Scary Spice as Mimi?
Scary Spice as Mimi?
renthead503
Swing Joined: 12/1/05
#0Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 9:54pmDid anybody get to see Scary Spice when she did that stint as Mimi in Rent on Broadway? I'd like to hear what she sounded like...anybody know where there's a clip of her singing one of Mimi's songs or something? How was she as Mimi?
#1re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 9:56pm
anybody know where there's a clip of her singing one of Mimi's songs or something?
Forbidden topic alert! Awoooga!
#2re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 9:58pmHad the misfortune of seeing her twice, actually. At first I thought her raspy hoarse voice was a character choice, and then I realized no no, that was her attempting to sing. It was not pretty. Nor was her attempt to hide her accent.
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
#3re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:03pmmimi should not go in and out of a british accent
#4re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:06pmI too had the misfortune of seeing her twice. The second time I was told she was out for the night so I went to see the understudy at the time. Much to my disapointment I had to sit through another painful 2 hours. She not sing the material, her 'Without You' was horrendous. She was totally late on all of her entrances (for example, not at the door in time to hit the knocker with the music during 'Light My Candle' but literally still all the way across the stage so she didn't even bother leaving and coming back), and I agree with JACXR, I have never heard a Latina with a british accent...
Once upon a time I was a shy young thing
Could barely walk and talk so much as dance and sing
But let me hit that stage I wanna take my bow
Cause Mama I'm a big girl now!
renthead503
Swing Joined: 12/1/05
#5re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:07pmwell then im glad i cant hear what she sounded like...i assume she slaughtered Mimi's songs. eew. I'm sorry the idea even came into my head.
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#6re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:30pm
"They call me...they call me...offffffff keeeeeey"
I kid Scary Spice.
#7re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:35pmyea i took one of my best friends to see her cause he loves the spice girls. She was really not good, I wanted her to be good but as stated before Mimi shouldn't go in and out of a british accent and shouldn't sound like she is always congested. Yea it was not a pretty sight, but I give her props for trying.
#8re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:37pmAnd her outfit was all reversed. Black pants and a blue shirt.
#9re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:40pm
"They call me...they call me...offffffff keeeeeey"
I kid Scary Spice.
That cracked me up (probably more than it should have). Mimi with a British accent = NO!
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#10re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 11:25pm
and you only have the producers to blame for this.
they put selling tickets and making $$$$ over putting someone with real talent in the role.
QOM
Stand-by Joined: 8/28/05
#11re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 11:27pmI saw it...she was worse than Toni Braxton in Beauty & the Beast..and that's bad!
#12re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 11:27pmShe was not even close to being on-key. Her "Another Day" was actually physically painful. She looked great though!
#13re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/2/05 at 11:30pmJoey Fatone and the Ex-Mr. Jessica Simpson's little brother (I still refuse to believe he was a "big name") weren't exactly the best choices either. I mean, the producers kept the show on Broadway even when attendance wasn't that great, so I can't hate them too much. But every time I see someone posting about what a great Maureen Kelly Clarkson would make, I have to shudder, because I wouldn't put it past the the producers to try.
Wanting life but never knowing how
#14re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 12:06amhow long was she in the show?
#15re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 12:37am
I saw Mel B. twice. The major things that I couldnt take was the huge key change in Another Day, and her WIthout You. Oy.
However, and this may have something to do with the fact that I slightly biased to Jeremy Kushnier, who I saw opposite her both times, I thought her chemistry with him, and their dramatic scenes (as far as acting goes) were pretty decent.
I think I also dismissed her brittish accent the first time because I wasn't paying too much attention to it, but yeah, it was pretty obvious the second performance.
She did look amazing in the part, and I give her credit for her dancing, but her vocal troubles really overshadowed everything else she did on stage.
#16re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 12:47amTake a piece of chalk. Now use it to write on a blackboard but make sure that you press it firmly on the blackboard so that the chalk makes as loud a sound as it can. That sound that you get sounds better than Scary Spice did when I had the misfortune of seeing her perform in RENT.
#17re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 1:01am
"They call me...they call me...offffffff keeeeeey"
Haha. Now that is really scary.
"Misdirection. What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes." - Swordfish
#18re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 1:06am
*Forbidden subject*
Oh lord, Mimi with a British accent, she's suppose to be Latina. Though Mel.B did look the part but, she DEFINATLY didn't have the voice for it, at all.
tiny thread Jack, anyone see Jeremy Kushnier in it, i know he did it with Mel for a while.
Updated On: 12/3/05 at 01:06 AM
#19re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 1:22amYeah, I did - I was actually a bit disappointed, but I think I'm in the minority...
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
SahDu
Leading Actor Joined: 3/22/05
#20re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 2:05am
First and only time I saw Rent she played Mimi. She ended up losing her voice by Goodbye Love and couldnt make it through the Finales without coughing. She lost her voice progressively throughout the show. It was bad. Not very nice introduction to the musical.
Updated On: 2/15/14 at 02:05 AM
#21re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 3:31amNo JAC I agree, Jeremey does not rank high on my list of Rogers. And Scary Spice DID always lose her voice by the end of the show, sometimes by the end of Out Tonight! It seemed like she was putting in an honest effort to do the part justice, but I agree that her lack of pitch overshadowed all else.
#22re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 3:33amThere is video out there. I can say no more...lol.
#24re: Scary Spice as Mimi?
Posted: 12/3/05 at 11:22amShe had vocal problems, certainly. She could belt all right but when she quieted down she would lose it and crack, at least on the night I saw her. That said, I thought she was a credible and convincing actress and the fact that she was older than most Mimis lent an extra touch of pathos to the role. And whoever said that she and Jeremy Kushnier had good on-stage chemistry, I agree.
Videos