Take Me or Leave Me - Tracie Thoms and Nicole Scherzinger

[silentguh]

She's alright but Idina could school her.

[taxiskull]

Wow! This is actually really really really good. This sorta makes up for the Vanessa miscasting.

[xXxV1CT0R1AxXx]

absolutely incredible. makes me wonder how they chose such a horrible singer for mimi's part? ... well horrible performer in general. she was an embarrassment to the whole cast, while these ladies are fantastic.

[chin666]

WOW. I mean Nicole really kept up with Tracie (who's a RENT veteran)! Kudos to Nicole! Her "Over the Moon" was just amazing too! GO NICOLE!!!!

[ez09770]

@ba4774 I know Nicole is new and I think that is pretty cool, but I was just saying that Tracie deserves as much credit as Nicole! They sound great together! And I was just merely saying what the obc was thinking of this, not that I wanted to see them all on stage again. Seeing new people do this is awesome! And btw, I work on broadway so I understand theatre very very well.

[ba4774]

@ez09770 OK. I love Tracie too and together they ripped that song. A battle of the divas forsure. It does seem that some posters(maybe not you) who want a cookie cutter performance and I like to see new performers take on the roles. It makes it fresh, especially when they are great. To me, this pairing for the song is the best I've heard.

[nickylovexxx]

wow impressive from nicole! :)

[mckitty2008]

Nicole was incredible!!!

[soccrplaya4lif]

i frickin love tracie!

[ba4774]

I wish we could see them do this song some other place - it was a great pairing. Just perfect and really hot.

[ez09770]

Um, you all keep talking about Nicole but Tracie!!! She is so amazing!! I wonder what the original cast of RENT (Adam, Anthony, Idina, you know) thought about this! :)

[ba4774]

@ez09770 No one is disrespecting Tracie. She is STILL great. Nicole is new. Anyone in the original cast that didn't expect RENT to be interpreted by others don't understand theater - if you want to see the same people do the same thing, watch a movie.

[Bradstuart777]

Nicole killed this! Great performance! Legendary Ms. Nicole Scherzinger ROCKS!!!

[Mandypie01]

Great Joanne i loved her on the final broadway and the movie:D

Maureen is good too(:

[Chey456]

Amazing! Now this is what I call RENT! Nicole was really surprising! =D Tracie Never fails to perform! Loved it!

[broadwayboy22]

AMAZING!!!

[sneekypanda]

blown away. wow.

[GreenwithEnvyx]

Nicole can actually sing. I had no doubt, but some people put her off as decent or acceptable for whatever reason. She has pipes. Golden pipes. i wish i could have seen her act, but i'm sure her acting was just as incredible as her vocals.

Tracie, you're incredible. I am ecstatic about these two :) they perfect together. Almost as good as Tracie and Eden :)

Very impressed and very happy with this. Almost completely makes up for Mimi. Almost... ;)

[LightTheCandle1025]

Wow Nicole is amazing.... that was so good her and traice sound great together.

[spacexhopper]

Seriously guys when she sounds THIS good you can't make comprisons to Idina or Eden. She did way better than expected!

[PjD015]

Nicole isnt bad at all but for me idina owns this song and tracie was excellent as per usual

[xxmoussexx]

I liked her 'over the moon' but idina will always be THE BEST maureen ever!!

[wackyd]

Went to the show. Nicole killed it. Her Over the Moon was the highlight of the night. Tracie was great. Telly Leung (as Angel) was amazing. Wayne Brady surprised me, great sound.

[DizzyedUpGirl]

Very impressed by this. This almost makes up for the horrible Mimi casting.

[mogiebear]

THANK GOOD i love thiss! Vanessa ehh i can live with out

[xMeggoMyEggo]

Nicole plays Maureen well, I'm really shocked. I thought she was going murder it. She is no Idina or Eden, but she is still good. And Tracie is amazing, as always.

[mollypie10]

amazing!!

[br0wn3y3dgirl91]

WELL DAMN. I was honestly expecting Nicole Scherzinger as Maureen to be a total trainwreck. But there is no denying she pulled that off surprisingly well. Of course she is nowhere near the level of Idina Menzel's Maureen but she does seem to hold her own here very well. All I can say is I'm impressed. Her voice is much stronger than I ever realized. She should really change her style of music away from what she usually does and more towards something that shows her talent more

[ba4774]

Not surprised - Nicole has an amazing talent. Tracie, as always, great.

[katied325]

thank goodness for tracie thoms!

[nicwisscherzilton]

NICOLE IS FRICKEN AMAZING, ITS ABOUT TIME PEOPLE SEE WHAT SHE CAN REALLY DO! THIS GIRL IS THE REAL DEAL, INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE, INCREDIBLE MAUREEN <3

[MiniButMighty]

@nicwisscherzilton I like Nicole Scherzinger but the original Rent Cast (with Idina Menzel instead of Nicole Scherzinger) is way better.

[MiniButMighty]

LOVE Tracie Thoms <3

[NatalieGoesByBubble]

Yes! FINALLY SOME TALENT! If this show were for sale as a proshot I would so buy it. Vanessa Anne Hugdens kind of sucks and I despise Aaron Tveit for no apparent reason but these girls make the show worth it :)

[harryginnyalways]

Wow Nicole is great! Much better than Vanessa

[khscheer01]

way to go Nicole i knew you could pull this off, although your not quit up to Idina Menzel standers, for me Idina is and will always will be the best and only Maureen no one can top her, but Nicole came close and my god Traci is amazingly talent as we already knew that from movie, i have to say NPH did amazing casting job with this cast just to bad i don't live in LA, i'm just hoping NPH will put this on dvd so people like me who can't make it to the show will beable to see!

[lilvanz22]

i wouldve liked to see nicole in mimi's character, she's fantastic. Is over the moon on youtube?

[telepathic666]

@lilvanz22 Yeah she did an amazing job there too, I think she should do more musical theatre she sooo good at it

[G4Rat]

Thanks dyhts2009, people need to see how fierce she is.

[Rentisgreat]

She should be in a real band.

[kkkjjjj14]

wow....i mean wow

i did not expect her to be this good

[IsThisTourettes]

wow, i didnt think nicole would be that good but she's amazing!!!

and tracie is always amazing!!!

at first i thought that nicole would be a better mimi. but she did really good!!

now vanessa is a whole other story!!! gahhh :(((

[rainbowpride76]

That was excellent! We all know that Tracie is awesome as Joanne having played her in the movie and in the closing Broadway cast, but I have to say that Nicole surprised me, I was a little worried, but she was great too. One gripe though, I don't particularly like all the horns NPH has included throughout every song. Not needed in my opinion.

[Elikolani91]

Nicole's the best... luuv her!!

[themeltedchocolate]

She was quite good, I was never as worried about her as I was about Vanessa. Vanessa s*rewed her role, Nicole was quite nice to listen :)

[BISI1984]

That was FANTASTIC!,she gave me shivers.

[nobase]

Geez Nicole major in Musical theatre before she joined the Pussycat dolls.

[lumpydarabbit]

:O She's really good!!!! And I love the horns!!!!

[emilypotter02]

NICOLE SHERZINGER U FUCKIN RULE SUCH AN AWESOME SURPRISE

[BlueJeanBaby012]

I admit at first I was like, "A Pussy Cat DOll? Lord..." But damn she's got a VOICE! And it's very fiting for the role.

FANTASTIC performance from each.

[chewbacca1318]

they are both brilliant performers with killer vocals <3<3

[Wanderlust729]

this performance gives me chills, it was SO good.

[scrubsrox77]

Wow. Nicole did not disappoint!! 

[thebiggestxflirt]

DEFINITELY better than Vanessa. :D

[biglittlekid]

I was never really worried about Nicole's vocals to be honest and she didn't disappoint.

Wish I was there to get a feel of the acting though =/

[KonkowTwo]

Saw this last night- and this WAS MY FAVORITE SONG OF THE NIGHT! Absolutely brilliantly performed- both ladies were fabulous!!!

[huntrdog]

Now, that's what you call STEALING THE SHOW! BRAVA LADIES!

[philliesphan804]

THAT WAS CRAZY. Nicole scherZinger, come to broadway please. Tracie thoms amazing as always, the duet part at the end, was absolutely awesome. The band sounded pretty tight. GREAT performance

[sleepieennairam]

This. This was so ELECTRIC. Easily one of the best performances from last night's opening.

[cheerleader5293]

This is perfection!!!

[crazygirl97]

just perfect

[alexadefinamusic]

amazing!!

[alexadoggett]

Battle of the Divas at it's finest.

[alexadoggett]

@alexadoggett Vocally, that is. I've heard only nice things about Tracie's personality.

[supachris28]

i'm not sure why everyone expected nicole to bad. she went to school for musical theater, and she can sing her ass off anyway.

[JQuayG2897]

I love it

[TheOnetreehill11]

nicole is actually way better than i expected

[mkmwrite]

Oh my god, explosive! Love it! Nicole actually did the part justice, and of course Tracie was PERFECT. Thanks so much for sharing all the videos!

[amourboheme96]

get it bitch!

[pixiestix419]

nicole was MUCH better than I thought!

do you by chance have christmas bells? or la vie boheme?

[stephmarieex3]

wow... nicole is better than i was expecting, to be honest. i'm still not really a fan of her, but oh well. tracie was amazing, as usual. <333

[xXxMusicalMadxXx]

Nicole is really good! Didn't expect her to be that good!

[wiz337]

AWESOME!

[MusicalLove15]

Idina IS Maureen, but Nicole is great to,Just Idina is better ;) Don't get me wrong it's just my opinion

[RobertUpland]

@MusicalLove15 No. Idinia IS Idina. Maureen is a fictional character :)

[MusicalLove15]

@RobertUpland but you get what I mean right?

[RobertUpland]

@MusicalLove15 Yes I just felt the need for a snark :) I do apologize.......

[chocolateapple]

I forgot to mention thank you sooo much for uploading these videos for us, and for having them up so quickly too! It's much appreciated, so thank you :D

[captastro1]

the girl aint no Idina, but it was acceptable (which is high praise from me)

[chocolateapple]

Nicole completely surprised me! I mean I knew she had chops but daaaaaammmnnn. She really surprised me with how good she was. Tracie didn't surprise me at all honestly. I expected perfection and she delivered a billion percent. These two were the best part of the show, and this number was the highlight of the evening.

[khea24]

OMG nicole is AMAZING!!!!..isn't it great if they make it into the big screen!!!

[Lissek4334]

O.M.G. Nicole killed me... I'm dead XD

[onxmyxtoes]

Was expecting Nicole to be horrible, but she proved to be really talented!

I'm sad I didn't video any of her numbers! Her Over the Moon was really entertaining!

Jeez, the girl can SING!

[melissamiii]

I'm playing this over and over again. So in love with this duet now!

[PCDizzle15]

woooooa that was hot!! :) what a voice :O..

[NscherzingerFan]

OMG Nic and Tracie are awesome

Both are Killing It

Nicole <3 my angel

[bwayfan418]

Seeing this Sunday! So happy that it sounds like Nicole doesn't suck! I was a bit worried for a bit...

[xoJBRocksox]

Tracie was freaking amazing as always. Nicole had some big shoes to fill, but did fantasic! I can't wait to see it live on Sunday.

P.S. What section were you sitting in, if you don't mind me asking?

[writemeastory]

Nicole stole the show! She was a GREAT Maureen! <333333333

[DWSMusic93]

Dude!!!!!! Thanks so much for posting this!!!! It's amazing! I'm shocked at Nicole. She was so great! Idina is a tough one to follow but Nicole did amazing. I have to hear Over the Moon now :)

And Tracie was awesome as expected :D

[nikklis]

I just came back from this and Nicole stole the show!

[WWEQAF]

I knew Tracie would kill it, but the Pussycat Doll was surprisingly good!!

[RENTlover12345]

LOVE IT!!! Nicole and Tracie sound PERFECT together!!! <3

[fanhsm1]

Thanks for posting!!