any mimi understudies in RENT before close?

[gymnastdzb2]

any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#1

Posted: 8/21/08 at 11:07am

Does anyone know if Renee Elisa Goldsberry will be out of any performances before the show's close? She is not my favorite, and I was hoping to be able to see Karmine in as Mimi one last time...

Thanks!
-Danielle

[andrewcomp]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#2

Posted: 8/21/08 at 1:15pm

She was out on the 19th. Karmine Alers went on for her.

[gymnastdzb2]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#2

Posted: 8/21/08 at 11:12pm

aw man! I wish I had known, I totally would have gone. You know if that is going to happen again any time in the near future?
::fingers crossed::

[Mark_E]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#3

Posted: 8/21/08 at 11:18pm

"She was out on the 19th. Karmine Alers went on for her."

I was there on the 19th and she was absolutely FABULOUS, standout of the night I think, can't believe she was the understudy.

[wicked_beast4]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#4

Posted: 8/21/08 at 11:22pm

Karmine is an AMAZING Mimi, one of the best, if not THE best!!!!

"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable." -F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise

[ashley0139]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#5

Posted: 8/21/08 at 11:24pm

Karmine is definitely the best Mimi I have ever seen.

"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

[gymnastdzb2]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#6

Posted: 8/21/08 at 11:25pm

i know. i love her she is my fave mimi, and i've seen 11 different mimi's in the past 10 years. GOD i wish i could see her one more time before the show closes. please let me know if anyone hears that she is going on again!!!

[lovelyspotlight]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#7

Posted: 8/21/08 at 11:29pm

I LOVE Karmine's Mimi. So much. Amazing.

[steven22]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#8

Posted: 8/21/08 at 11:43pm

Karmine is such an amazing all around Mimi!

the only Mimi understudies now are Karmine and Trisha?

[winter_sky]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#9

Posted: 8/22/08 at 2:25am

YEP! Caren Lyn Manuel used to u/s it too. She is my favorite Mimi.

[casualtyofLoVe]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#10

Posted: 8/22/08 at 8:55am

I heard that the 19th was supposed to be her last time on as Mimi, but you never know. Renee could just call out and Karmine could go on again.

[Ole Chum]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#11

Posted: 8/22/08 at 10:05am

i dont know of any scheduled absences, but i think its safe to say that if Renee were to call out, Karmine would go on- technically I think Trisha Jeffrey also covers the role, but theres no doubt Karmine is the primary cover and would go on...

dont know any planned absences on renee's part tho- shes been pretty consistent since she got there.

[parislover87]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#12

Posted: 8/22/08 at 10:20am

hopefully Renee somehow freakishly lets Karmine finish the run because, sadly, Renee's rendition of Mimi may be the worst broadway performance I've EVER seen.

It's the music and I'm its hapless victim

[gymnastdzb2]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#13

Posted: 8/24/08 at 6:40pm

i second that emotion

[Gobstopper]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#14

Posted: 8/24/08 at 7:33pm

The unofficial first covers for the female roles seem to be:
Mimi: Karmine Alers
Joanne: Trisha Jeffrey
Maureen: Tracy McDowell
Mrs. Jefferson/SOL soloist: Crystal Monee Hall

Alexi and Mark's Mom seem to be kinda up in the air.

[winter_sky]

re: any mimi understudies in RENT before close?#15

Posted: 8/25/08 at 1:09pm

I honestly do not understand why Crystal is not first Joanne, she used to be and she was fantastic every time I saw her. Trisha's soloist was great too. Very much like Karmine. You can't believe such a big voice is coming out of such a tiny person.