{"id":2884,"date":"2026-06-06T20:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ticketmaster.com\/?p=66617"},"modified":"2026-06-06T20:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:28:20","slug":"layton-williams-on-his-tony-nomination-titaniques-cinderella-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/layton-williams-on-his-tony-nomination-titaniques-cinderella-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Layton Williams on His Tony Nomination, Titanique\u2019s \u201cCinderella Story\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a sunny, hectic afternoon in New York City<\/a> when Layton Williams is approached by a total stranger on the street. \u201cSorry, I thought that guy was crazy and about to attack me, but actually, he saw the show last night. Work!\u201d the actor tells Ticketmaster with a giddy, and perhaps slightly relieved, laugh.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, getting stopped by strangers mid-interview is just one of many pinch-me New York moments the Bury, England transplant has tried to get accustomed to in the lead-up to the 79th Tony Awards on June 7, 2026.<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks earlier, it was in the middle of Midtown Manhattan as he headed home from performing for the first time on TODAY<\/em> that Williams found out \u2014 almost by accident \u2014that he\u2019d officially become a Tony nominee for his scene-stealing role as the Iceberg in Titanique<\/em><\/a>. (More on that in a bit.)<\/p>\n

Now, Williams is nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in Featured Role in a Musical at the Tonys, but he\u2019s navigated the emotional rollercoaster of an awards season before. In fact, he\u2019d already won an Olivier Award for originating the role of the personified Titanic-sinker on London\u2019s West End before crossing the Atlantic. But being welcomed \u2014 and celebrated \u2014 on Broadway<\/a> with such fervent acclaim is still a new sensation for him.<\/p>\n

Accolades from the Broadway community also seem like a fittingly unexpected climax to the story of Titanique<\/em>, a madcap parody of the 1997 Oscar-winning movie Titanic<\/em> featuring the music of the one and only C\u00e9line Dion. What started 10 years ago as a wild idea between Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli at a dinner theater in L.A. eventually became an underground sensation. No, literally: the show marked its first performances in an old basement owned by the sketch comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade before making its way Off-Broadway to The Asylum Theater and, eventually, to the bright lights of Broadway.<\/p>\n