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Why have they never revived "Grand Hotel" on Broadway?

The original production had more than 1,000 performances. It made stars out of Michael Jeter and Jane Krakowski.

It requires a big cast, but the set can be done as it was in the original fairly cheaply.

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by Anonymousreply 13April 28, 2024 2:47 AM

Good grief, that cast recording is a good deed in this cruel world.

by Anonymousreply 1April 27, 2024 3:36 AM

Except for Brent Barrett, who was a poor substitute for David Carroll. They should have brought in Rex Smith.

by Anonymousreply 2April 27, 2024 3:52 AM

It's a mediocre show nobody really LOVED back then, and it didn't grow its reputation in regional or amateur productions.

It felt like a one-run-and-done.

It's no Cabaret, in its level of quality or the ability to be reinterpreted in creative ways.

by Anonymousreply 3April 27, 2024 4:02 AM

Oh how wrong you are R3, somebody REALLY LOVED it back then.

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by Anonymousreply 4April 27, 2024 4:09 AM

A concert version, at least, is long overdue.

by Anonymousreply 5April 27, 2024 4:17 AM

Because it is a dreary slog of a show which never deserved the production Tommy Tune devised for it.

Had they dared have an intermission I would have left then. The marketing and clever staging fooled people into thinking it was a good show.

by Anonymousreply 6April 27, 2024 4:52 AM

[quote] Had they dared have an intermission I would have left then.

But at the time, they [italic]dassn't[/italic], Mary!

by Anonymousreply 7April 27, 2024 5:11 AM

It can't be re-interpreted for a contemporary audience.

by Anonymousreply 8April 27, 2024 11:25 AM

probably because this old cunt buried it

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by Anonymousreply 9April 27, 2024 11:28 AM

Well I liked it. Maybe not a classic masterpiece of musical theatre, but it was WAY better than Titanic. I also liked the incredibly goofy but fun "The Life" -- it's like HBO's The Deuce: the musical.

by Anonymousreply 10April 27, 2024 11:57 AM

There is nobody today that could match Michael Jeter.

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by Anonymousreply 11April 27, 2024 12:51 PM

You call that dancing?! My dogs are more graceful when they take a shit.

by Anonymousreply 12April 27, 2024 3:31 PM

i love that that old bitch is gonna see the show again because her husband words in the area

by Anonymousreply 13April 28, 2024 2:47 AM
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