Titanic (musical)

  • Reeder Bruce Ismay
  • Captain Edward John Smith
  • Designer Thomas Andrews
  • Heater Frederic Barrett
  • Radio operator Harold Bride
  • Frederick Fleet, the lookout
  • Isidor Straus, millionaire
  • Ida Straus, his wife
  • Alice Beane, 2nd class passenger
  • Edgar Beane, her husband
  • Henry Etches, Steward of the 1st class
  • 1st Officer William M. Murdoch
  • Charlotte Cardoza, millionaire
  • Benjamin Guggenheim, millionaire
  • Kate McGowan, Irish emigrant
  • Kate Mullins, Irish emigrant
  • Jim Farrell, Irish emigrants

Titanic - The Musical is a musical by Maury Yeston (music) and Peter Stone ( libretto ) about the sinking of the Titanic on April 14, 1912 The premiere took place on 23 April 1997 at the Lunt - Fontanne Theatre on Broadway in New York..

Action

The play begins at the port of Southampton and ends after the disaster with the rescue of the survivors. In between, you get to know the crew and passengers of the Titanic. In the third class, a young couple in love and dreams of a new start in the New World. In the first class, an old Jewish couple is still so in love like a long time ago.

The accompanying Bruce Ismay, director of the White Star Line vessel owner is shown as a cold-hearted person who Captain EJ Smith pushes back down with the Titanic maiden voyage to New York in record time. Therefore, the captain increased speed, suggests a more northerly (shorter ) route and ignored iceberg warnings. The Titanic begins to sink after it collided with an iceberg.

Also, most other roles correspond to real persons, eg Thomas Andrews ( the designer), Frederick Barrett ( heater, and there were two on the ship with this name ) and Harold Bride ( the radio operator ) and the millionaires Ida and Isidore Strauss ( co-owner of the department store chain Macy's ), JJ Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim.

Songs

  • At all times
  • Are you just a dream, Titanic?
  • Farewell
  • I have on this ship
  • Mrs. Beane
  • Have a good trip
  • Barrett song
  • A time of splendor and magnificence
  • In America
  • The Proposal
  • God help me
  • I want more
  • No moon
  • In pajamas in great room
  • The question of guilt
  • We'll meet again
  • As before all time
  • Mr. Andrews ' Vision
  • Final

Venues

After the first performance on Broadway the following productions were held.

  • Netherlands: September 23, 2001, Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam
  • Germany: December 7, 2002 Neue Flora, Hamburg
  • Ireland: May 21, 2005 The Grand Opera House, Belfast
  • Belgium: December 2005/January 2006 Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège, Charleroi
  • Germany: April 16, 2007 Neue Flora, Hamburg ( Concert performance in favor of GMRS )
  • Germany: June 28, 2008 to July 20, 2008, Cathedral Square Magdeburg ( production of Theater Magdeburg )
  • Germany: June 25, 2009 to July 12, 2009, Cathedral Square Magdeburg ( production of Theater Magdeburg )
  • Germany: Free Musical Ensemble Muenster, November 2009 (semi- professional)
  • Switzerland: July 10, 2012 to August 30, 2012, ThunerSeespiele ( Swiss premiere ). Abridged version with additional Swiss dialect speaking people.
  • Austria: July 20, 2012 to 11 August 2012, on the rocks Staatz in an open-air production ( Austrian première )

German premiere

The German version of which dates from Wolfgang Adenberg. It was shown 2003 321 time at the Neue Flora in Hamburg from December 2002 to October. The extra love duet has been added " three days " in the second act for the production in Hamburg.

As German first cast went on, among others:

  • Robin Brosch as Reeder Bruce Ismay
  • Marina Edelhagen as Ida Straus.
  • Michael Flöth as Captain Edward John Smith
  • Martin T. Haberger as Edgar Beane.
  • Wolfgang Höltzel as 1st Officer William M. Murdoch
  • Jens Janke as a radio operator Harold Bride
  • Jessica Kessler as Kate Mullins.
  • Robert Lenkey as Isidor Straus
  • Carsten Lepper as a designer Thomas Andrews
  • Masha Karell as Charlotte Cardoza
  • Heiko Stang as 3rd Officer Herbert Pitman / Major
  • Patrick Stanke as heaters Frederic Barrett
  • Jasmin Madwar as Kate McGowan
  • Marius Sverrisson as Jim Farrell

The musical was nominated in five categories for the 1997 Tony Award and in all these excellent: Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Musical Libretto, Best Orchestration and Best Stage.

RMS Titanic Broadway theatre J. Bruce Ismay Edward Smith (sea captain) Thomas Andrews (shipbuilder) John Jacob Astor IV William McMaster Murdoch Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
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