Breaking News: TITANIC to Sail Back to Broadway in Fall 2014; Toronto Run Begins July 22!- Page 2

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/17/14 at 3:57pm

If they know what's damn good for them the premium seats will be 27 dollars. We won't be fooled again.

Posted: 1/17/14 at 3:59pm

AS much as I did enjoy the show, I can't help but feel any investments are nothing but tax write-offs.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 10:10pm

I must confess, I'm not at all familiar with this show. I just remember during previews they were having trouble, um, sinking.
Would an Ariane Mnouchkine approach work?

[sabrelady]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 11:45pm

27 Yankee dollars Namo!

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 1/22/14 at 7:53am

Aww, I love this score. Count me as one of the excited ones.

Though I don't think it'll ever be a big commercial hit.

Isn't the upcoming concert enough?

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/22/14 at 8:19am

Not a fan. I almost walked out of the show on Broadway. I don't understand the love for it. It was like watching paint dry. I enjoyed the choral singing, and that was it. Nothing else.

[ElphabaGoodman]

Posted: 1/22/14 at 8:47am

Just read the casting breakdown for this revival. They are planning on doubling up a lot of roles, even amongst some of the larger principals. I guess to get a small cast?

Thomas Andrews
Frederick Barrett/Benjamin Guggenheim/3rd Class Passenger
Harold Bride/John B. Thayer/3rd Class Passenger
Frederick Fleet/Frank Carlson/George Widener/3rd Class Passenger
Captain Edward Smith
Bruce Ismay
Charles Clarke/Porter
Edgar Beane/Joseph Boxhall/3rd Class Passenger
Isidor Straus/Robert Hichens/3rd Class Passenger
Jim Farrell/Andrew Latimer/Porter/1st Class Passenger/Joseph Bell (Chief Engineer)
Henry Etches/Herbert Pitman
William Murdoch
Charles Lightoller/J.J. Astor
Bellboy (male)/Wallace Hartley, Waiter in 1st and 3rd Class, Stoker
Alice Beane/3rd class passenger (one of the things in her breakdown is "not an Ethel Merman belter")
Caroline Neville/ Stewardess/Maid / Mme. Aubert
Kate McGowan/Charlotte Drake/Cardoza / Stewardess Maid/3rd Class Passenger ("celtic mezzo")
Kate Murphey/Lead Dancer/Eleanor Widener/Stewardess/3rd Class Passenger
Kate Mullins/Madeline Astor / Stewardess/Maid / 3rd Class Passenger
Ida Straus/3rd Class Passenger

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/22/14 at 4:28pm

Some of that doubling up will make for some awfully fast (and possibly ridiculous) quick changes. Especially during the opening sequence.

Updated On: 1/22/14 at 04:28 PM

[lambchop2]

Posted: 1/22/14 at 5:19pm

I guess that casting breakdown gives new meaning to the lyric "First class, and third, and second will mean nothing."

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/23/14 at 12:45am

I did a 90min version of the show last summer. It was done in a small theater with just piano/cello and it was beautifully directed. They had some doubling, but basically they kept all the hits and got rid of the minor songs. It actually worked really well. It wasn't as "epic" as you'd expect Titanic to be, but I think it worked.

[aagaard99]

Posted: 3/20/14 at 12:04pm

Any news on casting yet or when tickets go on sale? :)

[lambchop2]

Posted: 5/17/14 at 3:20pm

Has anyone heard any news on this production? It's just about 2 months until the Toronto production is supposed to premiere and there's been nothing about the cast and tickets are yet to go on sale outside of subscriptions.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 5/17/14 at 4:26pm

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

Penny just dropped on what you meant, that's excellent.

[Brick]

Posted: 5/17/14 at 4:26pm

Even with all that doubling, that is still quite a large cast.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/17/14 at 8:15pm

They go into rehearsal in 3 weeks. Should have a casting announcement soon.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/17/14 at 8:23pm

The sets from the original were the worst part of the show. Projections would be a major improvement.

[LittleEdieFan]

Posted: 5/17/14 at 10:04pm

If Titanic makes it to New York doesn't that fundamentally change the story?

[SweetLips]

Posted: 5/18/14 at 3:14am

Good one LittleEdie--I laughed.