{"id":2370400,"date":"2026-04-13T02:05:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2370400"},"modified":"2026-04-13T02:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:05:04","slug":"titanique-review-silly-titanic-celine-dion-spoof-finally-sets-sail-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/titanique-review-silly-titanic-celine-dion-spoof-finally-sets-sail-on-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Titanique&#8217; review: Silly &#8216;Titanic,&#8217; Celine Dion spoof finally sets sail on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F04%2Fnewspress-collage-0gb7rspsg-1776035498569.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261776021165\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n\t\t<span class=\"inline-module--review__eyebrow subsection-heading-semi__label\"><br 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At the St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th St.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The strange and scrappy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/11\/entertainment\/titanique-a-scrappy-off-broadway-comedy-has-become-a-giant-worldwide-success\/\">voyage of \u201cTitanique,\u201d<\/a> the feel-great musical-comedy sendup of the movie \u201cTitanic\u201d and singer Celine Dion, has been a wonder to behold. And pretty hard to believe.<\/p>\n<p>If the RMS Titanic was the largest vessel of its time and thought to be unsinkable, \u201cTitanique,\u201d which opened on Broadway Sunday night, started out as a wooden rowboat with a single paddle.<\/p>\n<p>Its first sizable-ish\u00a0production was in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/05\/titanique-the-musical-review-titanic-parody-hits-the-mark\/\">2022 at the Asylum in Chelsea <\/a>\u2014 basically a broom closet beneath a shuttered Gristedes.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, I went on a lark and left on a high. \u201cTitanique\u201d was the only show in New York that accurately read the room. After theaters reopened in 2021, most musicals skewed serious. But the loud chorus of laughter under that grocery store was frankly disturbing.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/13\/cult-hit-titanique-to-move-to-bigger-off-broadway-theater\/\">\u201cTitanique\u201d was sized up and moved to a larger off-Broadway venue<\/a>, where it ran nearly three years. And then she embarked on the craziest cruise ship route ever: London, Sydney, Paris, S\u00e3o Paulo, Chicago, Toronto and Montreal.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--columnist inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--single-line \">\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Johnny Oleksinski<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And now \u201cTitanique\u201d has finally arrived on Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>Was it smooth sailing?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The cast of \u201cTitanique\u201d performing at the St. James Theatre on Broadway. <span class=\"credit\">Evan Zimmerman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I can\u2019t say the humongous St. James Theatre, which suits hardly any show, is my favorite port of call. Nobody can argue that its distancing size is an asset to a musical that thrives on a dirty-little-secret energy. And actors dashing 10 feet to the wings doesn\u2019t suit a staging packed with rapid-fire gags. Its new set of metal platforms and beams is more concert tour than comedy hour.<\/p>\n<p>Yet\u00a0the unhinged underdog retains its essential charms.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s Celine\u2019s hit songs, such as \u201cMy Heart Will Go On\u201d and \u201cA New Day Has Come,\u201d which have never had a dedicated Broadway berth before.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Marla Mindelle portrays Celine Dion in the musical-comedy that features some of her biggest songs. <span class=\"credit\">Evan Zimmerman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The smart and zippy book by director Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli weaves those emotional and nicely sung tunes into a well-told, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/30\/james-cameron-opens-up-about-clashes-over-titanic-and-avatar\/\">consolidated version of James Cameron\u2019s \u201cTitanic\u201d<\/a> that\u2019s also hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>And with a Bugs Bunny brain that should be studied by scientists, Mindelle, playing Celine Dion as an omnipresent narrator, brings back one of the most memorable performances from any new musical in years.<\/p>\n<p>The uninitiated might be wondering how Dion, who sang<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/05\/sports\/celine-dion-breaks-out-singing-during-viral-tgl-moment\/\"> the 1997 film\u2019s end-credits track<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/03\/james-cameron-reveals-if-jack-could-have-survived-titanic\/\">factors into the fictional 1912 story of Jack and Rose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Melissa Barrera as Rose and John Riddle as Cal in \u201cTitanique.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Evan Zimmerman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She\u2019ll tell you! The musical begins when Celine crashes a Titanic Museum tour and announces that she was right there on the boat to witness the drama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Celine? That would make you 140 years old,\u201d says the flummoxed guide.<\/p>\n<p>Responds the diva: \u201cAnd you are confused because?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTitanique,\u201d you see, banks not only on Dion\u2019s music, but her out-there public persona. The logic is that the songstress is so confident, genuinely eccentric and, well, French Canadian, we\u2019ll believe anything she says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Constantine Rousouli and Melissa Barrera performing in \u201cTitanique.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Evan Zimmerman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And as played by Mindelle, we do. We really do.<\/p>\n<p>From there,\u00a0Celine explains how engaged Rose (Melissa Barrera) met poor starving artist Jack (Rousouli) and embarked\u00a0on a love affair that, in this telling, makes the audience weep tears of hysterical joy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTitanique\u201d blows up all those Oscar-winning characters into ridiculous and occasionally filthy cartoons.<\/p>\n<p>Rose and Jack are a match made in a hair salon. She\u2019s a naive cheerleader type and Jack\u2019s a vain pretty boy without a thought in his blond head. Silly Rousouli plays that up with \u201caw shucks\u201d skips and winks. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rose\u2019s mean fianc\u00e9 Cal (the silky voiced John Riddle)\u00a0is rendered\u00a0a\u00a0Manhattan Jafar\u00a0who demands the ship go faster so he can make his hair appointment in SoHo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the boat\u2019s\u00a0bedazzled\u00a0captain called, um, Victor Garber (Frankie Grande), has a different reason for pushing the speed limit. He\u2019s driving dangerously to force a pitstop on Fire Island.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Frankie Grande plays the boat\u2019s captain Victor Garber. <span class=\"credit\">Evan Zimmerman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And of all the actors I\u2019ve seen play Ruth, Rose\u2019s frigid and scheming mother, Jim Parsons is the most easily savage, if not the most extreme. His trusty Sheldon voice sure does lend itself to venomous putdowns. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As their hearts go on and on, songs are humorously and abruptly dropped in a la \u201cMamma Mia!\u201d During the lovebirds\u2019 first encounter, they duet on \u201cTaking Chances.\u201d When Jack paints Rose like one of his French girls, Celine croons \u201cBecause You Loved Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canadian chanteuse Deborah\u00a0Cox\u00a0excitedly\u00a0belts \u201cAll By Myself\u201d as she\u2019s on the lifeboat. And she and Mindelle wail \u201cTell Him\u201d to explain to Rose how to have sex with the help of a stuffed eggplant.<\/p>\n<p>And playing the Iceberg is British actor Layton Williams. Yes, one of the creators\u2019 more 3 a.m. ideas is having the Iceberg come to life in the form of Tina Turner to sing \u201cRiver Deep Mountain High.\u201d Williams is a smash, and this time the audience cheers the Iceberg. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The entire cast is in ship shape. However, \u201cTitanique\u201d\u2019s\u00a0<em>raison\u00a0d\u00eatre<\/em>, as it always has been, is Mindelle\u2019s glorious Celine. Yes, it\u2019s a wacky and\u00a0detailed impression, but what really makes\u00a0the performance\u00a0work is that Mindelle and Dion have a mutual madness to them.\u00a0<em>Deux pois<\/em>\u00a0in a pod. Behind the actress\u2019 \u201c<em>Bon jour! Ca va?<\/em>\u201d mimicry is an unexpectedly natural and relaxed performance because the goofiness is just as much hers as it is Dion\u2019s.\u00a0She\u2019s\u00a0sensational.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You enter a fan of Celine, you leave a fan of Marla.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theater review TITANIQUE 1 hour and 40 minutes, with no intermission. At the St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th St. The strange and scrappy voyage of \u201cTitanique,\u201d the feel-great musical-comedy sendup of the movie \u201cTitanic\u201d and singer Celine Dion, has been a wonder to behold. And pretty hard to believe. 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