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New York’s 99-year-old St. James Theater has staged some of the most memorable Broadway productions of all time, from Oklahoma! arrive Hello Dolly! Nicole Scherzinger’s bloody turn sunset strip last season. But this legendary space has never seen anything like this Titanican irreverent and insane musical parody Titanic Featuring music by Celine Dion. The St. James was just the latest stop on a long voyage that was decidedly better than the shipwrecked namesake.
On the opening night of the performance, many well-wishers came to the scene arrive Clive Davis, Gina Gershon and Titus Burgess, among others, wished it a happy maiden journey. “When I first saw it, I fell in love with it,” says Joey Fatone, one of its many producers, who is also joined by his NSYNC bandmate JC Chasez. “They do something here just to have a little fun,” Chas added with a smile. In fact, it’s that sense of fun that has animated the show from its original run in Los Angeles and Off-Broadway to its recent, critically acclaimed run in London’s West End.
The highly anticipated Broadway show, with a cast that includes original cast members like Constantine Rousouli (as the goofy and handsome Leonardo DiCaprio-esque Jack), as well as new faces like big bang theory Stars Jim Parsons (the domineering mother in drag) and Deborah Cox perform a series of stunning ballads. Since it loosely follows the love story from the 1997 film, the show skewers characters from evil arrive RuPaul’s Drag Race— and mercilessly making fun of everyone from Patty LuPone to Carol Channing along the way.
but in the center TitanicMarla Mindelle is a deliciously crazy world. Not only did she star as Dion (a performance that earned her an Obie and a Lucille Lortel Award for her outrageously funny performance), but she also served as one of the show’s co-captains, creating and writing the show alongside Rusuli and Tye Blue, who served as the show’s writer. Titanicdirector. The creative team also includes musical director Nicholas James Connell, who is the mastermind behind the show’s choreography and orchestration.
Thirty-six hours after opening night, Mindell is still reeling from the excitement of what she calls the greatest moment of her life. “I’ve always described it as my gay wedding,” she told Fashion. “I’m not married yet, but if I have a wedding, I want it to be like this. I felt like we were always the losers, so I just burst into tears after the premiere. Even though the show was silly, to me it was very touching.”
