Titanic - the musical — Page 3

Ah I see. I would have just sold the tickets on Ebay.

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Well, this was before ebay was huge. Like I said, I was curious to see how the show developed. Besides, it makes for great stories! LOL

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Victoria Clark told some amusing stories about Titanic on Seth Rudetsky's show last week. The "Ship sinking" effect was so troublesome, that they added a "Four Minute Intermission" to allow it to be set up. She said that for a lengthy period of previews, one scene would end and a voice would announce "there will now be a Four Minute Intermission" and they would raise the houselights a bit. Then, when the techs got the set ready, they'd continue. She said the audience would laugh and crack jokes. (I bet!)

She also said that when the effect finally worked and they could go seamlessly into it, the first night it all happened right, she noticed the stagehands backstage were crying, moved by the show.

i absolutely agree with JON that the FORBIDDEN BROADWAY parody of TITANIC is the funniest thing they ever did. so, WICKED, be sure and get the CD for FORBIDDEN BROADWAY CLEANS UP ITS ACT also

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Hahaha i def will try to pick up both cd's. i love FB SVU.

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TITANIC had a well-documented troubled preview period. They originally wanted to open April 14, 1997, which would have been the 85th anniversary, but work continued and the opening postponed. When it finally opened, it got ONE favourable review. And Rosie O'Donnell had her talk show on then and she loved the show and kept plugging it, giving blocks of seats to her audience members. The Tony nominations helped boost ticket sales and the win ensured a long run, helped a great deal when the movie TITANIC came out the following December.

The show was problematic:
-too many characters and no central character to focus on.
-some scenic effects were spectacular but, some scenes that cried out for opulence were sadly inadequate (example: The main dining room.)
-the Director seemed to have spent all of his time working on the stage effects and leaving the cast to fend for themselves.
-the book and score spent much time trying to establish identities for the supporting characters but failed to give them much to play

I can easily understand some people hearing about the first act curtain (with a model of the ship sailing across to the rising crescendo of the orchestra. This was one of the most brilliant scenes in the whole show. How I wish that kind of imagination had been in effect throughout the rest.

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Does anyone know where I can get the German Recording?

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Updated On: 7/6/05 at 05:04 PM

The only good thing about Titanic was the cool souvenir beanie.

Well let me just say that I think Titanic is one of the most informative and tear gerking musicals that broadway has yet to see. I myself was in a recreation of Titanic which was an experience of a lifetime. The way that each character has something special about them was so wonderfu, and how well the facts are layed out is quite amazing. I recommend that anyone who didnt get a chance to see Titanic on broadway tries to either see a recreation of it or atleast gets the sound track. Trust me it's definatly worth it!!!

My friends did it last year as part of a TEEN SUMMER THEATER program, I didnt get to see it, but they kept talking about it and so I borrowed the cast recording from one them, and i love it... its so sad and it makes you feel connected to the people of the TITANIC.

I remember seeing it on Rosie's show, and the cast bought some Titanic memorablia from a kid to help fund his mom's cancer treatment