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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

Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Number of Acts
2
Genres
Cast Size
large
Ideal For
Mostly Male Cast, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult, Late Teen Characters, Large Cast

Context


Plot


Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Doctor Otternschlag

Lead

Male

Hermann Preysing

Lead

Male

Baron Felix Von Gaigern

Lead

Male

Erik

Supporting

Male

The Two Jimmys

Supporting

Male

Chauffeur

Supporting

Male

Flaemmchen

Supporting

Female

Alto

Otto Kringelein

Supporting

Male

Raffaela

Supporting

Female

Elizaveta Grushinskaya

Supporting

Female

The Doorman

Featured

Male

Spoken

The Countess

Featured

Female

The Gigolo

Featured

Male

Rohna

Featured

Male

Spoken

Zinnowitz

Featured

Male

Sandor

Featured

Male

Witt

Featured

Male

Madame Peepee

Featured

Female

Trude

Featured

Female

Wolffe Bratts

Featured

Male

Detective

Featured

Male

Tootsie

Female

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.

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