{"id":208473,"date":"2026-04-24T16:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208473\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T16:19:27","slug":"jim-parsons-reveals-whether-or-not-ariana-grande-has-come-to-broadways-titanique-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208473\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Parsons Reveals Whether or Not Ariana Grande Has Come to Broadway\u2019s TITANIQUE Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone, including <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Jim-Parsons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jim Parsons<\/a>, is awaiting <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ariana-Grande\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ariana Grande<\/a>\u2019s arrival at Broadway\u2019s St. James Theatre to support her brother, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Frankie-Grande\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Frankie Grande<\/a>, in Titan\u00edque.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the Big Bang Theory alum\u2019s appearance on the Monday, April 20, broadcast of Bravo\u2019s <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXYA0czhuLv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch What Happens Live With <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Andy-Cohen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Cohen<\/a><\/a>, Parsons was asked by a fan whether or not the Wicked actress has seen Titan\u00edque on Broadway just yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAri has not been there,\u201d Parsons \u2014 who plays Ruth Dewitt Bukater in the Titanic musical parody \u2014 explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband [art director Todd Spiewak] said I must find out when she\u2019s coming and that whatever he\u2019s planning to do, he will cancel and show up,\u201d he added, joking: \u201cIt\u2019s borderline creepy, so I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m going to tell him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The WWHL fan also asked the 53-year-old actor who was his favorite celebrity to attend the Broadway musical, which officially opened April 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see very well into the audience, so I can\u2019t tell who\u2019s there,\u201d Parsons prefaced, \u201cbut <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Susan-Sarandon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Susan Sarandon<\/a> was there for opening, which thrilled me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Host <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Andy-Cohen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Cohen<\/a> asked if C\u00e9line Dion herself has seen the musical, which features her iconic music catalogue. <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Marla-Mindelle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marla Mindelle<\/a>, who is a co-author and co-producer of the celebration production, also stars in the show as a heightened version of the Grammy Award-winning music legend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Parsons confirmed that Dion, 58, has not been to the show, he said, \u201cI know people in C\u00e9line\u2019s camp have seen it, and they\u2019re very in touch with C\u00e9line\u2019s camp. It\u2019s a good relationship, so that would be a major moment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After WWHL posted a clip of Parsons\u2019 interview to their Instagram account, Frankie \u2014 who plays <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Victor-Garber\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victor Garber<\/a> and Luigi in the musical \u2014 chimed in by writing in the comments, \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m gonna tell him!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the \u201c7 Rings\u201d singer has not yet been to Broadway\u2019s St. James Theatre to see her brother in his starring role, which he also played when the show debuted Off-Broadway in 2022, their mother <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Joan-Grande\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joan Grande<\/a> was on hand for Frankie\u2019s special night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Written by Mindelle, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Tye-Blue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tye Blue<\/a> and <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Constantine-Rousouli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Constantine Rousouli<\/a>, Titan\u00edque reimagines the events that took place in the 1997 film Titanic, telling the story from Dion\u2019s perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>    \t\t\t  <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everyone, including Jim Parsons, is awaiting Ariana Grande\u2019s arrival at Broadway\u2019s St. James Theatre to support her brother,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-208473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}