Breaking News: TITANIC to Sail Back to Broadway in Fall 2014; Toronto Run Begins July 22!

Producers David Mirvish and Barry & Fran Weissler just announced that the Tony Award-winning Best Musical TITANIC, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Peter Stone, will finally have its Canadian premiere in a brand new production directed by Thom Southerland. TITANIC will play a six-week engagement at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, from July 22 through August 31. TITANIC will then berth on Broadway in the Fall of 2014.

Additional production details including creative team, casting and a New York theatre will be announced at a later date.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-TITANIC-to-Sail-Back-to-Broadway-in-Fall-2014-Toronto-Run-Begins-July-22-20140116

But who will star in a Weissler's production of TITANIC?

Tom Hewitt! I love him! I hope he's coming to Broadway with the production.

About what size house do you see this filling? (I'd say the Broadhurst given your description, but Mamma Mia has it.)

Unless it returns with better sets,a few newer songs & unless you see it actually sink the question is: Why

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I saw it in London last summer.
It is the best musical I've seen since I saw The Phantom of the Opera (ALW's) in 2005.
It worked so well in London. Perfect cast, score and set.

I wonder how many musicians.

I'm looking forward to it.

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They might employ some of the visuals ala The Woman in White and Big Fish to depict the sinking.

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Historically, Titanic has had trouble making it past on Canada on its way to NYC....

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Julie Taymor should direct...I can picture it now...

In all seriousness though, I am actually pretty excited for this production. I love the score and I find it to be Yeston's best work.

It's funny because when I was trying to get my parents to buy me tickets to the concert at Lincoln Center, one of my arguments was that it hadn't been on Broadway for awhile and I didn't think it would be. They got me the ticket....and they certainly won't be hearing about this haha

^^^ because not everyone shares your opinion, many people who didn't see it the first time would like to, and many who did would like to see it again?

Yeston's ambitious score didn't start to attract attention until RCA Victor released the OCR. It took a few listens for people to realize how beautifully he constructed the show.

The original production was full of great scenic effects but as you watched the production you had a sense that the director spent all his time working on the set and not at all with the cast. A few individual performances were good ... more due to instinct than direction. Also the designers could not decide whether to go lavish or minimalist, in the end they went both ways and it didn't work.

I kept thinking "What would Tommy Tune have done with this show?"

BTW The Mirvish press release is wrong..at least 3 community groups have staged TITANIC in Toronto over the last 10 years.SO this will only be the Toronto premiere in the sense of it being a full professional staging.

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