Choreography awards for Grand Hotel
| Year | Award | Choreographer | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Drama Desk Award | Tommy Tune | Won |
| 1990 | Tony Award | Tommy Tune | Won |
| 1993 | Olivier Award | Tommy Tune | Nominated |
| 2005 | Olivier Award | Adam Cooper | Nominated |
Productions are listed under the year of the award; revivals can bring new choreography — and new nominations — for the same show.
About the show
Grand Hotel is a musical in two acts with a book by Luther Davis, music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, and additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston.
The musical is based on Vicki Baum's 1929 novel, its eponymous spin-off play Menschen im Hotel (People in a Hotel), and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film. It focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina, a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper who wants to spend his final days living in luxury, a young and handsome but destitute Baron, a cynical doctor, an honest businessman gone bad, and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success.
The show's 1989 Broadway production garnered 12 Tony Award nominations and won five, including best direction and choreography for Tommy Tune. Big-name cast replacements, including Cyd Charisse and Zina Bethune, helped the show become the first American musical since 1985's Big River to top 1,000 performances on Broadway.
Award data from Wikipedia lists of Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier choreography awards (CC BY-SA 4.0).