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Article: Cast, Story Line Make Lyric's `Grand Hotel' Delight to Watch
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- July 21, 1994
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"Grand Hotel, the Musical" opened with great flourish Tuesday
night at Lyric Theatre, startling the audience with its
resonance, hustle and bustle. The musical is based on Vicki
Baum's novel about the happenings at a luxury hotel in Berlin in
1928, and four subplots keep the audience alert.
The militaristic mood of Germany is echoed in the posturing of
the hotel staff and their opening number, which almost seemed a
military march set to music. Even the stiff little gilt chairs
were moved about as a soldier might move a rifle. Each of the
major players in the plot makes an appearance, too, so the
listener is hard put to separate the words and voices. This is a
show which calls for ...