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Synopsis

April 10, 1912: the RMS Titanic sets out from London on her maiden voyage, across the Atlantic. Billed as “The Largest Floating Object in The World,” the Titanic is already big news. April 15, 1912: Titanic, the “unsinkable” ship, sinks, killing over 1500 men, women and children. In a stunning chamber musical as massive as the ocean liner that shares its name, Yeston and Peter Stone’s musical, Titanic, tells the stories of the people on board the legendary steamer and the men who got them there. Spanning all classes, Titanic captures the stories from the whole range of humanity aboard the ship: from workers in the boiler room to first-class attendants, from the poorest passengers, who scraped together their life savings to purchase third-class tickets to America, to some of the wealthiest men of the Victorian age, including John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim. Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s musical tells the tragic story with a compassionate book, intelligent lyrics, and soaring melodies. Full of memorable characters based on the real men and women on the ship, Titanic is a powerful, complex look at the making of a tragedy.

Show Information

Music
Maury Yeston
Lyrics
Maury Yeston
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
1997
Genres
Drama, Romance, Historical/Biographical
Settings
Spectacle
Time & Place
the ship titanic, 1912
Cast Size
large
Orchestra Size
Large
Dancing
Musical Staging
Ideal For
Community Theatre, Regional Theatre, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Mature Adult, Young Adult, Late Teen, Early Teen, Child Characters, Large Cast

Context

Plot

Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

J. Bruce Ismay

Supporting

Male

Baritone

E.J. Captain Smith

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Murdoch

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Isidor Straus

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Ida Straus

Supporting

Female

Alto

Alice Beane

Supporting

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Edgar Beane

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Caroline Neville

Supporting

Female

Soprano

Jim Farrell

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Kate McGowan

Supporting

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Charles Clarke

Supporting

Male

Tenor

Harold Bride

Supporting

Male

Tenor

Henry Etches

Supporting

Male

Tenor

Frederick Barrett

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Thomas Andrews

Supporting

Male

Baritone

Kate Murphy

Featured

Female

Alto

Kate Mullins

Featured

Female

Alto

Charlotte Drake Cardoza

Featured

Female

Spoken

Lightoller

Featured

Male

Baritone

Pitman

Featured

Male

Boxhall

Featured

Male

Baritone

Hitchens

Featured

Male

Baritone

Bellboy

Featured

Male

John Jacob Astor

Featured

Male

Baritone

Madeleine Astor

Featured

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Benjamin Guggenheim

Featured

Male

Baritone

Frank Carlson

Featured

Male

Spoken

Frederick Fleet

Featured

Male

Tenor

Joseph Bell

Featured

Male

Tenor

Mme. Aubart

Ensemble

Female

Soprano

John B. Thayer

Ensemble

Male

Baritone

Marian Thayer

Ensemble

Female

Soprano

Jack Thayer

Ensemble

Male

George Widener

Ensemble

Male

Baritone

Eleanor Widener

Ensemble

Female

Edith Corse Evans

Ensemble

Female

Soprano

The Major

Ensemble

Male

Baritone

J.H. Rogers

Ensemble

Male

Baritone

Susan Webber

Ensemble

Female

Soprano

The Band

Ensemble

Male

Doctor

Ensemble

Male

Spoken

Andrew Latimer

Ensemble

Male

Baritone

Stewardess Robinson

Ensemble

Female

Soprano

Stewardess Hutchinson

Ensemble

Female

Soprano

Ensemble

Ensemble

Either Gender

Mr. and Mrs. DaMico

Ensemble

Either Gender

Spoken

Songs

Act One

  • Overture - Orchestra
  • In Every Age - Mr. Andrews
  • How Did They Build Titanic? - Barrett
  • Fare-thee-well - Barrett, Bride & Fleet
  • There She Is - Barrett, Bride, Fleet, Hartley, Sailor, Stoker & Stevedore
  • The Largest Floating Object in The World - Mr. Ismay, Mr. Andrews & Captain Smith
  • I Must Get On That Ship - Ensemble
  • The First Class Roster - Pitman and Alice
  • Godspeed Titanic - Pitman & Full company
  • Barrett's Song - Barrett
  • What A Remarkable Age This Is - Etches, 1st-Class & Serving Staff
  • To Be A Captain - Murdoch
  • Lady's Maid - The Three Kates & Ensemble
  • The Proposal / The Night Was Alive - Barrett & Bride
  • God Lift Me Up (Hymn) - 1st-Class passengers
  • Doing The Latest Rag- Hartley, Bricoux, Taylor & Ensemble
  • I Have Danced - Alice & Edgar
  • No Moon - Ensemble
  • Autumn - Hartley
  • Finale Act One - Orchestra

Act Two

  • Entr'acte - Orchestra
  • Wake Up, Wake Up! - Etches, Stewards, 1st-, 2nd-, & 3rd-class passengers
  • Dressed In Your Pyjamas In the Grand Salon - Ensemble
  • The Staircase - The Three Kates & Farrell with Barrett
  • The Blame - Mr. Ismay, Mr. Andrews & Captain Smith
  • To the Lifeboats - Ensemble
  • We'll Meet Tomorrow - Barrett, Charles & Company
  • To Be A Captain (Reprise) - Etches
  • Still - Ida and Isidor
  • Mr. Andrews' Vision - Mr. Andrews
  • The Foundering - Survivors
  • Finale - In Every Age/ Godspeed, Titanic (Reprise) - Company

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