An open thread for reports from the final Cinematic Titanic performance at the Kewsick Theater, outside of Phila. As anybody who has been reading my Twitter feed knows, I was going to be there tonight but a sudden illness kept me away. However our buddy Paul “Projected Paul” DerHagopian WAS there tonight and will file a full report later. In the meantime, the comments section is all yours. Take it away commenters!

But before I do, I just want to extend my thanks to the Titans for years of great performances. Thanks for everything.

Paul’s report:

Dave “Gruber” Allen started the pre-show warm up acts with a shadow puppet show. An attempt at singing lip-sync to some Dan Fogelberg version of “Auld Lang Syne” with Mary Jo was intentionally cut short.

A video plugging Trace’s “Silly Rhymes” book was played.

Mary Jo read a work-in-progress play of hers with Josh and Gruber.

Josh performed a song he wrote for the Burbank Airport PA system while Trace and Mary Jo interrupted the flow with typical airport PA announcements.

Frank did some stand-up. He announced that he will be attending a number of fan conventions in the future.

Joel did a Q&A with the audience. When asked what he’ll be doing in the future, he noted his voice work on Cartoon Network (he does the voice of Mayor Bill Dewey on a CN series called “Steven Universe”).

Then “The Wasp Woman” started. New topical references and jokes were made, such as the Wasp Woman’s dead body at the end now being newly-elected New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s problem now.

An intermission followed. When the show resumed, a new video by Trace titled “Frank” was played. It featured Frank as a Frankenstein-like monster brought back to life. The Titans were in the video, and even Bill Corbett made an appearance.

Then “The Doll Squad” started. Current and topical jokes and references were made about George Zimmerman and the Healthcare.gov website problems.

After the 2nd feature ended, the Titans and Dave Allen gave a toast on stage, bidding farewell to their 5-year tour. This was at about 12:10AM.

A meet and greet with fans to get autographs followed, with a very long line and wait.

Happy New Year!