Titanique, the Celine Dion jukebox musical doubling as a Titanic parody, earned the withering disdain of Tony Awards watchers this weekend.
Celine Dion Musical Flops, Fans Rip Performance
Titanique, the Celine Dion jukebox musical doubling as a Titanic parody, earned the withering disdain of Tony Awards watchers this weekend.The show tells the st...
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The show tells the story of the 1997 film Titanic from the perspective of Dion, who performed the end credits song My Heart Will Go On.
Dion is played by Marla Mindelle, who also co-wrote the show and who fronted the medley of songs performed Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall.
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Several of the cast - including 's brother Frankie Grande, as well as The Bing Bang Theory star Jim Parsons in drag - joined Mindelle for I'm Alive, while Mindelle gave a solo rendition of My Heart Will Go On.
Social media poured scorn on her efforts, with one X user marveling: 'this titanique performance is horrible oh my god she cannot sing is this real.'
'Are the vocals for Titanique supposed to be… bad?' wondered another, a sentiment echoed by a third observer who asked: 'Like was that part of the bit?'
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Titanique, the Celine Dion jukebox musical doubling as a Titanic parody, earned the withering disdain of Tony Awards watchers this weekend, directed in particular at star Marla Mindelle
The show tells the story of the 1997 James Cameron film Titanic from the perspective of Dion, who performed the end credits song My Heart Will Go On; Dion pictured in London in 2019
'Is it just me, or was the singing bad in that Titanique performance? It sounded off key,' one wrote, receiving a confirmation in the replies that 'It was terrible.'
'Only thing worse than this segment is sitting through the actual musical. Still waiting on refund from Titanique. Ugggh!' fumed an X user.
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