Titanic, which I saw at Malkin Bowl the other night, is an oddly non-flashy musical. There’s virtually no dancing and there are no big show tunes. Still, it’s a very satisfying work and director Max Reimer gives it an extraordinarily handsome production.
On one level, enjoying Titanic is like enjoying a concert. The score is vast and richly complex, and, under the excellent musical direction of Kevin Michael Cripps, the massed voices in this mounting are a deep pleasure to listen to. Sayer Roberts, who plays a young workman on the ship, has a lovely tenor—and star potential.
Lauchlin Johnston’s ultra-simple set, with its wide screen for projections and it’s elegantly stark deck railings, is by far the best I’ve ever seen at TUTS.
This production is epic. And it’s a beauty.
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