{"id":306587,"date":"2026-07-27T14:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306587\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:52:08","slug":"russell-daniels-joins-titanique-broadway-cast-jim-parsons-temporarily-departs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306587\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Daniels joins &#8216;Titanique&#8217; Broadway cast; Jim Parsons temporarily departs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All aboard! Russell Daniels will join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/show\/25241-titanique\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Titanique<\/a> Broadway cast for two weeks only this summer, performing as Ruth Dewitt Bukater from August 1-16 while current star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/jim-parsons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Parsons<\/a> is out of the show. Daniels previously played Ruth in Titanique off Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Terrence Williams Jr., another alum of the Off-Broadway production, will make his Broadway debut as a vacation swing.<\/p>\n<p>Titanique parodies James Cameron&#8217;s Titanic movie with a score full of Celine Dion&#8217;s greatest hits. The Broadway cast also includes Tony Award nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/marla-mindelle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marla Mindelle<\/a> as Celine Dion, Tony nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/layton-williams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Layton Williams<\/a> as The Iceberg, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/constantine-rousouli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Constantine Rousouli<\/a> as Jack Dawson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/melissa-barrera\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melissa Barrera<\/a> as Rose DeWitt Bukater, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/deborah-cox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deborah Cox<\/a> as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/frankie-grande\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frankie Grande<\/a> as Victor Garber, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/john-riddle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Riddle<\/a> as Cal Hockley.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Tony-nominated musical is set to play the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/venues\/st-james-theatre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. James Theatre<\/a> through September 20.<\/p>\n<p>Get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/show\/25241-titanique\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Titanique tickets<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Russell Daniels. (Photo courtesy of production)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All aboard! Russell Daniels will join the Titanique Broadway cast for two weeks only this summer, performing as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-306587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306587","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=306587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}