The first trailer for the upcoming Fathom Events movie theatre screening of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone's Titanic: The Musical is out. Watch it above. The musical, filmed on stage during a recent U.K. tour, will screen in movie theatres November 4 and 8.
The work, winner of the 1997 Tony Award for Best Musical, embarked on a new tour of the U.K. in March. Thom Southerland, who has directed several productions of the hit musical around the world in the past decade, directed the tour, which continued through July 29.
The tour launched 10 years after Southerland's production made its debut at Southwark Playhouse in London. Coincidentally, this will not be the only Titanic that viewers can witness this season; the musical will receive a limited run at New York City Center June 12-23, 2024.
The cast of the filmed Titanic featured Martin Allanson as J. Bruce Ismay, Valda Aviks as Ida Straus, Graham Bickley as Captain Edward Smith, Sam Brown as Frederick Fleet, James Darch as Edgar Beane, David Delve as Isidor Straus, Adam Filipe as Frederick Barrett, Emily George as Kate Murphy, Luke Harley as Andrew Latimer, Emma Harrold as Lady Caroline Neville, Alastair Hill as Harold Bride, Abi Hudson as Maid, Barnaby Hughes as Herbert Pitman/Henry Etches, Paul Kemble as Joseph Boxhall, Niamh Long as Kate Mullins, Matthew McDonald as Charles Clarke, Ian McLarnon as Thomas Andrews, Danny Michaels as Joseph Bell, Janet Mooney as Head Maid, Chris Nevin as Jim Farrell, Jack North as Charles Lightoller, Joseph Peacock as Bellboy/Wallace Hartley, Billy Roberts as William McMaster Murdoch, Bree Smith as Alice Beane, and Lucie-Mae Summer as Kate McGowan.
The production features set and costume design by David Woodhead, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Andrew Johnson, musical staging by Cressida Carré, musical supervision by Mark Aspinall, and new musical arrangements by Ian Weinberger.
With music and lyrics by Yeston (Nine, Grand Hotel) and a book by Stone (Woman of the Year and 1776), Titanic won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book.
