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Based on the original book by Vicki Baum and the film adaptation, "Grand Hotel: The Musical" originally opened in 1953 as "At The Grand" starring film actor Paul Muni and featuring a score by Robert Wright and George Forrest. The show was not a success, but in the late 1980's conceptual director Tommy Tune resurrected and revised the show and added to the original Wright & Forrest score with new songs by Maury Yeston. This production was the regional premiere of the show, as well as the New Orleans premiere.
Set in Weimar Berlin in 1929, the entire show takes ...Read More
Based on the original book by Vicki Baum and the film adaptation, "Grand Hotel: The Musical" originally opened in 1953 as "At The Grand" starring film actor Paul Muni and featuring a score by Robert Wright and George Forrest. The show was not a success, but in the late 1980's conceptual director Tommy Tune resurrected and revised the show and added to the original Wright & Forrest score with new songs by Maury Yeston. This production was the regional premiere of the show, as well as the New Orleans premiere.
Set in Weimar Berlin in 1929, the entire show takes ...Read More
Based on the original book by Vicki Baum and the film adaptation, "Grand Hotel: The Musical" originally opened in 1953 as "At The Grand" starring film actor Paul Muni and featuring a score by Robert Wright and George Forrest. The show was not a success, but in the late 1980's conceptual director Tommy Tune resurrected and revised the show and added to the original Wright & Forrest score with new songs by Maury Yeston. This production was the regional premiere of the show, as well as the New Orleans premiere.
Set in Weimar Berlin in 1929, the entire show takes place inside the Grand Hotel under the watchful eye of Dr. Otternschlag (Walter Bost). A fading ballerina (Karen Hebert) and her...'devoted' servent (Katherine Keberlein) are on a farewell tour; their eighth. A typist (Sarah Jane McMahon) with big dreams, taking on a day job with a troubled businessman (Bert Pigg). A handsome but penniless baron (Vatican Lokey) looking for his next take. An accountant whose dying (Patrick Mendelson) who comes to the hotel to find life.
The production was nominated for and won nearly every category at the Big Easy and Storer Boone Awards, and the Marquee Theatre Awards.
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