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Grand Hotel review " roaring 20s musical, staged with glittering panache by Michael Billington

Southwark Playhouse, LondonPerfectly drilled dance, stunning vocals and stylish direction fuel this cross-section of luxury hotel life in 20s Berlin This musical, based on Vicki Baum's portmanteau novel, has had a chequered history. It folded on the road in the 1950s, had a successful Broadway debut in 1989, flopped in the West End in 1992 and was sharply revived by the Donmar in 2004. Even if it remains a minor musi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:58AM on August 6, 2015

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