stunning she is. Gorgeous woman with great pipes.

[Rentheadut]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 4:52pm

I don't think the lisp thing is a low blow at all. I'm fine with people having a lisp--I know many homos who do--but where I run into trouble with it, and especially with Drew, is when the lisp distracts from their performance. I honestly couldn't get past it and I don't think that's me being ignorant, it's just honesty. If you have a lisp or speech impediment and can't control it then you aren't meant for the Broadway stage until you can control it, plain and simple. There were so many times when I was watching the show that I just put my head in my hands after he said a line. Maybe I'm overreacting, but it was VERY pronounced the night I went.

"That's ethactly what Maureenths protethting tonight!"

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 4:56pm

Like Randy Harrison in Wicked.

[canigeta84]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 5:10pm

I totally agree with you SCBWannabe !!
I didn't even notice his lisp

Updated On: 11/28/04 at 05:10 PM

[FireInYourBrain]

Posted: 11/28/04 at 5:24pm

I think you're exaggerating a bit about the lisp lol because honestly when my friends and I saw him in it, we hardly even noticed the lisp. Imo, it doesn't take away from his performance at all.