TITANIC Tonight

I can't wait to see and hear this after years listening to the OBC recording. Break a leg to all performers involved with a special shout-out to Martin Moran and Alma Cuervo!

Updated On: 2/18/14 at 01:05 PM

I was there and it was absolutely wonderful. I've loved the score since high school and it was so nice to finally hear it live (we're not counting that horrible NYSEC benefit concert from a few years back...they hired Broadway talent and the sound was so bad it was impossible to hear them, ugh), especially with so many members of the original cast. I'd still like to see a Broadway revival of this in the near future, perhaps with a revised book. I think the biggest problem with the book is that we spend so little time with each character that it's hard to really get to know them before the boat starts to sink. The score is so gorgeous it deserves a full-scale revival, though..."The Proposal/The Night Was Alive" is one of my favorite songs ever, and it was sung beautifully by Brian d'Arcy James and Martin Moran tonight.

I hope Manhattan Concert Productions continues with these huge concerts in the future, they've had huge successes with both this and Ragtime and I'd love to see more from them.

Despite a few mic problems, the score continues to give me chills 17 years later. What a glorious evening.

For those who were unable to attend the concert last night, Theatermania has posted the entire opening number. Enjoy!


There She Is!

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That recording of the Opening is BREATHTAKING. Oh, how I wish I wasn't in Missouri!

Not sure why the chose to splice in the finale at the end of the clip instead of going with the complete opening.

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After the camera panned from the chorus back to the Titanic cast, it looks like some of them have Carpathia blankets on.

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Updated On: 2/19/14 at 08:22 PM

I love this show. And so wish I had seen the tour when I was in 7th grade when it came to town. I'm obsessed. Sorry I missed this. I really can't wait for it to come to Broadway.

No worries! At first I thought I was imagining seeing that.

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I just saw on their IBDB page that the Kennedy Center was one of the producers of the original Broadway production, yet, when the tour played DC in 1999, I believe it was presented at the National Theatre.

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Updated On: 2/19/14 at 04:26 PM

I also loved it, when they were loading the third class passengers, they had some of the front row choristers waving tickets, too!

Nice not to have to listen to that horrible irritating screechy voice of the Bellboy that's on the OCR during "The She Is". (Apologies to Mara Stephens.)

BELLBOY:
Morning, Mr. Andrews
Hello, Mr. Ismay
Morning, Mr. Etches
Hello, Mr. Pitman
Morning, Mr. Whitely
Morning, Mr. Crawford
Hello, Mrs. Hutchinson
Morning, Mrs. Robinson
Hello, Mrs. Beecham
Morning, Mr. Weikman!

Never understood why they had a grown woman playing the Bellboy in the original. In the two other large replica (Holland and Germany) and non replica productions they used a young man (who could pass as a boy).