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#26

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 11:35am

Out of the 10+ Mimis I have seen, Maya was my favorite for years! Until I recently saw Karmine Alers who was amazing. So my top 3 are

1. Karmine Alers
2. Maya Days / Laura Diaz
3. Marcy Harriel

Never got to see Daphne, but still think she is great on the cd. I can't really compare Rosario because it is just not the same thing as live.
#27

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:18pm

I have seen so many, that is is hard to remember what I liked/disliked about everyone. Most recently I had the pleasure of seeing Antonique Smith, and I loved her. She was probably not my favorite, but she was damn good. Although it seems her voice is limited to mostly belting, which she did very well, she is an undeniably fantastic actor. She brought a new depth to the character that I had never seen on stage before.
There's Only Us There's Only This Forget Regret Or Life Is Yours To Miss No Other Road No Other Way NO DAY BUT TODAY!

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!

#29

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:32pm

Maya was an Ah-mazing mimi...you gotta go see her in the broadway christms show. Her O Holy Night is breath taking
#30

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:35pm

Definitely Jaime Lee Kirchner. She was fierce and totally rock and roll. Plus her acting chops are very impressive. She's the only one I've seen that could compare with Daphne. (Out of Karmine Alers, Dominique Roy, Scary Spice, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Tallia Brinson, and Krystal Washington)
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#31

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:39pm

I recently saw Antonique 2x, and her voice is PHENOMINAL.. at first I was hesitant about her acting, she was a really "ghetto" Mimi, but by act II she was amazing overall.

And you can't help but love her Shoshana riffs.
#32

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:57pm

Well I've only seen the actual show once and the movie a bunch of times and of course the OBC recording:
Antonique Smith was F*cking Amazing!! Omg I can't get over it. I want to be her.
Rosario Dawson was Amazing!! I looooved her in the movie. I want to be her too.
And I wish could've seen Daphne Rubin-Vega, but on the cd she is Amazing too!! Her voice fit Mimi realllly well.
#33

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 1:43pm

Karmine.
I've seen i think 5 of them, but I can't remember all their named. Dominique was amazing as well though. Mel B, not so much.
#34

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 3:08pm

The one time I got to see Rent on Broadway, Mel B. was in it hmph! Seeing Marcy in Lennon, she would have rocked as Mimi.
If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....

Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
#35

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 3:10pm

Karmine is a great performer...i have seen her as the begger woman....and of course she can't sing like Frenchie Davis....but she did alright. Then i think she was a terrible Mimi...and a great Maureen...i just don't like her as Mimi.
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#37

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 3:34pm

Karmine Alers is my favorite.
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#38

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 3:48pm

you know, i NEVER thought I'd agree with muscle about ANYTHING, but Krystal Washington by a mile. interestingly enough tho, she was FAAAAAAAAAAR better when i saw her on the non-eq tour than when i saw her on bway.
#39

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 3:58pm

"never say never" lol....Krystal was amazing...she made me cry more than anyone...and Tallia was as good too...she did the tour though...as far as i know.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-
#40

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 6:01pm

I have to agree about Krystal being amazing. My favorite mimi by far.

Also, i don't really like Kramine as Mimi (she sucks at stage crying). I do love karmine, just not in that role.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
#41

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 6:09pm

My favorite of all time is Karmine. I thought she was the stand-out in the cast that I saw (last March). She and Roger had such chemistry, and her voice is so powerful. And her acting was right on par. She was AMAZING.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#43

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 6:50pm

Karmine Allers definitely my favorite if i have to pick from the live performances ive seen.

OVERALL I actually have to say that Rosario is my favorite. really. she surprised me. I absolutely loved how fresh and different she was and her voice was so pleasing.
you may know what you need but to get what you want better see that you keep what you have
#44

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 7:26pm

Krystal L. Washington is amazing as Mimi. To me, Karmine Allers's performance was lacking...she looks the part, but I was overall umimpressed.

Rosario's portrayal of Mimi is perfect for film. I'm a fan of her voice.
"Love is a many splendid thing, love lifts us up where we belong, all you need is love!"
#48

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/8/05 at 9:38pm

Debbie Kurup

Played the part on the UK tour and in the West End. Brilliant performer and did the octave leap in Out Tonight with a full on belt. Incredible. Plus like most Mimi's I have seen she looked stunning re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?
#49

re: Who is your favorite Mimi Marquez?

Posted: 12/9/05 at 9:05am

Karmine is pretty good. Antonique is pretty bad, but Krystal was absolutely horrible.

My favorite, by FAR, is Dominique Roy, who performed the most stunning Out Tonight and Without You I have ever heard.

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