Did Titanique Sink or Swim on Broadway? Read the Reviews Now

Bonjour girlfriends! Titaníque, the campy send-up of the blockbuster 1997 movie Titanic set to the songs of Céline Dion, formally opened its Broadway run on the St. James Theatre April 12, and the opinions are rolling in! 

The musical involves the Main Stem after turning into a cult favourite Off-Broadway. What started as a one-night-only live performance in Los Angeles in 2017 got here to New York’s Green Room 42 the next yr earlier than turning into a completely staged Off-Broadway musical in 2022. Originally supposed to be a restricted run, the manufacturing turned a shock smash hit, transferring to the Daryl Roth Theatre for a three-year run that ended final yr. Since its premiere, the musical has spawned stagings in Australia, Canada, London’s West End, Chicago, and Paris. 

READ: Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue Look Back on the Decade-Long, Worldwide Voyage of Titaníque

The work incorporates a e-book by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue, and music supervision, orchestrations, and preparations by Nicholas James Connell.

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AMNY (Matt Windman)

Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)*

CitiTour (Brian Scott Lipton)

CultureSauce (Thom Geier)

Deadline (Greg Evans)

Entertainment Weekly (Shania Russell)

The Guardian (Adrian Horton)

Mashable (Kristy Puchko)

New York Post (Johnny Oleksinski)

New York Stage Review (David Finkle, Michael Sommers)

New York Theatre Guide (Gillian Russo)

New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)

The New York Times (Elisabeth Vincentelli)*

People Magazine (Dave Quinn)

Theatrely (Kobi Kassal)

TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)

The Recs (Randall David Cook)

Variety (Frank Rizzo)

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Reprising their work on Broadway within the solid are Mindelle as Céline Dion, Frankie Grande (Rock of Ages) as Victor Garber, Rousouli (Wicked) as Jack Dawson, and John Riddle (Frozen) as Cal Hockley, now joined by Jim Parsons (Mother Play) as Ruth Dewitt Bukater, Deborah Cox (The Wiz) as Unsinkable Molly Brown, Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) as Rose Dewitt Bukater, and Layton Williams (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as The Iceberg.

Williams is reprising his Olivier-winning work from the musical’s latest London premiere. Background vocalists Sara Gallo (1776), Polanco Jones (The Wiz), and Kristina Leopod (SIX) in addition to understudies Tess Marshall (Titaníque), Brad Greer (Titaníque), and Kyle Ramar Freeman (The Wiz) spherical out the corporate. Casting is by The Telsey Company’s Rachel Hoffman.

The unique inventive staff has additionally largely reassembled for the Broadway bow, together with director Blue; choreographer Ellenore Scott; music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator Connell; scenic designer Gabriel Hainer Evansohn and Grace Laubacher for Iron Bloom Creative Production; costume designer Alejo Vietti; lighting designer Paige Seber; sound designer Lawrence Schober; and hair and wig designer Charles G. LaPointe. Rick Steiger is the manufacturing stage supervisor, and ShowTown Theatricals serves as common managers. Geoffrey Ko is the music director.

Eva Price leads the manufacturing staff.

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