| 01/30/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) GRAND HOTEL is still one of the most ambitious Broadway musicals ever written. The lovely score by Maury Yeston (NINE, TITANIC) as well as Robert Wright and George Forrest is simply sublime. One of the best ensemble musicals ever written.The story concerns the various guests and employees at a well-to-do hotel in Berlin: the ageing ballerine Elizaveta (Liliane Montevecchi - NINE) and her lesbian companion Raffaela (Karen Akers - NINE); the dashing Baron Felix (Brent Barrett); the ambitious hotel typist Miss Flaemmchen (Jane Krakowski); Mr Kringelein (Michael Jeter), the dying clerk looking for one last fling; and the Doctor (John Wylie) who guides us through these various stories and relationships.Standout numbers include the manic Fire and Ice , the Baron s beautiful ballad Love Can t Happen , Flaemmchen s jaunty-yet bittersweet I Want to Go to Hollywood , Who Couldn t Dance with You and Bonjour Amour .David Carroll originated the role o