TITANÍQUE Reviews

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 7:28pm

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:10pm

Variety is mixed

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:10pm

NY POST - 3 out of 4 stars

‘Titanique’ review: Silly spoof of ‘Titanic’ and Celine Dion finally sets sail on Broadway

https://nypost.com/2026/04/12/entertainment/titanique-review-silly-titanic-celine-dion-spoof-finally-sets-sail-on-broadway/

 

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - B+

Titanique review: Celine Dion gets her due as the campy spoof sets sail on Broadway

Marla Mindelle, Melissa Barrera, Jim Parsons, and more have a blast on the high seas.

LINK

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:11pm

Variety is positive - "the latest theatrical evidence that one can be stupid and smart at the same time"

Theatremania is positive - "delivers a laugh every few seconds and enough vocal horsepower to propel an ocean liner across the Atlantic."

The Contending is positive - "A Fabulous, Lunatic, Camp Triumph"

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:12pm

GUARDIAN - 3 out of 4 stars

Titaníque review – delightfully campy Céline Dion musical shows bigger isn’t always better

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/12/titanique-review-broadway-celine-dion-musical

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:14pm

NYTimes is positive

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:15pm

TITANIQUE: MOVIE SPOOF UNFORTUNATELY HITS MUSICAL ICEBERG

BY DAVID FINKLE

★★☆☆☆ Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, Tye Blue share the credit for the Broadway transfer

 

TITANIQUE: WHAT DID I MISS?

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Marla Mindelle, Jim Parsons and a merry crew sail off on a little spoof about a big disaster

https://nystagereview.com/2026/04/12/titanique-what-did-i-miss/

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:18pm

Mixed to positive, sounds right.

[ER765]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:18pm

Jordan Catalano said: "NYTimes is positive"

This read mixed, to me. 🤷‍♀️ 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:20pm

You’re right. I had just skimmed it. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:22pm

NYT feels like a 3/5, which is about as good as anyone involved could hope for from the Paper Of Record.

I thought it worked better at the Daryl Roth than at the St. James, and I sorely missed Russell Daniels as Ruth and Carrie St. Louis as Rose, and I liked the Iceberg better downtown too. The design and use of neon is overwhelming and garish to look at sometimes.

I also thought the sound was pretty muddy on Broadway, which is a problem with BEACHES too: you'd never know that there was actually an 18-player orchestra, the sound design somehow makes it sound smaller.

[corninthesky]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:26pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "NYT feels like a 3/5, which is about as good as anyone involved could hope for from the Paper Of Record.

I thought it worked better at the Daryl Roth than at the St. James, and I sorely missed Russell Daniels as Ruth and Carrie St. Louis as Rose, and I liked the Iceberg better downtown too. The design and use of neon isoverwhelming and garish to look at sometimes.

I also thought the sound was pretty muddy on Broadway, which is a problem with BEACHES too: you'd never know that there was actually an 18-player orchestra, the sound design somehow makes it sound smaller."

Sorry to derail the thread, but is this a larger issue with the Majestic Theatre post-Phantom? Gypsy had a large orchestra that also sounded super thin to me.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:27pm

I still think this will not make it financially but the reviews are more generous than I thought for a transfer nobody asked for.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:32pm

corninthesky said: "Sorry to derail the thread, but is this a larger issue with the Majestic Theatre post-Phantom?Gypsyhad a large orchestra that also sounded super thin to me."

Could be. GYPSY had two of the best in the biz as sound designer and MD (Scott Lehrer and Andy Einhorn), it's kind of inexcusable that it sounded as bad as it did.

The St. James on the other hand was home to some of the best sound design I've heard on Broadway, in SUNSET, which made a 20-piece orchestra sound like 40 (credit also goes to the synth designer).

Do we know when TITANIQUE found out from 802 that they needed to hire all 19 players? Because parts of that orchestration feel like a rush job and there aren't nearly as many colors as you'd expect to hear - but I don't know if that's a sound problem, or an inexperienced orchestrator problem.

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:34pm

A big orchestra is unnecessary for a spoof musical. The humor is in its simplicity.

Next thing we'll get is Forbidden Broadway with the Philharmonic.

Updated On: 4/12/26 at 10:34 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:35pm

blaxx said: "I still think this will not make it financially but the reviews are more generous than I thought for a transfer nobody asked for."

That $1 million breakeven will be its killer. The $9.5 mil capitalization is a steal as far as new musicals go in 2026. (Both figures reported by Phillip Boroff back in February)

Updated On: 4/12/26 at 10:35 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:37pm

blaxx said: "A big orchestra is unnecessary for a spoof musical. The humor is in its simplicity."

Yes it is, but the union clearly wouldn't budge and this is better than hiring "walkers". But that's also the peril of booking a 1700-seat house, which was a crazy move. I can't imagine seeing Titanique from the back of the mezz (I'm assuming they will never open the balcony).

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:39pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "blaxx said: "I still think this will not make it financially but the reviews are more generous than I thought for a transfer nobody asked for."

That $995K breakeven will be its killer. The $9.5 mil capitalization is a steal as far as new musicals go in 2026. (Both figures reported by Phillip Boroff back in February)"

I don't think I'm cynical by thinking that everyone believed the Best Musical award was easy to get just by opening any decent-enough show. Reality check.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:39pm

blaxx said: "A big orchestra is unnecessary for a spoof musical."

Somewhere 2011-12 Tim Minchin hears this while prepping for his concert tours and starts cackling.

 

Updated On: 4/12/26 at 10:39 PM

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:41pm

Is the hope for this production to tour and license it for regional productions? Surely they don't think recouping in 16 weeks is a possibility?

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:41pm

BWW Titanique -  74.4 %  REVIEW ROUNDUP

BWW review analysis percentages:   

NEW MUSICAL - 6 :  Titanique (74.4), Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) (73.5),  The Queen of Versailles (40.0).

MUSICAL REVIVAL -  5 :  Cats: The Jellicle Ball (90.6),  Ragtime (82.4),  Mamma Mia! (68.0),  Chess (62..

NEW PLAY - 8 :  Little Bear Ridge Road (90.0),  Liberation (89.3),  Giant (77.2),  Punch (71.9),  Call Me Izzy (65.0), Dog Day Afternoon (51.3).

REVIVAL OF A PLAY - 11 :  Marjorie Prime (84.7),  Becky Shaw (84.4),  Oedipus (84.3),  Death Of A Salesman (84.1),  Bug (80.6),  Every Brilliant Thing (79.1),  Art (69.0),  Waiting For Godot (67.4).

* UPCOMING OPENINGS * - 9
The Fear of 13, Proof, Fallen Angels, Schmigadoon!, The Balusters, Beaches, The Rocky Horror Show, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Lost Boys (with the most rehearsal, tech & preview time of the season).

Updated On: 4/13/26 at 10:41 PM

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:44pm

TheatreFan4 said: "Is the hope for this production to tour and license it for regional productions? Surely they don't think recouping in 16 weeks is a possibility?"

They could have done that successfully without a Broadway run.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:49pm

The mixed-positve reviews are nice, but when I'm flying into the city with a limited number of days, a spoof of a 30 year old movie still won't be high on my list of shows to see. The reviews need to be stellar to earn one of those valuable slots.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:49pm

blaxx said: "TheatreFan4 said: "Is the hope for this production to tour and license it for regional productions? Surely they don't think recouping in 16 weeks is a possibility?"

They could have done that successfully without a Broadway run."

TBH, I think it'd really hit in the Non-Equity Tour markets without this. Menopause The Musical style. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/12/26 at 10:54pm

TheatreFan4 said: "Is the hope for this production to tour and license it for regional productions? Surely they don't think recouping in 16 weeks is a possibility?"

I've been assuming there's an extension built in so they could at least get 6 months on Broadway if the sales are there? But if they can't consistently crack a million a week then they'll start bleeding money quickly.

If they gross an average of $1.5 mil a week then they could recoup in 19 weeks. But that would require them to have an average ticket price of about $135 - and last week they averaged $74, which is very poor by modern Broadway standards. If their weekly average gross is under a mil, then they'll never make a penny.

Which investor pool benefits from licensing and touring? (aka, the parent company.) Broadway, or off-Broadway, or London?