Titaníque Is Letting Jim Parsons Return to His Inner Femme

The Big Bang Theory star dropped by Late Night With Seth Meyers to talk about his upcoming Broadway return.

March 25, 2026 By Logan Culwell-Block

Jim Parsons, soon to be back on Broadway starring as Ruth Dewitt Bukater in Titaníque, dropped by Late Night With Seth Meyers March 24 to talk about his new role. As it turns out, it won't be the first time Parsons has taken on a female character.

As he tells Meyers on the late-night chat show, some early performances playing female characters in Charles Busch plays was how Parsons came to terms with his homosexuality and inner femme, which is why he's especially excited to be back on the stage as Mrs. Bukater. See the full interview above.

Titaníque is set to set sail at Broadway's St. James beginning March 26, with April 12 set as opening night.

The musical is set to star Marla Mindelle as Céline Dion, Frankie Grande (Rock of AGes) as Victor Garber, Constantine Rousouli (Wicked) as Jack Dawson, Parsons (Mother Play) as Ruth Dewitt Bukater, Deborah Cox (The Wiz) as Unsinkable Molly Brown, Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) as Rose Dewitt Bukater, John Riddle (Frozen) as Cal Hockley, and Layton Williams (Everybody's Talking About Jamie) as The Iceberg. 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) will round out the company. Casting is by The Telsey Company's Rachel Hoffman.

Much of this cast is coming with the musical to the Main Stem after starring in its earlier Off-Broadway bow, including show co-creators Mindelle and Rousouli, Riddle, and Grande, along with understudies Marshall and Greer. Williams is reprising his Olivier-winning turn as The Iceberg from the musical's recent London premiere.

Featuring a book by Mindelle, Tye Blue, and Rousouli, and a soundtrack of songs made famous by Céline Dion, Titaníque sends up the epic 1997 film about the ill-fated ocean liner, with Dion herself leading a tour at the Titanic museum to explain what really happened between Jack and Rose. The musical began as a one-night-only concert in Los Angeles in 2017, coming 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 earlier this 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

Most of the original Off-Broadway creative team will reunite for the Broadway bow, including director Blue; choreographer Ellenore Scott; music supervisor, arranger, and orchestrator Nicholas James 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. New for the Broadway run will be hair and wig designer Charles G. LaPointe. ShowTown Theatricals is serving as general manager.

Eva Price is producing.

Visit TitaniqueMusical.com.