AHOY BROADWAY FANS! It is getting closer each day to Broadway?s biggest night of the year?. The 73rd Annual Tony Awards is just 21 DAYS AWAY. However, we are getting hyped playing some of the best performances of the Great White Way on our TOP 40 TONY AWARDS COUNTDOWN. Here comes more Broadway favorites.
At # 21 on our countdown, we experience a musical about the most famous ill-fated ship on a famous April 1912 voyage from Southampton to New York City. However tragedy struck when the ship hit a iceberg and sunk all the way deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. This is of course?. Titanic. With a score by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone, the show is based on that famous voyage from Southampton to America.
From the 1997 telecast, the company perform a medley of I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP and GOODSPEED TITANIC.
TITANIC was first conceived by Maury Yeston who was interested in creating a musical about the famous 1912 disaster. He and book writer Peter Stone thought the idea was unusual but they sticked to it going through a lot of research about some of the famous passengers and more. The original production did not have an out of town tryout due to the high costs of the set.
Under the direction of Richard Jones, TITANIC arrived on Broadway in 1997 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre where it ran for 831 performances. During its run of previews, the show did have lots of technical problems that were fixed before Opening Night. It earned mixed to positive reviews. Under the direction of Richard Jones, the cast featured…
John Cunningham as "Captain E.J. Smith",
David Garrison (later Paul Kandel) as "J. Bruce Ismay",
The musical won all 5 of it's 1997 Tony Awards categories including Best Musical.
TITANIC went on to play worldwide. It?s a popular musical performed in Community and Regional Theatres everywhere. In addition, there have been some notable concert productions including a 2014 reunion concert (featuring the original cast) at Lincoln Center?s David Geffen Hall.
TITANIC is still eyeing plans for an upcoming Broadway revival in honor of the show's 20th Anniversary. As of now, plans were already made that it will hit the Great White Way during the 2019-2020 season. The revival that is supposed hit Broadway is based on an acclaimed 2016 Regional production that was produced at Arlington?s Signature Theatre under the direction of Eric Schaeffer. The Arlington production was even later performed in Seoul, Korea.
FUN FACT: Maury Yeston's TITANIC came out the very same year as James Cameron's Oscar winning film version of TITANIC. What's different is that in Maury Yeston's musical, the show was more based on research of the real people who were on the famous Titanic voyage in 1912. In the James Cameron's Oscar winning film version we all know in love, it did feature all the same research but also included the fictional love story of 3rd class penniless artist "Jack Dawson" and 1st class gal who is trying to break free herself, "Rose Dewitt Bukater". So remember when TITANIC does return to Broadway or you?re seeing a production somewhere, please note there is no "Jack" and "Rose" in the musical and NOPE, the Oscar winning song MY HEART WILL GO ON is not in the production
Doesn't this musical make you remember those passengers no longer with us and who survived?
AHOY BROADWAY FANS! It is getting closer each day to Broadway?s biggest night of the year?. The 72nd Annual Tony Awards is just 23 days away. However, we are getting hyped playing some of the best performances of the Great White Way on our TOP 30 TONY AWARDS COUNTDOWN. Here comes more Broadway favorites.
At # 23 on our countdown, we experience a musical about the most famous ill-fated ship on a famous April 1912 voyage from Southampton to New York City. However tragedy struck when the ship hit a iceberg and sunk all the way deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. This is of course?. Titanic. Based on the research of the famous 1912 voyage, the show featured a score by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone.
From the 1997 telecast, the company perform a medley of I MUST GET ON THAT SHIP and GOODSPEED TITANIC.
TITANIC was first conceived by Maury Yeston who was interested in creating a musical about the famous 1912 disaster. He and book writer Peter Stone thought the idea was unusual but they sticked to it going through a lot of research about some of the famous passengers and more.
The original production did not have an out of town tryout due to the high costs of the set.
Under the direction of Richard Jones, TITANIC arrived on Broadway in 1997 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre where it ran for 831 performances. During its run of previews, the show did have lots of technical problems that were fixed before Opening Night. It earned mixed to positive reviews. The original Broadway cast featured…
John Cunningham as “Captain E.J. Smith”,
David Garrison as “J. Bruce Ismay”,
the late Larry Keith as “Isidor Straus”,
Alma Cuervo as “Ida Straus”,
Tony winner Michael Ceveris as “Thomas Andrews”,
Tony winner Victoria Clark as “Alice Beane”,
Don Stephenson as “Charles Clarke”,
and Tony nominee Brian D’Arcy James as “Frederick Barrett”.
The musical won all 5 of it’s 1997 Tony Awards categories including Best Musical.
TITANIC went on to play worldwide. It?s a popular musical performed in Community and Regional Theatres everywhere. In addition, there have been some notable concert productions including a 2014 reunion concert (featuring the original cast) at Lincoln Center?s David Geffen Hall.
No revivals have been made yet for TITANIC but there?s still talks in the works of an upcoming revival. The rumored revival that is supposed hit Broadway is based on an acclaimed 2016 Regional production that was produced at Arlington?s Signature Theatre and later was performed in Seoul, Korea.
FUN FACT: Maury Yeston’s TITANIC came out the very same year as James Cameron’s Oscar winning film version of TITANIC. What’s different is that in Maury Yeston’s musical, the show was more based on research of the real people who were on the famous Titanic voyage in 1912. In the James Cameron’s Oscar winning film version we all know in love, it did feature all the same research but also included the fictional love story of 3rd class penniless artist “Jack Dawson” and 1st class gal who is trying to break free herself, “Rose Dewitt Bukater”. So remember when TITANIC does return to Broadway or you?re seeing a production somewhere, please note there is no “Jack” and “Rose” in the musical and NOPE, the Oscar winning song MY HEART WILL GO ON is not in the production
Doesn’t this musical make you remember those passengers no longer with us and who survived?
Titanic ? “There She Is” – Michael Cerveris and Company at the The 51st Annual Tony Awards broadcast by CBS from Radio City Music Hall on June 1, 1997.
GOD LIFT ME UP!! Maury Yeston’s legendary musical TITANIC is eyeing plans for a possible Broadway revival in celebration of it’s 20th Anniversary since it’s debut here on the Great White Way.
The rumored revival that would go to NYC is Eric Schaeffer’s spectacular new production that premiered in 2016 at Arlington?s Signature Theatre and is now being performed in Seoul, Korea.
Maury Yeston’s TITANIC tells the story of the famous ill-fated ship on it’s famous April 1912 voyage from Southampton to New York City. However tragedy struck when the ship hit a huge iceberg and sunk all the way deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
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The original production arrived on Broadway in 1997 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre where it ran for 831 performances. The original Broadway cast featured…
John Cunningham as “Captain E.J. Smith”,
David Garrison as “J. Bruce Ismay”,
the late Larry Keith as “Isidor Straus”,
Alma Cuervo as “Ida Straus”,
Tony winner Michael Ceveris as “Thomas Andrews”,
Tony winner Victoria Clark as “Alice Beane”,
Don Stephenson as “Charles Clarke”,
and Tony nominee Brian D’Arcy James as “Frederick Barrett”.
The musical won all 5 of it’s 1997 Tony Awards categories including Best Musical. From there, productions of TITANIC THE MUSICAL went on to play worldwide.
Please make it true for TITANIC back on Broadway!!
FUN FACT: Maury Yeston’s musical version of TITANIC came out the very same year as James Cameron’s Titanic. What’s different is that in Maury Yeston’s musical, the show was more based on research of the real people who were on the famous Titanic voyage in 1912.
In the James Cameron’s Oscar winning film version we all know in love, it did feature all the same research but also included the fictional love story of 3rd class penniless artist “Jack Dawson” and 1st class gal who is trying to break free herself, “Rose Dewitt Bukater”.
So remember when TITANIC returns to Broadway, please note there is no “Jack” and “Rose” in the musical and NOPE, the Oscar winning song MY HEART WILL GO ON is not in the production.
This week, The OD Company’s (Chun soo Shin, CEO) new production of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Titanic opened to rave reviews at the Charlotte Theater in Seoul, South Korea. Directed by Eric Schaeffer, this new staging of the Maury Yeston and Peter Stone musical has completely sold out its l…
As much as you love Broadway how much do you really know about the origins of it?s history? Have you ever wondered if you could just take a trip back in time and see where it all began?! Now you can!
If you are fans of Lin-Manuel Miranda?s Hamilton or Jonathan Larson?s RENT you will LOVE these tours.
Our Gilbert and Sullivan to Hamilton musical theatre downtown walking tour meets right near City Hall where the first theatre in New York was built. We will then visit other locations that fall in tribute to nautical themed Broadway musicals such as Titanic, Ragtime, Showboat, and of course HAMILTON! We will even pass by where Thomas Jefferson lived and you can take pictures with George Washington (maybe even meet his ghost!) in front of Federal Hall. Come learn about the revolution and sing along to shows with your Broadway tour guide.
And then on April 29th we are launching our ?The Inspiration Of Rent? a tour based off of the musical RENT written by Jonathan Larson. It will begin at The New York Theatre Workshop where the show originally premiered and we will visit iconic locations from his story. We will discuss New York?s East Village history, the show, and of course Jonathan Larson?s life and death. On April 29th it will be the 20th anniversary that the show originally opened on Broadway so tickets will be selling fast!
For more information visit our tours listings page. We look forward to singing and dancing with you down Broadway!
