Does anyone know who is directing Grand Hotel at Encores?

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Joviedamian said: "Maybe it's Tommy Tune and they can't announce it yet!"

Tommy Tune famously doesn't like to look back (he's one of those "you can't go home again" types_. I'd wager they are either trying to find someone who will create something so different and unique that it stands on its own (heh, good luck with that), someone from the original company who remembers it well enough to make this look good, or they're trying as a last-ditch possibility to convince him.

QueenAlice said: "Tommy Tune just directed / supervised a revival of his original staging in Japan."

Really? Damn. Guess we all have room to change.

QueenAlice said: "Tommy Tune just directed / supervised a revival of his original staging in Japan. So it’s not exactly true that he “never looks back”— hopefully his original staging will be presented whether he directs the Encores staging or not."

I spoke too soon earlier; a cursory search of Japanese papers reveals that while Tune did stage the original Takarazuka production of Grand Hotel in 1993, the current run was an all-new production by Thom Southerland. So I guess we'll have to wait and see about Encores.