“THREE AND A HALF STARS” — Chicago Tribune
It is 1928. The world is between wars, the stock market is booming, Berlin is the center of high life and optimism rules the day. Underneath it all, much is happening at the elegant Grand Hotel, where the lives of its eccentric guests intersect over one defining weekend: a fading prima ballerina; a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper who wants to spend his final days living in luxury; a young, handsome, but destitute Baron; a cynical doctor; an honest businessman gone bad and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success. Based on Vicki Baum's 1928 play and novel Menschen im Hotel (People in a Hotel) and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, issues of life and death, financial ruin, love and murder all converge as people come and go through the lobby of the Grand Hotel.
Grand Hotel
closed at Theater Wit
on May 27, 2018.
PRESS
FIVE STARS –Chicago Reader
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS
3 Jeff Award Wins:
- Best Performer in a Supporting Role
– Michelle Jasso as “Elizaveta Grushinskaya” - Best Performer in a Supporting Role – Jonathan Schwart as “Otto Kringelein”
- Best Costume Design – John Nasca.
2 Other Jeff Award Nominations:
- Best Musical
- Best Choreography
CREATIVE TEAM
John D. Glover
Direction
Robert Wright
& George Forrest
Music & Lyrics
Alexander Ridgers
Lighting Design
Rachel Flesher
Violence & Intimacy Design
Emily Boyd
Paint Charge
Cam Turner
Assistant Choreographer
Keith Ryan
Hair & Wig Designer
Aaron Benham
Music Direction
Luther Davis
Book
Michael Patrick
Sound Design
Lindsay Brown
Production Manager
Brian Estep
Assistant Costume Designer
James Kegel
Master Electrician
Zach Schley
Assistant Technical Director
Brenda Didier
Choreography
Jeffrey D.
Kmiec
Scenic Design
Johnny Buranosky
Props Design, Assistant Director
Lina Benich
Stage Manager
Nicolas Scafa
Costume Construction
Patrick O’Brien
Sound Engineer
Maury Yeston
Additional Music & Lyrics
John Nasca
Costume Design
Eva Breneman
Dialect Coach
Zach Barr
Assistant Stage Manager
Cameron Broderick
Assistant to the Costumer
Alan Weusthoff
Technical Director
CAST
Nick Arceo
Erik Dohner
Parker Guidry
Daniel Hurst
Michelle Jasso
Jennifer Ledesma
Jenny McPherson
Hanah Nardone
Darren Patin
Shea Pender
Jeff Pierpoint
Pavi Proczko
Jerry Miller
Liz Norton
Maurice Randle
Jonathan Schwart
Leryn Turlington
Jeremy Trager
Rachel Whyte
Travis Austin Wright
John Cardone
Jake Ganzer
Laura Sportiello
Hana Christenson
SEE MORE
Photos by Michael Brosilow.