From the website - Titanic (photo: Tim Matheson)
Titanic is a yes, Music Man...well...
by Jay Catterson
Titanic: A New Musical, book by Peter Stone (1776) with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston (Nine, Grand Hotel) swept the Tony Awards in 1997 winning 5 Tonys including Best Musical. I had the good fortune of seeing the original Broadway production, with its gargantuan multi-tiered set which actually tilted to portray the ship's sinking. Now my fascination with the TUTS staging was this: "How in the heck are they going to mount such a monolithic show on such a small stage?"
Well, they did. And they did so splendidly. The set pieces and video design by Lauchlin Johnston effectively used projections, railings and movable scaffold platforms to portray the various sections of the ship. The direction and choreography by Max Reimer worked well, although some of the larger numbers could have used a bit more choreography. The cast was vocally on point, and the orchestra lead by Musical Director Kevin Michael Kripps was impeccable.
