‘Titanique’ Off-Broadway Review: Unsinkable
metroweekly.comTitanic? Those of a certain age will recall the hype and hysteria of James Cameron’s 1997 film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Lines formed at movie theaters around the world, many being turned away by sold-out notices. Others would see it multiple times, forming a fan base that would endure to this day.Marla Mindelle, Constance Rousouli, and Tye Blue were among the legions of loyalists who would help it become the highest grossing movie at the time. (It was the first film in history to reach the one billion dollar mark.)Years later, this trio of working actors decided to write a parody of the film and Titanique (★★★★☆) was born.
It began as a humble, one-night-only staged concert at Los Angeles’ Sorting Room Theater in December 2017. New York City’s Green Room played host to the show in 2018, where it played for a weekend in August and returned for an encore performance in November.Audiences were hooked, but — apart from a streamed presentation during 2020’s lockdown — it would take four years and some major Broadway producers to create a full production of the inspired send-up.On June 14, 2022, the Off-Broadway production premiered in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood at the modest Asylum Theatre.
After rave reviews and multiple extensions, it sailed east to Union Square, reopening at the Daryl Roth Theatre in November.After nearly a year, the ship is still in tip-top, hilarious shape despite numerous cast changes.
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