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Marla Mindelle is an actress, writer and composer. She won the 2023 Lucille Lortel Award for Best Performer in a musical for her portrayal of Céline Dion in the hit Off-Broadway musical, Titanique. As a co-writer, Titanique also won the Lucille Lortel for Best Off-Broadway Musical. She has received an Outer Circle Critics Nomination for her portrayal of Sister Mary Robert in the original cast of Sister Act on Broadway. She has also appeared as Stepsister Gabrielle in the original Broadway company of Cinderella. Other credits include South Pacific (Broadway) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty, First National Tour). You can see her as resident bitch, Olivia, in the Emmy-nominated series, Special on Netflix. She has sold multiple movie and television projects in Los Angeles with her writing partner, Jonathan Parks-Ramage.
WHAT'S THE BUZZ
‘TITANIQUE’S’ MARLA MINDELLE WILL BRING ‘BIG GAY JAMBOREE’ OFF-BROADWAY THIS FALL.
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The show, called 'The Big Gay Jamboree,' is produced by Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap.
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Marla Mindelle, who starred in and co-created the Off-Broadway hit Titanique, is debuting her new musical The Big Gay Jamboree Off-Broadway this fall.
The show is co-written by Mindelle and is described as a parody of musical theater itself.
Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap are serving as producers of the show.
In 2019, LuckyChap had announced a deal to produce the title as a movie musical for Paramount, however that has not yet materialized. Their involvement in the stage show marks LuckyChap’s first foray into theater.
‘Titanique,’ a scrappy off-Broadway comedy, has become a giant worldwide success
“Titanique,” a hilarious parody of James Cameron’s Oscar-winning movie ‘Titanic’ using the songbook (and quirky French Canadian persona) of Celine Dion, has become one of New York’s hottest theatrical exports of the decade.
When it opens its fifth production in Chicago in May, it will have as many concurrent runs as “Hamilton,” a show that’s never played a single grocery store cellar.
“When we first started doing little pop-up readings and everyone was responding in an unprecedented way, I hoped we’d be successful in New York,” Mindelle, who brilliantly originated the role of Celine and co-wrote the show with director Tye Blue and Constantine Rousouli, told The Post.
“But I never dreamed we would cross international borders and quite literally bamboozle the world. If you told me a 10-foot image of my face would be plastered over the Criterion Theatre in London, I would’ve laughed in your face. But the joke’s on me because I look like Celine Dion as Jesus Christ!”
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SPECIAL
Special is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Ryan O'Connell for Netflix. Starring O'Connell, the series is a semi-autobiographical account of his life as a gay man with cerebral palsy pursuing new friendships, relationships, and self-sufficiency. It based on O'Connell's memoir I'm Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves.
The series premiered on April 12, 2019, and concluded on May 20, 2021, after two seasons. It received positive reviews and earned four nominations at the 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, one for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.
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