PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Constantine Rousouli will also be returning to the musical.
PEOPLE has exclusive access to the star-studded cast of the wildly irreverent musical comedy Titanique, which is officially sailing for Broadway.
Co-creator Marla Mindelle will reprise her role as Dion in this spring’s 16-week limited engagement of the award-winning musical, which humorously reimagines the 1997 film Titanic through the perspective of Céline Dion and her catalog of hits, at the St. James Theatre in New York City.
She won’t be the only legend on board, it turns out. Jim Parsons, a Tony nominee and four-time Emmy winner, will accompany Mindelle in the musical. He will succeed Rose’s mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, who was portrayed on screen by Frances Fisher.
Parsons, who led Our Town the previous season, will be making a comeback to the boards. The 52-year-old Big Bang Theory star has five other Broadway credits, including The Normal Heart (2011), An Act of God (2015), The Boys in the Band (2018), and Mother Play (2024), which earned him his first Tony Award nomination.
Deborah Cox, a Grammy nominee, will return to Broadway with Titanique. She will portray Kathy Bates’ character, the Unsinkable Molly Brown, in the movie.
The 51-year-old Cox debuted in Aida in 2004. The singer of “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here” has additional stage credits in Jekyll & Hyde (2013) and The Wiz (2024).
Parsons and Cox will be joined by two longtime Titanique alumni, Frankie Grande, Ariana Grande’s brother, and co-creator Constantine Rousouli. They will reprise their Off-Broadway roles as Jack Dawson and Victor Garber from the show’s record-breaking three-year run, which ended in June 2025.
In the upcoming weeks, more Titanique cast members will be revealed.
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Céline herself steps in to reveal what truly happened to Jack and Rose on that fateful night in Titanique, a gleefully insane retelling of the Oscar-winning movie that is powered solely by Dion’s chart-topping hits. “Because You Loved Me,” “All By Myself,” “I’m Alive,” “to Love You More,” “Taking Chances,” and of course, “My Heart Will Go On” are among the songs that are performed live with a full band and unrepentant camp with jokes that are as hard as an iceberg.
The book for the musical was written by Mindelle, Rousouli, and co-creator and director Ty Blue.
For a show that started out as a buzzing, underground delight, its Broadway run represents a significant milestone.
Since its 2022 Off-Broadway debut, Titanique has had international productions in the West End of London, Sydney, Toronto, Montréal, Chicago, Paris, and São Paulo. It took home the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy in 2025, which is England’s version of the Tony Award.
Titanique’s development began ten years ago when Mindelle, Rousouli, and co-creator Ty Blue, the show’s director, came up with the concept and performed it live in Los Angeles. Up until its Off-Broadway debut in 2022, it went through several pop-up runs and cabarets.
It feels unreal to Rousouli to bring the show to Broadway after almost ten years.
“After nearly 10 years of steering Titanique through more icebergs than anyone should survive, bringing her to Broadway feels absolutely unreal,” he had previously told PEOPLE. “From a hot glue gun and a dream to a worldwide, award-winning fan favorite, Titanique began as a drunken idea in a bar and involved numerous frantic trips to JoAnn Fabrics for costumes and Party City for wigs. When she finally touches down on Broadway, it’s like standing on the ship’s bow, feeling overwhelmed, thankful, and yelling, “I’M FINALLY THE KING OF THE WORLD!”
The general public will be able to purchase Titanique tickets beginning on Monday, January 12, 2026. On Thursday, January 8, a Broadway presale starts.
