(RANDOLPH, NJ) -- Brundage Park Playhouse presents Titanic, The Musical from April 9-12, 2026. Epic and majestic, with moments of heartbreaking intimacy, Titanic captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams.
The musical features Story and Book by Peter Stone; Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston; Production Oversight by Ray Gelpke; Music Direction by Ethan Smith; and Choreography by Becci Tank.
The cast includes Michael Turley (Andrews), Owen McKenna (Barrett/1st-Class Passenger/3rd-Class Passenger), Nathan Mahon (Bride/3rd-Class Passenger/Hartley/1st-Class Passenger), Justice Vera (Fleet/Carlson/1st -Class Passenger/3rd-Class Passenger), Russ Crespolini (Captain Smith), Kevin Gopon (Ismay), Jared Zack (Charles/1st-Class Passenger), John Villa (Edgar/3rd-Class Passenger), Bruce Wolosin (Isidor Straus/Hitchens/3rd-Class Passenger), Greg Schultz (Jim Farrell/1st-Class Passenger), Alex Gelpke (Pitman /Etches), Brett Peterson (Murdoch/Bass Player), Richard Leit (Lightoller/3rd-Class Passenger), Elliott Yesenosky (Bellboy/3rd-Class Passenger), Anna Gelpke (Alice/3rd-Class Passenger), Alison Endee (Caroline/1st-Class Passenger), Emily Moran (Kate McGowan /1st-Class Passenger), Amy Bauer (Kate Murphey/1st-Class Passenger), Haley Gasparine (Kate Mullins/1st-Class Passenger), Deb Schleiff (Ida Straus/3rd-Class Passenger), Jean Cavaliere (Passenger/Stewardess), Aimee Wolosin (Passenger/Stewardess), and Lauren Keelan (Passenger/Stewardess).
Performances take place Thursday, April 9 at 7:00mp; Friday, April 10 at 7:00pm; Saturday, April 11 at 3:00pm; and Sunday, April 12 at 3:00pm. Tickets are available for purchase online. Brundage Park Playhouse is located at 2 Bungalow Lane in Randolph, New Jersey.
Peter Stone says, "The sinking of the Titanic in the early hours of April 15, 1912, remains the quintessential disaster of the twentieth century. A total of 1,517 souls—men, women and children—lost their lives (only 711 survived). The fact that the finest, largest, strongest ship in the world—called, in fact, the “unsinkable” ship—should have been lost during its maiden voyage is so incredible that, had it not actually happened, no author would have dared to contrive it.
"But the catastrophe had social ramifications that went far beyond that night’s events. For the first time since the beginning of the industrial revolution early in the 19th Century, bigger, faster and stronger did not prove automatically to be better. Suddenly the very essence of “progress” had to be questioned; might the advancement of technology not always progress?
"Nor was this the only question arising from the disaster. The accommodations of the ship, divided into 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, mirrored almost exactly the class structure (upper, middle and lower) of the English-speaking world. But when the wide discrepancy between the number of survivors from each of the ship’s classes was revealed—all but two of the women in 1st Class were saved while 155 women and children from 2nd and 3rd (mostly 3rd) drowned—there was a new, long-overdue scrutiny of the prevailing social system and its values.
"It is not an exaggeration to state that the 19th Century, with its social stricture, its extravagant codes of honor and sacrifice, and its unswerving belief that God favored the rich, ended that night.
"The musical Titanic examines the causes, the conditions and the characters involved in this ever-fascinating drama. This is the factual story of that ship—of her officers, crew and passengers, to be sure, but she will not, as has happened so many times before, serve as merely the background against which fictional, melodramatic narratives are recounted. The central character of our Titanic is the Titanic herself."
Titanic opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on March 29, 1997, and played for 804 performances. It won five 1997 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book and Score; two 1997 Outer Critics Circle Awards; and the 1997 Drama Desk Award for orchestration.
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