TITANÍQUE Previews

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/25/26 at 12:00am

The Ship of Fever Dreams is hitting the big-time. 

After a celebrated Off-Broadway run that ended last year, the “kooky crazy” cult hit Titaníque arrives at the St. James Theatre tomorrow night (March 26) before an April 12 opening. The musical, which spoofs the 1997 film “Titanic,” is driven by the song catalog of Céline Dion, who is the lead character and played in this telling by co-creator Marla Mindelle. She leads a company that also includes Constantine Rousouli, Melissa Barrera, Frankie Grande, Deborah Cox, Jim Parsons, John Riddle, and Layton Williams. Titaníque features a book by Mindelle, Rousouli, and Tye Blue, choreography by Ellenore Scott, and direction by Blue. The limited Broadway run concludes July 12.

“This global splash hit reimagines Jack and Rose’s love story aboard the ship of dreams through the French-Canadian eyes of someone who was totally there: Céline Dion! (Not the real Céline — but she would approve.) The superstar singer remembers the doomed romance with more shocking twists, mega-diva antics, and face-melting vocals belting her favorite hit songs — and not even an iceberg can stop her.”

Shall we go for it, girlfriends?!

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/25/26 at 9:37am

Geoffrey Ko is new to the musical and will conduct an 18-piece orchestra. He recently music directed THE NOTEBOOK and is the music supervisor of the Jimmy Awards. (Those opening number mashups? That's all him.)

Orchestrations are by Nicholas James Connell, who conducted the much smaller Off-Broadway band.

• 3 Keyboards
• 2 Reeds
• 2 Trumpets
• French Horn
• Drums
• Percussion
• 2 Guitars
• Bass
• 3 Violins
• Viola
• Cello

 

Updated On: 3/25/26 at 09:37 AM

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/25/26 at 5:45pm

Lauren Kennedy has joined the producing team.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWUbl-JD4-Y/

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/25/26 at 11:41pm

Slightly altered closing line from tonight's invited dress, based on videos circulating:

 

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"Thank you. Thank you so much for coming to see TITANÍQUE, on the set... of 'The Voice.'"

 

 

Updated On: 3/25/26 at 11:41 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 8:41am

Deborah Cox is the new person I’m most curious about since I have never seen her be even slightly funny. 

[Anastasia_Beaverhausen]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 8:50am

EDSOSLO858 said: "Slightly alteredclosing line from tonight's invited dress, based on videos circulating:

 

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"Thank you. Thank you so much for coming to see TITANÍQUE, on the set... of 'The Voice.'"

Ugh  


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[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 9:29am

I’ll be at the first preview tonight and will definitely report back. I’m excited! Having seen it now several times at the Daryl Roth and then in the West End, I’m mostly interested to see how they’ve upgraded for Broadway. The costumes alone look like a massive step up, so I wonder how it does or doesn’t impact what’s otherwise a pretty lowbrow night of comedy.

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 2:32pm

Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Joey Fatone, and JC Chasez have joined the producing team

https://playbill.com/article/titanique-on-broadway-has-assembled-a-starry-producing-team

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 4:43pm

Both the website and ATG Tickets list a 1:40 running time, no intermission. 

Updated On: 3/26/26 at 04:43 PM

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 4:57pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "I’ll be at the first preview tonight and will definitely report back. I’m excited! Having seen it now several times at the Daryl Roth and then in the West End, I’m mostly interested to see how they’ve upgraded for Broadway. The costumes alone look like a massive step up, so I wonder how it does or doesn’t impact what’s otherwise a pretty lowbrow night of comedy."

I’m actually a bit shocked at how huge the set looks. Obviously they had to upscale for the theatre, but it definitely looks like it’s lost its off-Broadway kitsch. My friend is seeing first preview tonight while I’m at Rocky Horror and we’re gonna compare notes.

[mar6411]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 9:16pm

Anyone there tonight? Really curious how it plays in the st. James. First night of previews sold out and then looking at every other show… not selling well at all. 

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 9:18pm

mar6411 said: "Anyone there tonight? Really curious how it plays in the st. James. First night of previews sold out and then looking at every other show… not selling well at all."

It wasn’t even sold out until late in the day. It was at TKTS for 50% off.

 

[mar6411]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 9:24pm

n2nbaby said: "mar6411 said: "Anyone there tonight? Really curious how it plays in the st. James. First night of previews sold out and then looking at every other show… not selling well at all."

It wasn’t even sold out until late in the day. It was at TKTS for 50% off.

 

yikes. Glad the house is full for them tonight. I imagine the energy will be good. But once it starts looking at lower capacity, I’m sure it changes the feel of the show entirely. 
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[Observation]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 9:29pm

mar6411 said: "n2nbaby said: "mar6411 said: "Anyone there tonight? Really curious how it plays in the st. James. First night of previews sold out and then looking at every other show… not selling well at all."

It wasn’t even sold out until late in the day. It was at TKTS for 50% off.



yikes. Glad the house is full for them tonight. I imagine the energy will be good. But once it starts looking at lower capacity, I’m sure it changes the feel of the show entirely.
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They posted a video of Marla Mindelle's entrance and panned through the orchestra to show the audience's reaction. I'm interested to see what that balcony looked like tho....
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[n2nbaby]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 9:53pm

Observation said: "mar6411 said: "n2nbaby said: "mar6411 said: "Anyone there tonight? Really curious how it plays in the st. James. First night of previews sold out and then looking at every other show… not selling well at all."

It wasn’t even sold out until late in the day. It was at TKTS for 50% off.



yikes. Glad the house is full for them tonight. I imagine the energy will be good. But once it starts looking at lower capacity, I’m sure it changes the feel of the show entirely.
"
They posted a video of Marla Mindelle's entrance and panned through the orchestra to show the audience's reaction. I'm interested to see what that balcony looked like tho....
"

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As far as I know, they aren’t selling balcony seats for any performances.

 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 9:56pm

Balcony wasn’t up for sale. The orchestra and mezz were sold out, from what I could see.

Guys… could Titanique… win Best Musical?

I pose this as as someone who loves it wholeheartedly, questioned its need to be on Broadway at all, and then experienced one of the most cohesively satisfying evenings in a Broadway theater I’ve ever had (and that’s separate from the “This show made me wet” c*m towel I got as a first preview gift). If we’re talking about productions that come through on the promise of what they’ll deliver, I can think of fewer than I can count on one hand that have executed on that promise. Titanique is blessedly one of those few.

Every single element of the production feels beefed up to fit the St. James. We get some broader jokes, snappier pacing, and beefed up tech to fill the space. Rarely have I felt a production so aware or what a flicker of light or puff of haze does to accentuate a punchline, so entirely in control of its theatrical bag of tricks. Where I worried the show would play too small - like a gas - it found a new vessel to fill, and it’s all the better for it.

Even Frankie Grande, who I genuinely dreaded seeing again, impressed me. Deborah Cox was edging us the whole evening waiting to unleash her “All By Myself” that earned an easy standing O. Melissa Berrera makes an impressive debut. Everyone else is as good as they’ve been previously. Even better.

It’s hard not to ride on the high of personal bias and first preview excitement, but I’m really glad this is on Broadway. It’s so rare that everyone involved in a production is on the same page - writers, producers, creatives, actors, crew, marketing - and when it all clicks, it’s palpable. It doesn’t need to be groundbreaking or even all that smart, but when it’s good, it’s good. And they’re cooking over at the St. James.

Updated On: 3/26/26 at 09:56 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 9:57pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "Balcony wasn’t up for sale. The orchestra and mezz were sold out, from what I could see.

Guys… could Titanique… win Best Musical?

I pose this asas someone who loves it wholeheartedly, questioned its need to be on Broadway at all, and then experienced one of the most cohesively satisfying evenings in a Broadway theater I’ve ever had (and that’s separate from the “This show made me wet” c*m towel I got as a first preview gift). If we’re talking about productions that come throughon the promise of what they’ll deliver, I can think of fewer than I can count on one hand that have executed on that promise. Titanique is blessedly one of those few.

Every single element of the production feels beefed up to fit the St. James. We get some broader jokes, snappier pacing, and beefed up tech to fill the space. Rarely have I felt a production so aware or what a flicker of light or puff of haze does to accentuate a punchline, so entirely in control of its theatrical bag of tricks. Where I worried the show would play too small, it found a new vessel to fill, and it’s all the better for it.

Even Frankie Grande, who I genuinely dreaded seeing again, impressed me. Deborah Cox was edging us the whole evening waiting to unleash her “All By Myself” that earned an easy standing O. Melissa Berrera makes an impressive debut. Everyone else is as good as they’ve been previously. Even better.

It’s hard not to ride on the high of personal bias and first preview excitement, but I’m really glad this is on Broadway. It’s so rare that everyone involved in a production is on the same page - writers, producers, creatives, actors, crew, marketing - and when it all clicks, it’s palpable. It doesn’t need to be groundbreaking or even all that smart, but when it’s good, it’s good. And they’re cooking over at the St. James."

Thanks for this report!

What was tonight's improv scene about?

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 10:00pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "What was tonight's improv scene about?"

Hugh Jackman’s vows to Sutton Foster.

[ER765]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 10:38pm

Hate to be a dissenter, but my fears about the show being swallowed up in this theater felt well-founded tonight. 
 

Audience gobbled it up because it was a first preview but I cannot imagine how this show is going to play to the weekday matinee crowd. 

It’s not like it’s a travesty or anything. It’s a perfectly fun show that belongs off broadway. Not everything needs to transfer.  

If this wins Best Musical, as mentioned above, I… I just… I don’t know. 

This season is a mess. This industry is a mess right now. Sigh. 

Updated On: 3/26/26 at 10:38 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 10:46pm

ER765 said: "the weekday matinee crowd"

Good thing they only have one weekday matinee for the entire onsale period

Pedantry aside -- I agree that filling 1400 seats per night (which is the St. J capacity with the balc closed) is a hilariously difficult thing for them to attempt. It's basically a week's worth of seats for their off-bway run. And that had trouble selling. None of this strategy makes sense.

Updated On: 3/26/26 at 10:46 PM

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 10:48pm

I don’t see this selling well at all. I still think it’s a balm, and it made my pretty bleak week so far better.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 3/26/26 at 11:07pm

mar6411 said: "Anyone there tonight? Really curious how it plays in the st. James. First night of previews sold out and then looking at every other show… not selling well at all."

 

There’s.a big difference between filling all of the seats with “friends and family” and being “sold out”!  And as you correctly point out, “it ain’t looking good”! Personally I found it “amusing” in the basement of a Gristedes (once I got to my second drink), barely tolerable off Bway, and “couldn’t drag me there if you paid me” on Broadway. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 3/27/26 at 12:23am

TITANIQUE merch

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/27/26 at 6:39am

ColorTheHours048 said: "Guys… could Titanique… win Best Musical?"

If this was 20 years ago were big, feel-good IP-driven crowdpleasers (like The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hairspray, Spamalot, and Jersey Boys) dominated, maybe. I'd still give Two Strangers the edge since it’s the only completely original musical in contention. We’ve seen how snobby voters have been in recent years when it comes to commodity musicals. The Band’s Visit dominating in 2018 up against its entire competition – Frozen, Mean Girls, and SpongeBob – is a perfect example of that. The 2020/21 ceremony doesn’t count as they had slim pickings to choose from with three middle of the road/lowbrow jukebox musicals due to it being the COVID year.

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 3/27/26 at 10:45am

I was there last night as well and agree with everything ColorTheHours048 said.

I love this show, but was very worried that they would lose what makes this show so good (and hilarious) by adjusting it for a Broadway space. I was also worried about bringing in some of the “names”.

Turns out I shouldn’t have been worried at all.

Everything that was “turned up” only heightened what I love about the show. I was in the mezz and was surprised just how perfectly the show actually fills the St. James.

Everyone was excellent and the two I was most worried about – Jim Parsons and Deborah Cox – were surprisingly perfect in their roles (it was a treat to find out Deborah Cox is very, very funny).

The sounds balance between the band and vocals was off (at least in the mezz), but I’m sure that will get worked out in previews.

It’s so nice to have this back playing in NYC again.