Last Chance

By Daryl H. Miller

Nov. 11, 2004 12 AM PT

“Grand Hotel”: Peter Schneider is a former Hollywood golden boy who helped put Disney on Broadway with such musicals as “The Lion King.” His work as director of this musical is plenty slick yet graciously unobtrusive. By subtly streamlining the story and gently coaxing forth its emotions, he has uncovered riches heretofore unsuspected in this transparent story and only intermittently infectious music. Jason Graae, Beth Malone and Robert J. Townsend are welcome guests in this show, which views a luxury hotel in 1928 Berlin as a microcosm of the world at large. For each character, time is running out.

Ends Sunday at the Colony Theatre, 555 N. 3rd St., Burbank. (818) 558-7000.

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Daryl H. Miller

Daryl H. Miller has been besotted with the arts since age 5, once he was old enough to sing with the church youth choir, and has yet to top the thrill of portraying Billy Bigelow in his rural high school’s production of “Carousel.” He has been covering the arts in Southern California for three decades for the Los Angeles Times, Daily News, LA Weekly, Orange County Register and other publications. He is also a former Times copy editor.

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