Did Titanique Sink or Swim on Broadway? Read the Reviews Now

The campy Céline Dion jukebox musical stars Marla Mindelle, Deborah Cox, Jim Parsons, and more at the St. James.

April 12, 2026 By Margaret Hall

The company of *Titaníque* (Evan Zimmerman)

Bonjour girlfriends! Titaníque, the campy send-up of the blockbuster 1997 film Titanic set to the songs of Céline Dion, officially opened its Broadway run at the St. James Theatre April 12, and the reviews are rolling in!

The musical comes to the Main Stem after becoming a cult favorite Off-Broadway. What began as a one-night-only concert in Los Angeles in 2017 came to New York's Green Room 42 the following year before becoming a fully staged Off-Broadway musical in 2022. Originally intended to be a limited run, the production became a surprise smash hit, transferring to the Daryl Roth Theatre for a three-year run that ended last year. Since its premiere, the musical has spawned stagings in Australia, Canada, London's West End, Chicago, and Paris.

READ: Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue Look Back on the Decade-Long, Worldwide Voyage of Titaníque

The work features a book by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue, and music supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements by Nicholas James Connell.

Read the reviews below.

AMNY (Matt Windman)

Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)*

CitiTour (Brian Scott Lipton)

CultureSauce (Thom Geier)

Deadline (Greg Evans)

Entertainment Weekly (Shania Russell)

The Guardian (Adrian Horton)

Mashable (Kristy Puchko)

New York Post (Johnny Oleksinski)

New York Stage Review (David Finkle, Michael Sommers)

New York Theatre Guide (Gillian Russo)

New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)

The New York Times (Elisabeth Vincentelli)*

People Magazine (Dave Quinn)

Theatrely (Kobi Kassal)

TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)

The Recs (Randall David Cook)

Variety (Frank Rizzo)

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.

Reprising their work on Broadway in the cast are Mindelle as Céline Dion, Frankie Grande (Rock of Ages) as Victor Garber, Rousouli (Wicked) as Jack Dawson, and John Riddle (Frozen) as Cal Hockley, now joined by Jim Parsons (Mother Play) as Ruth Dewitt Bukater, Deborah Cox (The Wiz) as Unsinkable Molly Brown, Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) as Rose Dewitt Bukater, and Layton Williams (Everybody's Talking About Jamie) as The Iceberg.

Williams is reprising his Olivier-winning work from the musical's recent London premiere. Background vocalists Sara Gallo (1776), Polanco Jones (The Wiz), and Kristina Leopod (SIX) as well as understudies Tess Marshall (Titaníque), Brad Greer (Titaníque), and Kyle Ramar Freeman (The Wiz) round out the company. Casting is by The Telsey Company's Rachel Hoffman.

The original creative team has also largely reassembled for the Broadway bow, including director Blue; choreographer Ellenore Scott; music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator Connell; scenic designer Gabriel Hainer Evansohn and Grace Laubacher for Iron Bloom Creative Production; costume designer Alejo Vietti; lighting designer Paige Seber; sound designer Lawrence Schober; and hair and wig designer Charles G. LaPointe. Rick Steiger is the production stage manager, and ShowTown Theatricals serves as general managers. Geoffrey Ko is the music director.

Eva Price leads the producing team.

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