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after 12 years on the great white way, this show about a group of bohemians struggling with life and death in alphabet city is closing its doors. and while you may say to yourself, 'i saw it years ago,' or, 'i'll just watch the movie,' there is really nothing as amazing as seeing the show at the nederlander theater. while the original cast will forever live as the greatest bunch to sing jonathan larson's songs, american idol alum and current mimi marquez, tamyra gray, should be added to the short list of those performers that have crackled on that 41st street stage. her naturally beautiful pipes have a bit of welcome tarnish on them as she brings the drug-addled teenager to life. her unbelievably lithe body, clad in pleather, is remiscient of daphne rubin-vega's mimi in 1996. tamyra's turn completely dwarfs rosario dawson's film version, and it kind of makes you wonder if chris columbus even thought of her in his casting. digressing, in 12 short years, this show has already become a period piece, and while the folks at dot.conor are sad to see it go, it will be just as rewarding to see it come back. but, until then, here's to the 535,600 moments so dear.
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