Titanic
Titanic - 2024 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
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Operatic in its style, historical inspiration, and ambition, Titanic may have seemed unlikely material for musical drama when Maury Yeston (Grand Hotel) and Peter Stone (1776) began work. But by the time the show premiered on Broadway in October of 1997, cultural fascination with the “ship of dreams” had reached a fever pitch, and Titanic received critical and audience acclaim, as well as five Tony Awards including Best Musical.
Pared down to its essence by director Anne Kauffman (The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window) and highlighting the majestic sweep of Yeston’s nearly sung-through score, Titanic remains a symphonic musical theater revelation. Our Encores production meditates on the nature of ambition and the human scale of this epic tragedy, focusing on the class divides both illuminated and transcended by the ship’s inexorable sinking, and painting a heartrending portrait of the individuals whose dreams of America were dashed in the Atlantic.
Titanic - 2024 - Off-Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Titanic
Review: A Glorious ‘Titanic,’ Returned From the Depths
9 / 10
That tension between adventure and safety is what makes “Titanic” more than just a collection of tragic sketches. Perhaps a little baldly — Yeston’s lyrics are not as sophisticated as his music — he has Andrews (Jose Llana) say, in the show’s first words, that the liner he designed is part of mankind’s eternal attempt to “fabricate great works at once magnificent and impossible.” It’s a statement of hubris, of course: The show, after all, is about the human urge to dominate nature — and other humans — by whatever means necessary. Yet in art we can’t help relishing that hubris, if works like “Titanic” are the result.
TITANIC: SMOOTH SAILING AS THE BAND PLAYS ON
8 / 10
“In ev’ry age mankind attempts to fabricate great works at once magnificent, and impossible,” goes the opening lyric of the prologue. Which, in itself, serves as something of an epitaph for not only the RMS Titanic, but for the Yeston-Stone musical extravaganza. The opportunity to hear this score in full throttle is not to be overlooked.
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by A.A. Cristi - June 13, 2024
Watch as Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark, who played Alice Beane in the original Broadway company of Titanic, makes a special appearance on the New York City Center stage below!
by Nicole Rosky - June 13, 2024
Titanic has arrived at New York City Center, closing the Encores! season this month. Check out more video clips of the cast, including 'Barrett's Song,' 'Still,' and 'The Proposal.'
by Nicole Rosky - June 12, 2024
Titanic has sailed into New York City Center, closing the Encores! season this month. Check out what the critics are saying!
by A.A. Cristi - June 12, 2024
Titanic has sailed into New York City Center, closing the Encores! season this month. Check out photos of the star-studded company in action below!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 11, 2024
Watch highlights from Titanic at New York City Center Encores!
by Joey Mervis - June 6, 2024
In this vide, watch as the cast and creative team of Encores! Titanic chats more about the epic show and performs 'Godspeed Titanic,' 'The Proposal/The Night Was Alive,' and 'Lady's Maid.'
by Nicole Rosky - May 22, 2024
New York City Center announced that Lilli Cooper will join the cast of Encores! Titanic along with her father Chuck Cooper and brother Eddie Cooper.
by Nicole Rosky - May 22, 2024
In this video, go inside the first day of rehearsals for the 30-piece Encores! Orchestra of Titanic, the final show in the 30th Encores! series. Guest Music Director Rob Berman speaks about bringing Maury Yeston's Tony-winning score to life, and original orchestrator Jonathan Tunick marvels over hearing his orchestrations played by the Encores! Orchestra.
by Nicole Rosky - May 8, 2024
Jose Llana will now be playing the role of Thomas Andrews in Encores! Titanic, replacing his Here Lies Love costar Conrad Ricamora. Ricamora will reprise his role in the Broadway transfer of Oh, Mary!, which is set to begin performances on June 26 at the Lyceum Theatre.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 10, 2024
The complete cast has been revealed for the New York City Center Encores! production of Titanic! Learn about the cast and see how to purchase tickets.
by Nicole Rosky - January 30, 2024
NEW YORK CITY CENTER announced additional casting for Encores! Titanic, the final production of the 30th Encores! series. Check out who has joined the star-studded line-up!
Titanic FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How Did They Build Titanic?
There She Is
Loading Inventory
The Largest Moving Object
I Must Get on That Ship
The 1st Class Roster
Godspeed Titanic
Barrett's Song
What a Remarkable Age This Is
To Be a Captain
Lady's Maid
The Proposal
The Night Was Alive
Hymn
Doing the Latest Rag
I Have Danced
No Moon
Autumn
Wake Up, Wake Up!
Dressed in Your Pyjamas in the Grand Salon
The Staircase
The Blame
Getting in the Lifeboat
Canons
We'll Meet Tomorrow
Still
Mr. Andrews' Vision
I Give You My Hand
Behind Every Fortune
Titanic History
Other Productions of Titanic
| 1997 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2006 |
Australian Revival |
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| 2024 | Off-Broadway |
Encores! Concert Revival Production Off-Broadway |
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