I Need to do Research on John B Thayer

[Tom Zainea]

This fall I begin a long National Tour in the Broadway musical TITANIC. Since I will be playing John B. Thayer, any and all info on him and/or his family would be greatly appreciated.
You can email me at
[email protected]
THANK-YOU!!!

 

[Mike Herbold]

Tom:
If you haven't already, go buy the book "The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic" by John B. Thayer. It's available in modern reprints.

Here's a few interesting webpages:
http://www.bytenet.net/thayer/book/index.html
http://www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt/pennhistory/titanic/titanic.thayer.html
http://www.bytenet.net/thayer/main.html

 

[Joshua Gulch]

Tom,
Or should I say Mr. Thayer? Congratulations on getting the part! Do you know if Titanic: A New Musical's Official Site will be updated to reflect this new tour? Or will tour dates be posted elsewhere? It's a show I'd love to see, but wasn't able to before.

I have the soundtrack and am a big fan of it, regardless of the liberties that were taken. I may as well add that one of my favorite parts comes from Thayer and Guggenheim:

"I don't like the way this sounds."
"Not a bit, not a bit, not a little bit."
"We spent eighteen-hundred pounds!"
"Not a bit, not a bit, not a little bit."
"This is not the sort of a voyage we paid for! I demand to know what the ship is delayed for! Right now!"

Good stuff, and good luck.

Josh.