Grand Hotel, “We’ll Take a Glass Together”
On the 1990 Tony Awards broadcast, Michael Jeter and Brent Barrett do a performance of "We'll Take a Glass Together" from Grand Hotel. Has there ever been a more perfect distillation of inebriated glee than Michael Jeter's rendition of this upbeat Grand Hotel song?
The liquid-limbed Jeter appears to lose all of his bones as a terminally ill accountant determined to enjoy life while he can, urged by a sinister baron (a strong Brent Barrett). He kicks, twists, flails, and leaps with an amazing combination of control and release; He explodes out in wonderfully messy relief from the tight chorus dancing Charleston-style steps behind him in Tommy Tune's clever staging (the bar is a barre).
This song is largely recognized with turning around Grand Hotel's financial situation, and Jeter earned the well-deserved Tony Award for Best Featured Actor after paradoxically concluding his victory speech with a stirring defense of his hard-found sobriety.
Year: 1990
