The Grand Parade / Some Have, Some Have Not / As It Should Be

[Full Cast]

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[Otternschlag]

Velvet stairs, easy chairs
Perfumed air gently blowing
Chandeliers, light appears
Burning bright crystal glowing
People come, people go;
Wave of life overflowing
Come, begin! In old Berlin
You're in the Grand Hotel

[Ensemble] [Otternschlag]

Grand Hotel, Grand Hotel!
Grand Hotel
Music constantly playing!
Grand Hotel
Living well
Where the wealthy are staying!
Round and round
Hear the sound
Hear what people are saying!
It's the din of old Berlin
You're in the Grand Hotel

[Ensemble Group 1]

Velvet stairs
Easy chairs
Perfumed air gently blowing!
Chandeliers
Light appears
Burning bright, crystal
Glowing!

[Ensemble Group 2 (overlapping)]

At the Grand, you are at the Grand
At the Grand, you are at the Grand
At the Grand, you are at the
Grand Hotel
At the Grand, you are at the Grand
At the Grand, you are at the Grand
Grand Hotel

[Full Ensemble]

In they come, out the go;
Wave of life overflowing
Come, begin! In old Berlin
You're in the Grand Hotel!

[Otternschlag (speaking)]

Grand Hotel, Berlin. Always the same
People come, people go
Look at them! Living the high life
But time is running out
Elizaveta Grushinskaya: A fabled ballerina on her farewell tour
Raffaela Ottanio, her devoted companion
Hermann Preysing: A businessman reporting to his stockholders
Frieda Flaemm: A typist, but not for long
Otto Kringelein: A bookkeeper looking for life
The young and handsome baron Felix Amadeus Benvenuto von Gaigern: A nobleman - and a thief. There's nothing more useless on this planet than a nobleman without money

[Ensemble]

Come, begin! In old Berlin
You're in the Grand Hotel

[Hotel Staff]

Some have, some have not!
Some have, some have not!
Some have, some have not!

[Worker 4]

God!

[Worker 1]

Heavier everyday!

[Worker 2]

Business must be good

[Worker 3]

They're raking it in

[Worker 4]

All of their offers

[Bell hop]

[?]

[Workers 1-4]

Every bum and bitch in old Berlin is rich except for us!

[Hotel Staff]

Some have, some have not!
Why?
They're in here spending money, a million marks a day
We're one step from the street, making just enough to eat!
For a day, week, month, year, with a thousand bills to pay!
They have us run to hail their cabs, while they're running up their tabs, drinking magnums of champagne
And we play for tips on the mark, frank, dollar, pound

[Cleaning lady]

I'd like to occupy a royal suite instead of mopping floors where the whores track mud and crud past the bell hops!

[Baron Felix]

Give me the thrill of a careless existence!
Give me the heat and the passion to win
I want the height and romance of adventure
Cool by the chill of the danger I'm in

[Hotel Staff (overlapping)]

They have us run to hail their cabs, while they're running up their tabs, drinking magnums of champagne

[Baron]

My life must be a house of cards
Getting higher and higher!

[Hotel staff]

[?]

[Baron]

I'll step across an endless space
A daring walk on a wire!
Each day lived on fire!

[Hotel Staff]

[?]

[Baron]

Let me be free to be all that I could be

[Hotel Staff]

Some have, some have not!

[Erik (spoken)]

Good morning! Grand Hotel front desk
This is Erik Ritenour, is that you, nurse?
What's happening at the hospital? How is my wife?
Oh, for God's sake, isn't the baby here yet?

[Female Hotel Staff]

Grand Hotel
At your service
Grand Hotel Berlin at your service
Grand Hotel

[Male Hotel Staff (overlapping)]

Grand Hotel
At your service. Grand hotel
At your service

[Baron]

Dangerous game, and a carefree existence
Only for those with the courage to play and the money to pay

[Workers 1-4]

Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Some have
Some have not
Some have
Some have not

[Baron (overlapping)]

Oh, for the thrill
Of a careless existence!
Live as I will
[?]
I want to live in love, and [?]
And pluck the fruit from the vine!
I want to [?]
[?]

[Cleaning Lady (overlapping)]

I’d like to occupy a royal suite!
Instead of mopping floors
For the whores!

[Workers join in]

Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
Every bum and bitch
In old Berlin
Is rich except for us
[?]
Some have!
Some have not!
Some have!
Some have not
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
It's the din of old Berlin
It's the din of old Berlin
It's the din
Of old Berlin
It's the din
Of old Berlin

[Female Ensemble (overlapping)]

Grand Hotel!
Grand Hotel!

[Principals (overlapping)]

[?]

[Full Cast]

It's the din of old Berlin! You're in the Grand Hotel