Titanic The Musical
Published September 1, 2024
Film info
- Title Titanic The Musical
- Director Thom Sutherland
- Year 2023
- Run time 2hrs 28m
- Genres Music, History
- Tagline God Speed, Titanic
Winner of 5 Tony Awards (including Best Musical), based on the real people aboard the most legendary ship in the world, Titanic The Musical is a stunning and stirring production focusing on the hopes, dreams and aspirations of her passengers who each boarded with stories and personal ambitions of their own.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 5:08 | The staff really must have been overawed having been on other smaller ships before. |
| 6:20 | “Soon to be, under… way.” Who thought they were going to say water? |
| 12:36 | Quite clever to have the massive gossip give the backstory. |
| 26:27 | “Of course they’re rich, darling, they’re Americans.” |
| 30:17 | Save time and money… at what cost, dear EJ. |
| 39:42 | Alber-cue-cue. |
| 43:16 | It feels mad to me that you could know people from a previous ship voyage. |
| 50:50 | One message costs twice what he’d earn on the voyage? Ouch! |
| 55:03 | I do like this dit-dah-dit song. |
| 1:00:52 | Too much happiness, something bad’s about to happen. |
| 1:18:09 | “Just following orders.” We know how that goes! |
| 1:30:49 | “Can’t you see I’m busy? Go bother the captain.” “This is the Captain.” Bit of humour even in the horror. |
| 1:32:12 | Funny to think of SOS being a new concept - people might not have known what it was. |
| 1:35:15 | Sure, let’s just stand around blaming each other, instead of tackling the situation. |
| 1:44:50 | Cabin boy at 14. Oof. |
| 1:52:55 | This is brutal. |
| 2:05:29 | Not sure how they have managed to end this on an uplifting note, but there it is. |
| 2:08:23 | The wall of names though. |
Thoughts
I had previously gone to see this musical when it was in the theatre, but I left at the interval. The first half hadn’t massively grabbed me but it was more about me - I was not in the right headspace to watch what happened to these doomed characters. We know how this story ends and it’s not a happy history. So I was quite glad to see this recording of the live show, so I could watch the second half in the safety of my own space.
I’m glad it worked out this way because that second half is really gruelling - moving and powerful and oof, just desperately sad. As a musical, I do have to admit that I only really enjoyed a couple of the songs and the others I can take or leave, but it’s definitely worth having seen this just for the experience.
Rating: 3 / 5
