Amber Ardolino to Star as Celine Dion in Titanique

Amber Ardolino (A Beautiful Noise, Hamilton) begins performances as Celine Dion on March 21, 2025. The musical’s current star, Dee Roscioli, will play her final performance in the role on March 16.

Amber Ardolino most recently starred as Marcia Murphey in A Beautiful Noise on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include Hamilton, and the original Broadway companies of Back to the Future, Funny Girl, Moulin Rouge and Head Over Heels. Past credits include Sherrie in the Las Vegas production of Rock of Ages, and national tours of Flashdance, Legally Blonde, and West Side Story. 

Ardolino joins a stellar cast including Cassadee Pope as Rose Dewitt Bukater, Max Jenkins (“Dead To Me,” “The Mysteries of Laura”) as Jack Dawson, Lea DeLaria (POTUS, “Orange is the New Black”) as Ruth Dewitt Bukater, Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Tuck Everlasting, Newsies) as Victor Garber/Luigi, Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Callum Francis (Kinky BootsPhantom) as Cal, Kyle Ramar Freeman (The Wiz, A Strange Loop) as The Iceberg, Rae Davenport, Sara Gallo, Tess Marshall, and Barnaby Reiter. On March 25, Cassidy Stoner (Aladdin) joins the ensemble as a background vocalist.

All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film Titanic, you get Titanique, off-Broadway’s most award-winning splash hit, which turns one of the greatest love stories of all time into a hysterical musical fantasia. Want to find out what really happened to Jack and Rose on that fateful night? Just leave it to Céline Dion to enchant the audience with her totally wild take, recharting the course of Titanic’s beloved moments and characters with her iconic song catalog. Sailing on fierce powerhouse voices in show-stopping performances of such hits as “My Heart Will Go On,” “All By Myself”, and “To Love You More” – backed by the unparalleled energy of a full live band – Titanique is a one-of-a-kind theatrical voyage bursting with nostalgia, heart, and campy chaos. 

Co-written by Marla MindelleConstantine Rousouli, and Tye Blue, Titanique celebrated its Off-Broadway premiere in June 2022 at Asylum Theater, starring the musical’s co-authors Mindelle (Sister Act, Netflix’s “Special”) and Rousouli (Cruel Intentions, Hairspray) as Celine Dion and Jack Dawson. After several sold-out extensions, the musical transferred to the Daryl Roth Theatre on November 20, 2022, and won seven major awards of the 2022-23 theater season, including the Lucille Lortel Award and Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical.

In September 2024, Titanique voyaged into international waters, with its Australian premiere at The Grand Electric in Sydney, which was soon followed by the Canadian premiere in Montréal(24 km from Céline Dion’s hometown of Charlemagne!) at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in November, and Toronto’s CAA Theatre in December.  A London production, co-produced by Eva Price and Michael Harrison, opened to rave reviews in January at The Criterion Theatre in the West End. The London Titanique has been nominated for three Olivier Awards. The musical’s Paris debut is set for April 2025 at the Lido Theatre.

Titanique is directed by Tye Blue (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”, Rumer Willis’ Over the Love Tour), and choreographed by Ellenore Scott (Funny Girl, Little Shop of Horrors). Music Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations are by IRNE Award-Winner Nicholas James Connell. Scenic Design is by Gabriel Hainer Evansohn and Grace Lauchbacher for Iron Bloom Creative Production; Costume Design is by Alejo Vietti; Lighting Design is by Paige Seber; Sound Design is by Lawrence Schober; Wig Design is by Tommy Kurzman; Original Prop Design is by Eric Reynolds. Casting is by The Telsey Office/Rachel Hoffman, CSA and Henry Russell Bergstein, CSA and Andrew Fem.

Tickets are available through September 7, 2025, from $69-$169. Purchase by visiting www.titaniquemusical.com or visiting the Daryl Roth Theatre Box Office (101 East 15th Street). Celebrate with a Group of 8+ and get a special rate, by calling 212-757-9117. An Early Bird rate is available for those who purchase tickets 4+ weeks in advance, saving 30% on select performances; for more information, click here.

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