Your favorite Mimi . . .

[edenespinosalover]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:36pm

My personal favorite is Simone.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:37pm

Jaime Lee Kirchner.

[broadwaygiant19122]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:39pm

Krystal Washington.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:47pm

Karmine Alers or Jaime Lee Kirchner.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:52pm

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:53pm

hard to pick ONE.......

Simone provided INCREDIBLE vocals, but physically, she didn't embody who I saw Mimi to be.
Shayna Steele has some powerhouse pipes and the girl can move.. I LOVED her Mimi.
Krystal Washington is one helluva dancer, I'll say that.
Antonique Smith had the look the I saw to be Mimi and I liked her voice, though I felt it could be more powerful.

Wish I could have caught Caren Lyn Manuel in the role....

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:58pm

I saw Krystal on tour and I do have to say she put the most emotion into her performance.

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 4:59pm

I saw Krystal and didn't like her all that much...

1) I think she must've been sick, because she was really raspy. I personally don't like it when they cast actresses who sound like they have vocal damage. It's painful to listen to, though it does sort of fit the character.

2) She was too tough. I think Mimi is a very vulnerable character at heart...I like to see that.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:08pm

Karmine Alers

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:08pm

1) Daphne
2) Karmine

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:09pm

That I actually saw: Karmine.

Daphne, though, will never fail to be Mimi. Seeing her perform Out Tonight was one of the highlights of my musical theatre fandom.

[Marquise]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:09pm

daphne rubin-vega, she's the only one i've seen do the role.

[Alix]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:23pm

Krystal, Daphne, Karmine, and Dominique Roy...her dancing makes me jealous.

Alix

[ponine24601]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:32pm

daphne,krystal,and dominique. daphne is on the top though.

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:49pm

Karmine Alers

[pab]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:51pm

They were all better than Scary Mel.

[Delphine]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:52pm

Daphne and Dom.

Pab- I will always have a place in my heart for Mel.

[pab]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:53pm

That's good, as long as that place stays in your heart and off of the stage that's fine with me.

[edenespinosalover]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:54pm

Did anybody actually see Mel in it?! Or find a review of her?

[ponine24601]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:55pm

my friend saw Mel. She said that she was AWFUL. poor dear.

(btw..edenespinosalover, you're taking my title!! lol.)

[pab]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:56pm

Unfortunately I saw her in it and I regret that to this day.

[Delphine]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 5:56pm

I thought Mel was fine. She's not as bad as everyone says she is.

[pab]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 6:02pm

Well Delphine, you must have seen her early on because the night that I saw her she was God awful. 'Out Tonight' was croaked and she sounded as if she was going to have to leave the show and have someone else take over for her at any minute because she just sounded as if she would have no more voice for the next song. I really like "Rent" but she left me with some bad memories of that show. In other words, when I saw it, SHE SUCKED!

[adamized88]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 6:02pm

daphne

[StateOfJade]

Posted: 10/30/04 at 7:13pm

Karmine Alers, hands down. And I love DRV, but I love her more for her own music then just mainly her as Mimi.