The most successful comedy in the history of Romanian theater, Titanic Waltz by Tudor Mușatescu, - played almost 100 times in the debut season 1932-1933 on the stage of the National Theatre from Bucharest - is brought back to light by one of the most inventive directors of the comic genre, Dan Tudor. As gifted as the author Tudor Mușatescu, with a generous fantasy and the inspiration to transpose, with the ability of a magician of fun, the everyday spirits into situations full of flavor, Dan Tudor manages a staging that does not lack gentle satire and quality sense of humor.

However, the success of the play is guaranteed only by its admirable cast - Adela Mărculescu, Amalia Ciolan, Irina Cojar, Alexandra Sălceanu, Afrodita Androne, Oana Constantinescu, Armand Calotă, Lari Giorgescu, Ionuț Toader, Mihai Munteniță, Dragoș Ionescu, Axel Moustache, Daniel Badale - whose headliner is the beloved Dan Puric, who returns (after a long wait from the audience) with a real acting recital of interpretive virtuosity. Playing the role of the modest clerk always caught between the more and more pretentious pretensions of his mother-in-law and his wife, Puric creates an authentic character of a special charm, woven of humor and sadness, exuberance and tenderness. Mimicking naivety and obedience one by one, the gentle Spirache weave in his mind the prank he plays on his family, because he is the owner of two capital secrets…

If you miss a sophisticated comedy, in which you can find the atmosphere of the interwar years on the chords of the hand organ, the intrigues in the intimacy of the conjugal home or of the political life (never changed!), even 90 years since its premiere, Titanic Waltz still is the right choice for a perfect evening of theater, because on the stage of TNB, the formidable artists Dan Puric and Dan Tudor return in the full form of their creativity. Long live comedy!

Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu

Photo Florin Ghioca