Ah, another Broadway musical that positions Tina Turner as a lethal iceberg, a leading man who quotes 20 year old YouTube memes and a time-traveling Céline Dion whose surreal version of a historical tragedy is so much better than the real thing. Dime a dozen, right?
Wrong. Titaníque, the outrageously campy musical that puts Dion on the Titanic and in the museum that holds its artifacts, isn’t exactly unprecedented in its blend of movie-loving homage and knowing parody (I’m thinking of that shouldn’t-be-forgotten ’90s Off Broadway cult favorite take-off on Valley of the Dolls, and just about anything from the late, great Everett Quinton), but Titaníque is such a gloriously entertaining concoction that it feels in a class by itself. First class, steerage, whatever it wants.
The brainchild of Constantine Rousouli – who plays his unique version of Leo’s king of the world Jack Dawson – and co-writers
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