Book writer Tye Blue directed with co-writers Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli starring as Céline Dion and Jack, respectively, with music direction by co-creator Nicholas Connell who also arranged & orchestrated the music, joined by Alex Ellis, who starred as Rose.
The show premiered at Los Angeles' Sorting Room Theater as a one-night-only experience titled Titanique: In Concert on December 14, 2017. The musical uses pop culture references, including allusions to RuPaul's Drag Race and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The musical follows the main events of the film, with the exception of the present-day framing device of treasure hunters searching for the Heart of the Ocean. Dion serves as a Greek chorus for most of the show. In a parody of the 1997 film, Céline Dion surprises visitors at a Titanic museum. The production won the 2023 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Musical and for lead performer (Mindelle) and costume design (Alejo Vietti). It began an off-Broadway run at The Asylum Theatre in June 2022, transferring to the Daryl Roth Theatre in November. The show premiered in Los Angeles in 2017. The musical is a parody of the 1997 film Titanic and uses music introduced by Céline Dion. Titanique is a jukebox musical created by book writers Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli, and music supervisor Nicholas Connell.
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