| Lea DeLaria and Andrew Keenan-Bolger Join the Cast of TITANIQUE | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 11:35 am EST 01/21/25 | |
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| GET A (BOAT) LOAD OF THIS NEW CREW! SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD WINNING "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" STAR LEA DELARIA AS RUTH, BEGINNING FEB 4 AND DRAMA LEAGUE-NOMINATED BROADWAY FAVORITE ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER AS VICTOR GARBER, BEGINNING JAN 21 DeLaria, Keenan-Bolger JOINING PREVIOUSLY-ANNOUNCED SHIPMATES GRAMMY NOMINEE & WINNER OF NBC's "THE VOICE" CASSADEE POPE AS ROSE, BEGINNING THIS SATURDAY, JAN 18 AND A STRANGE LOOP & THE WIZ BREAKOUT KYLE RAMAR FREEMAN AS THE ICEBERG (New York, NY) Tony Award-winning producer Eva Price (Oklahoma!, &Juliet) has announced the new first-class crew boarding the Lortel Award-winning Best Musical, Titanique at the Daryl Roth Theatre in Union Square. Drama League Award-nominated Broadway favorite Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Tuck Everlasting, Newsies) will step into the role of Victor Garber/Luigi starting Tuesday, January 21, and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actor/comedian Lea DeLaria (POTUS, "Orange is the New Black") will take on the role of Ruth Dewitt Bukater starting February 4. They join previously-announced new shipmates, Grammy nominee & winner of NBC's "The Voice" Cassadee Pope, who starts performances as Rose this Saturday, January 18, and Kyle Ramar Freeman (The Wiz, A Strange Loop), who took over the role of The Iceberg on January 9, 2025. The irresistibly funny and irreverent send-up of the blockbuster film Titanic, driven by the songs of pop icon Céline Dion, continues its splash-hit, extended run at the Daryl Roth Theatre in Union Square, where it recently celebrated its 1,000th performance in December. Keenan-Bolger, DeLaria, Pope and Freeman join a stellar cast led by Dee Roscioli (Wicked, The Cher Show) as Céline Dion, alongside Screen Actors Guild nominee Max Jenkins ("Dead To Me," "The Mysteries of Laura") as Jack Dawson, Callum Francis (Kinky Boots, Phantom) as Cal, Drama Desk Award nominee Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Rae Davenport, Sara Gallo, Tess Marshall, Barnaby Reiter, and Terrence Williams Jr. On February 4, Jamir Brown joins the ensemble as a background vocalist. All aboard NYC's must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film Titanic, you get Titanique, off-Broadway's most award-winning splash hit, which turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia. Want to find out what really happened to Jack and Rose on that fateful night? Just leave it to Céline Dion to enchant the audience with her totally wild take, recharting the course of Titanic's beloved moments and characters with her iconic song catalog. Sailing on fierce powerhouse voices in show-stopping performances of such hits as "My Heart Will Go On," "All By Myself", and "To Love You More" – backed by the unparalleled energy of a full live band – Titanique is a one-of-a-kind theatrical voyage bursting with nostalgia, heart, and campy chaos. Co-written by Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue, Titanique celebrated its Off-Broadway premiere in June 2022 at Asylum Theater, starring the musical's co-authors Mindelle (Sister Act, Netflix's "Special") and Rousouli (Cruel Intentions, Hairspray) as Celine Dion and Jack Dawson. After several sold-out extensions, the musical transferred to the Daryl Roth Theatre on November 20, 2022, and won seven major awards of the 2022-23 theater season, including the Lucille Lortel Award and Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical. In September 2024, Titanique voyaged into international waters, with its Australian premiere at The Grand Electric in Sydney, which was soon followed by the Canadian premiere in Montréal (24 km from Céline Dion's hometown of Charlemagne!) at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in November, and Toronto 's CAA Theatre from in December. A London production, co-produced by Eva Price and Michael Harrison, opened to rave reviews this month at The Criterion Theatre in the West End, and the musical's Paris debut is set for April 2025at the Lido Theatre. Titanique is directed by Tye Blue ("RuPaul's Drag Race", Rumer Willis' Over the Love Tour), and choreographed by Ellenore Scott (Funny Girl, Little Shop of Horrors). Music Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations are by IRNE Award-Winner Nicholas James Connell. Scenic Design is by Gabriel Hainer Evansohn and Grace Lauchbacher for Iron Bloom Creative Production; Costume Design is by Alejo Vietti; Lighting Design is by Paige Seber; Sound Design is by Lawrence Schober; Wig Design is by Tommy Kurzman; Original Prop Design is by Eric Reynolds. Casting is by The Telsey Office/Rachel Hoffman, CSA and Henry Russell Bergstein, CSA and Andrew Fem. Titanique's storied history includes a smash hit live-streamed concert – Titanique: The Maiden Voyage Concert – on the premium streaming service Stellar, on May 2, 2021, which followed sold-out pop-up concert engagements in Los Angeles and New York, earning the show a 2019 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award. Upon the show's Off-Broadway premiere in 2022, The New York Times praised the musical as, "very funny! This ‘Titanique' Musical Finds Its Sea Legs…. Near, far, wherever you are, Celine Dion will be there, in this camp reimagining of the maritime blockbuster that revs up into increasing absurdity." Vulture raved, "Titanique is f*cking great. Swim, Don't Walk, to see this Celine Dion jukebox fantasia!" The New York Post hailed the show as, "Sensational, hilarious and deranged! Titanique is, by a nautical mile, the funniest musical in town!" Upon the show's reopening at the larger Daryl Roth Theatre, People Magazine declared, "Just when you think it couldn't get better, Titanique makes you love it more, with a glow-up that makes the show even more impactful and irresistible. Yet, there's still a scrappy, endearing ‘let's put on a show' energy to it, that gives the musical its Titanic-sized charm. You're guaranteed to laugh your iceberg off." Titanique won seven major awards of the 2022-23 theater season, including three Lucille Lortel Awards (Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Lead Performer: Marla Mindelle, Outstanding Costume Design: Alejo Vietti), the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical, Las Culturistas' Culture Award for Best Indoor Performance, and two Dorian Awards (Outstanding Off-Broadway Production, Outstanding Off-Broadway Performance: Marla Mindelle). The show earned an additional nine award nominations, including two 2023 Drama League Award nominations (Outstanding Musical; Distinguished Performance: Marla Mindelle), two Outer Critics Circle Award nominations (Book of a Musical, Lead Performer: Marla Mindelle), two Lortel Award nominations (Choreography, Featured Performer: John Riddle), and a Drama Desk Award nomination (Book of a Musical). Tickets are available through September 7, 2025, from $69-$169. Purchase by visiting www.titaniquemusical.com or visiting the Daryl Roth Theatre Box Office (101 East 15th Street). Celebrate with a Group of 8+ and get a special rate, by calling 212-757-9117. An Early Bird rate is available for those who purchase tickets 6+ weeks in advance, saving 30% on select performances; for more information, click here. ABOUT ANDREW KEENAN-BOLGER (Victor Garber/Luigi) Broadway: Crutchie in Newsies (Outer Critics Circle nominee), Tuck Everlasting (Drama League Award nominee), Mary Poppins, Seussical, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Scarlett Dreams, Seven Deadly Sins. TV: "The Undoing," "The Blacklist," "The Other Two," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "Nurse Jackie," "Looking." Film: The Rewrite, Marci X. Upcoming: On Swift Horses. Co-creator of "Submissions Only." Co-author of the book series Jack & Louisa and author of the upcoming Limelight (Penguin). @KeenanBlogger ABOUT LEA DELARIA (Ruth) The first openly gay comic on television in America, Lea is an accomplished Jazz performer who has performed in concert venues all over the world. She is best known as ‘Big Boo' from Orange is the New Black (3 SAG Awards). Lea can currently be seen in the indie feature film Potato Dreams of America, and in the Indigo Girls jukebox feature film, Glitter & Doom. Lea recently starred in the Off-Broadway Revival of Tennessee Williams' play, The Night of the Iguana, directed by Emily Mann. TV credits include Girls5Eva, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, East New York,The Blacklist, Physical, Reprisal, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Shameless, and Broad City. Film credits include Cars 3, Support The Girls, and First Wives Club. Broadway credits, POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (Bernadette), The Rocky Horror Show (Eddie/Dr. Scott) and On The Town (Hildy), Obie and Theatre World Awards. @realleadelariawww.leadelaria.com CASSADEE POPE (Rose) makes her Off Broadway debut in TITANIQUE! At 17, she fronted the band Hey Monday, won The Voice in 2012, and became Grammy nominated for "Think Of You" with Chris Young. She starred in Grease, Aida, and Phantom of The Opera in school, has made appearances on the TV shows Nashville, Degrassi, and Hellcats, and starred in "Only Hope: a musical tribute to A Walk To Remember" in Nashville in April 2024. CALLUM FRANCIS (Cal) is an award-winning actor known for his portrayal of LOLA in KINKY BOOTS. He is the only actor to play the role on three continents in five different companies including West End & Broadway. Other credits include Joe Scott (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY) Raoul (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) and other West End productions such as Disney's THE LION KING, MISS SAIGON & GHOST. He dedicates this performance to himself. Instagram: Callumf KYLE RAMAR FREEMAN (The Seaman/Iceberg) is from Miami, FL and is a graduate of the American Musical Dramatic Academy. Kyle made his New York debut in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, A Strange Loop. He then took A Strange Loop to London's West End, portraying the lead role of Usher. Recently, Kyle played the Lion in the latest revival of The Wiz, gracing both the National Tour and Broadway stages. Other credits include: 1st National tour of Once On This Island (Asaka), Joseph and .. Dreamcoat (Calypso). Ig: iamkylefreeman |
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