Titanic (musical)

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Titanic: The Musical was a musical that opened on Broadway in 1997. It won six Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical. The story was written by Peter Stone with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Titanic was set on the ocean liner RMS Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912.

Titanic's previews began with major technical troubles: ironically, during previews the model ship onstage would not sink. But these difficulties were resolved, and on opening night the show became a surprise hit. Many credit at least part of the show's success to former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell who championed the show, playing excerpts from the original cast album on her show and giving away tickets to members of her studio audience. Broadway pundits and theatre wags began criticizing the show from the moment it was announced, considering the story to be impossible to musicalize and impossible to stage in a live theater.

The lobby of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City, where the show premiered, was redecorated for the production: the complete passenger list of the Titanic was painted on the walls, noting those who ultimately survived the disaster. The set encompassed three levels to help form the impression of the size of the ship. The show broke box office records for 15 straight weeks before sweeping the Tonys.

The production toured the United States for 100 weeks after closing on Broadway, followed by several other tours with non-Equity performers. A Dutch production (European premiere) was also highly successful, and produced an original cast recording (sung in Dutch) as a companion to the original Broadway cast recording on RCA Records. The Toronto, Canada version premiered in February 2006 and the Australian production starring Nick Tate as Captain Smith debuted in October 2006.

Orchestrator Jonathan Tunick won the first-ever Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for his work on Maury Yeston's score.

Musical Numbers

Act One

  • Overture / In Every Age
  • How Did They Build This Titanic?
  • There She Is
  • I Must Get On That Ship
  • The First Class Roster
  • Godspeed Titanic
  • Barrett's Song
  • To Be A Captain
  • Lady's Maid
  • What A Remarkable Age This Is!
  • The Proposal / The Night Was Alive
  • God Lift Me Up (Hymn)
  • Doing The Latest Rag
  • I Have Danced
  • No Moon
  • Autumn / Finale Act One

Act Two

  • Wake Up, Wake Up
  • Dressed In Your Pyjamas In the Grand Salon
  • The Staircase
  • The Blame
  • To the Lifeboats
  • We'll Meet Tomorrow
  • To Be A Captain (Reprise)
  • Still
  • Mr. Andrews' Vision
  • The Foundering
  • Finale - In Every Age/ Godspeed, Titanic (Reprise)

Opening Night Cast

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Trowbridge Amateur Operatic Society (www.trowbridgeops.co.uk) performed this in May 2006, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

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