Fall Production

In the final hours of April 14, 1912 the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, collided with an iceberg and ‘the unsinkable ship’ slowly sank. It was one of the most tragic disasters of the 20th Century. 1,517 men, women and children lost their lives.

Based on real people aboard the most legendary ship in the world, TITANIC The Musical is a stunning and stirring production focusing on the hopes, dreams and aspirations of her passengers who each boarded with stories and personal ambitions of their own. All innocently unaware of the fate awaiting them, the Third Class immigrants dream of a better life in America, the Second Class imagine they too can join the lifestyles of the rich and famous, whilst the millionaire Barons of the First Class anticipate legacies lasting forever.

With music and lyrics by Maury Yeston (Nine, Grand Hotel) and a book by Peter Stone (Woman of the Year, 1776), the pair have collectively won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, an Olivier Award and three Tony awards. The original Broadway production of TITANIC The Musical won five Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book.

To celebrate two milestones — YAA's 15th anniversary season and the 30th anniversary of TITANIC the Musical — we have commissioned Ian Weinberger (Broadway's Chess, Hamilton) to create World Premiere expanded symphonic orchestrations of this epic score, which originally premiered on Broadway in March 1997.