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C’est Absurde, in the Best Possible Way: Titaníque
SARA HOLDREN
Titaníque is the kind of giddy, dippy, fan-friendly spectacle that invites you to arrive a glass and a half deep, literally or spiritually.
S12 Ep4: Tye Blue
WILLIAM J CONNOLLY
As Titanique marks its milestone first anniversary in London’s West End and Broadway sets sail this Spring, the Olivier-winning director and co-writer invites us inside his brilliantly unhinged mind to reveal how his love for the ultimate Canadian music icon helped build a global theatrical phenomenon.
Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue Look Back on the Decade-Long, Worldwide Voyage of Titaníque
LOGAN CULWELL-BLOCK
In the grand tradition of your Little Shop of Horrors, Avenue Q, and countless other Off-Broadway little-shows-that-could, Titaníque started in the humblest of ways, performing over Zoom and at a handful of one-night-only concert engagements in LA and NYC before it came to what felt then like the biggest stage it could ever hope to achieve: the Asylum Theatre, in the basement of a Gristedes grocery store.
Titanique Drops Anchor on Broadway: Opening Night Draws Starry Crowd at St. James Theatre
SOPHIA RUBINO
Celebrities including Constance Wu, Tituss Burgess and Ana Gasteyer joined the cast to celebrate the musical’s Broadway debut
The ‘Titanic’ parody that’s got LA talking
MAYA RICHARD-CRAVEN
Tye Blue’s parody musical Titanique set sail on September 9th, with an industry-only preview at the Dancing with the Stars’ 101 Dance Center.
Rumer Willis Slays Houston With "Over The Love" Tour
SAM BYRD
The classically trained singer isn’t traveling alone. She’s bringing her best guy pal, Tye Blue, to open the show. Blue, a native Houstonian, and Willis will blow the crowd away with smoky blues, hot jazz and soulful sounds.
An Unsinkable Production
After more than 20 years of driving us crazy, Celine Dion's “My Heart Will Go On” has beaten us into submission. In fact, director Tye Blue is so fond of the singer and her theme song to the 1997 blockbuster Titanic that he created a musical parody completely inspired by her.
Tye Blue Brings ‘Estelle’ and ‘Testify’ to Houston
BARRETT WHITE
Originally hailing from Houston, Estelle’s alter ego, Tye Blue, is no stranger to the stage. A high-school band student, it wasn’t until his days in university (where he majored in saxophone) that he turned his eye toward a career in vocal performance.
‘Titanique’ Is The Celine Dion Parody Musical You Didn’t Know You Needed
Grab hold of a flotation device and get ready to meet the sassiest iceberg in musical theater history, because yes, this is a parody of Titanic, and it’s called Titanique! Earlier this month, Tye Blue’s Titanique held a special industry-only preview reading, and we caught a first-look at the hilarious project.
A Titanic Musical Parody, Featuring Céline Dion Songs, Is Heading to New York
RYAN MCPHEE
Following a 2017 premiere in Los Angeles, Titanique—a musical parody of the Oscar-winning Titanic featuring the songs of Céline Dion—will head to New York. Performances are set for August 25, 26, and 27 at The Green Room 42 (located inside the Yotel New York).
Wednesday Morning Man: Tye Blue!
GREG HERNANDEZ
Tye has opened for Chaka Khan, Thelma Houston, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Al Jarreau and his album Here was released in November. This year, he made his Houston Grand Opera company debut starring as Frank Schultz in Show Boat.
Unsinkable Talent: Houston-born Tye Blue on Titanique, his off-Broadway musical parody of Titanic.
RYAN LEACH
This titanic-sized feat for any off-Broadway show in the Big Apple can all be traced back to Houston’s homegrown, multi-talented Tye Blue, who co-authored and directed Titanique.