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Titanique Bids Bon Voyage After 1,221 Hysterical Performances
June 30, 2025, 11:39.56 pm ET

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After 159 weeks, 8 extensions, and 1,221 side-splitting performances, Titanique played its final Off-Broadway show on June 29, 2025, bringing the curtain down on one of New York’s most joyful theatrical triumphs in recent memory. The Céline Dion-fueled parody turned James Cameron’s Titanic into a musical slay-fest that captured hearts with equal parts camp and charm.

At the final performance, director and co-creator Tye Blue addressed the crowd with emotion and gratitude: “We started making this thing eight years ago with no delusions of anything,” he said. “We just wanted to hang out and make each other laugh.” That humble origin story grew into a word-of-mouth sensation, kept afloat by a loyal fan base of self-proclaimed “mega-fans,” to whom Blue said, “We love you so much.”

More than just a parody, Titanique was a passion project powered by pure comedic joy. “It was built from joy and delivered joy every night,” Blue shared, summing up the spirit that made the show a cult hit.

Originally set in the basement of a Chelsea Gristedes (aka The Asylum Theater), the show blended Céline Dion’s powerhouse ballads with outrageous reimaginings of Titanic’s iconic characters. As Cititour Broadway Critic Brian Scott Lipton wrote at the time of its opening: “It’s the perfect vehicle in which to pass 90 minutes and forget about the outside world.”

Though its New York voyage has ended, the legacy of Titanique—equal parts fabulous and fearless—will go on.


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