Overview
Synopsis
In 1928 Berlin, the world is between wars and the stock market is booming. The center of the action is the illustrious Grand Hotel. The show concerns the eccentric guests of the hotel including a beautiful Prima Ballerina; the charming but broke young Baron; the determined Hollywood hopeful; the deathly ill bookkeeper; the honest, hardworking father-to-be; and the cynical doctor.
Show Information
- Book
- Luther Davis
- Music
- Maury Yeston , Robert Wright , George Forrest
- Lyrics
- Maury Yeston , Robert Wright , George Forrest
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- Genres
- Cast Size
- large
- Licensor
- Music Theatre International
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult, Late Teen Characters, Large Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
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Female |
Alto |
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Featured |
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Spoken |
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Songs
- The Grand Parade (Yeston)
- Some Have, Some Have Not (Wright/Forrest)
- As It Should Be (Wright/Forrest)
- At the Grand Hotel (Yeston)/Table With a View (Wright/Forrest)
- Maybe My Baby Loves Me (Wright/Forrest)
- Fire and Ice (Wright/Forrest)
- Twenty Two Years (Yeston)/Villa On a Hill (Wright/Forrest)
- I Want To Go To Hollywood (Yeston)
- Everybody's Doing It (Yeston)
- As It Could Be (Wright/Forrest)
- The Crooked Path (Wright/Forrest)
- Who Couldn't Dance With You? (Wright/Forrest)
- No Encore (Wright/Forrest)
- Fire and Ice (Wright/Forrest)
- Love Can't Happen (Yeston)
- What You Need (Wright/Forrest)
- Bonjour Amour (Yeston)
- H-A-P-P-Y (Wright/Forrest)
- We'll Take A Glass Together (Wright/Forrest)
- I Waltz Alone (Wright/Forrest)
- H-A-P-P-Y (Reprise)
- Roses at the Station (Yeston)
- What You Need (Wright/Forrest)
- How Can I Tell Her? (Wright/Forrest)
- At the Grand Hotel (Reprise)
- As It Should Be (Wright/Forrest)
- The Grand Parade/Some Have, Some Have Not (Reprise)
- The Grand Waltz (Wright/Forrest)
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
Monologues
Scenes
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