Titaníque Opens Broadway
Titaníque officially opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on April 12, staging a campy Titanic parody with a Celine‑Dion throughline. ( ). Opening photos show a cast including Marla Mindelle, Jim Parsons, Melissa Barrera, Deborah Cox, Frankie Grande, Constantine Rousouli, John Riddle and Layton Williams, and early reviews called the transfer loud, silly and sensational in different ways. ( )
Titaníque opened on Broadway on April 12 at the St. James Theatre, bringing its Celine Dion-powered Titanic spoof uptown for a limited run. (playbill.com) The musical began Broadway previews on March 26 and is scheduled to run through July 12, according to Playbill and the show’s official Broadway site. (playbill.com) (titaniquebroadway.com) Opening-night photos and cast listings showed Marla Mindelle as Celine Dion, Jim Parsons as Ruth DeWitt Bukater, Melissa Barrera as Rose, Deborah Cox as Molly Brown, Frankie Grande as Victor Garber, Constantine Rousouli as Jack, John Riddle as Cal, and Layton Williams as the Iceberg. (broadwayworld.com 1) (broadwayworld.com 2) The show arrived on Broadway after building a following off-Broadway and abroad. Playbill described it as moving “from a basement off-Broadway to an international phenomenon” before the St. James transfer. (playbill.com) That move also put a downtown cult comedy into one of Broadway’s biggest houses for a 16-week engagement. Broadway World reported the Broadway production began performances at the St. James on March 26 after the show’s earlier New York run downtown. (broadwayworld.com) (playbill.com) Early reviews split more on tone than on premise. Variety called the musical “campy fun,” while Mashable wrote that the show is “loud, silly, and sensational.” (variety.com) (mashable.com) Broadway World’s review roundup collected notices from The New York Times, Deadline, Variety, The Washington Post and other outlets after the April 12 opening. The coverage framed the transfer as one of the spring’s higher-profile comedy openings. (broadwayworld.com) The Broadway cast mixes returning creators and new marquee names. Mindelle and Rousouli are also credited among the show’s writers with director Tye Blue, and Barrera’s casting marked her Broadway debut. (playbill.com) (broadway.com) For now, Titaníque is selling itself as a short, splashy event: 1 hour and 40 minutes, no intermission, at the St. James through July 12. (playbill.com)
