Grand Hotel
Broadway:
Previews: 16 octobre 1989 (Martin Beck Theatre)
Opening date: 12 novembre 1989
Closing date: 25 avril 1992
Nombre de représentations consécutives : 1 017 (31 previews)
West End:
Opening date: 6 juillet 1992 (Dominion Theatre)
Nombre de représentations consécutives : ?
D'après le roman et la pièce de théâtre de Vicki Baum de 1929, "Menschen im Hotel" et le film de 1932 qui a suivi.
Livret: Luther Davis
Lyrics & Musique: Robert Wright, George Forrest
Musique additionnelle: Maury Yeston
Lyrics additionnelles: Maury Yeston, Wally Harper
Mise en scène: Tommy Tune
Chorégraphie: Tommy Tune, Ken Tosti, J. J. Jepson
(Choré Ballroom: Yvonne Marceau, Pierre Dulaine)
Direction musicale: Jack Lee
Orchestrations: Peter Matz
Décors: Tony Walton, Stephan Olson
Costumes: Santo Loquasto
Lumières: Jules Fisher, Peggy Eisenhauer
L'histoire
En 1928, Berlin, le monde est dans l'entre-deux-guerres et la bourse est en plein essor. Le centre de l'action est l'illustre Grand Hôtel. L’histoire suit les clients excentriques de cet hôtel, dont une belle Prima Ballerina, le jeune baron charmant mais fauché, l'espoir déterminé d'Hollywood, le comptable mortellement malade, le futur père honnête et travailleur et le médecin cynique.
Adaptation Cinématographique
NON
Distribution Originale
Raffaela: Karen Akers
Hildegarde Bratts/Trudie: Jennifer Lee Andrews
Felix Von Gaigern: David Carroll
Kurt Krönenberg: Keith Crowningshield
Hanns Bittner: Gerrit de Beer
The Gigolo: Pierre Dulaine
Werner Holst: David Elledge
The Chauffeur: Ben George
Ernst Schmidt: Henry Grossman
Rohna: Rex D. Hays
The Hotel Courtesan/Sigfriede Holzhiem: Suzanne Henderson
One of The Jimmys: David Jackson
Sandor: Mitchell Jason
Georg Strunk: Ken Jennings
Willibald: J. J. Jepson
General Director Preysing, Saxonia Mills: Tim Jerome
Otto Kringelein: Michael Jeter
Flaemmchen: Jane Krakowski
The Doorman: Charles Mandracchia
The Countess: Yvonne Marceau
Witt: Michel Moinot
Elizaveta Grushinskaya: Liliane Montevecchi
Madame Peepee: Kathi Moss
Wolfe Bratts: Lynnette Perry
Zinnowitz: Hal Robinson
The Detective/Franz Kohl: William Ryall
Erik: Bob Stillman
One of The Jimmys: Danny Strayhorn
Gunther Gustafsson: Walter Willison
Colonel Doctor Otternschlag: John Wylie
Swing: Michael DeVries, Niki Harris, Glenn Turner
Numéros Musicaux
"The Grand Parade" (Yeston) - Colonel-Doctor Otternschlag, Company
"Some Have, Some Have Not" (Wright/Forrest) - Scullery Workers, Bellboys
"As It Should Be" (Wright/Forrest) - Baron Felix von Gaigern
"At the Grand Hotel" (Yeston)/"Table With a View" (Wright/Forrest) - Otto Kringelein
"Maybe My Baby Loves Me" (Wright/Forrest) - Two Jimmys, Flaemmchen
"Fire and Ice" (Wright/Forrest) - Elizaveta Grushinskaya, Company
"Twenty-Two Years" (Yeston)/"Villa On a Hill" (Wright/Forrest) - Raffaela
"I Want To Go To Hollywood" (Yeston) - Flaemmchen
"Everybody's Doing It" (Yeston) - Zinnowitz
"As It Should Be" (Reprise) - Baron Felix von Gaigern
"The Crooked Path" (Wright/Forrest) - Hermann Preysing
"Who Couldn't Dance With You?" (Wright/Forrest) - Flaemmchen, Otto Kringelein
"Merger is On" (Wright/Forrest) - Zinnowitz, Shareholders
"Gru's Bedroom" (Wright/Forrest) - Elizaveta Grushinskaya, Company
"Love Can't Happen" (Yeston) - Baron Felix von Gaigern, Elizaveta Grushinskaya
"What You Need" (Wright/Forrest) - Raffaela
"Bonjour Amour" (Yeston) - Elizaveta Grushinskaya
"H-A-P-P-Y" (Wright/Forrest) - Two Jimmys, Company
"We'll Take A Glass Together" (Wright/Forrest) - Baron Felix von Gaigern, Otto Kringelein, Company
"I Waltz Alone" (Wright/Forrest) - Colonel-Doctor Otternschlag
"H-A-P-P-Y" (Reprise) - Company
"Roses at the Station" (Yeston) - Baron Felix von Gaigern
"How Can I Tell Her?" (Wright/Forrest) - Raffaela
"The Grand Parade"/"Some Have, Some Have Not" (Reprise) - Erik, Operators, Company
"The Grand Waltz" (Wright/Forrest) - Company