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Redhead

Opened 1959

452 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Tony Award for Best Musical, 1959

Gwen Verdon, who was in the 1959 production.
Gwen Verdon, who was in the 1959 production. Photo by Friedman-Abeles, New York

Redhead is a musical with music composed by Albert Hague and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, who with her brother, Herbert, along with Sidney Sheldon and David Shaw wrote the book/libretto. Set in London in the 1880s, around the time of Jack the Ripper, the musical is a murder mystery in the setting of a wax museum.

Music
Albert Hague
Lyrics
Dorothy Fields
Book
Herbert & Dorothy Fields, Sidney Sheldon, David Shaw

Productions1 on Broadway

1959
46th Street TheatreBroadway Original, opened February 5, 1959, directed by Bob Fosse
452 performances, 1 Tony wins

Songs17 songs

The Right Finger of My Left Hand, Just for Once, Merely Marvelous, The Uncle Sam Rag, Erbie Fitch’s Twitch, My Girl Is Just Enough Woman for Me, Look Who’s In Love, The Simpson Sisters, She’s Not Enough Woman for Me, Behave Yourself, Essie’s Vision, Dream Dance, Two Faces in the Dark, I’m Back in Circulation, We Loves Ya, Jimey, Pick-Pocket Tango, I’ll Try

Recordings 1 recording

2003
Redhead
Redhead Fynsworth Alley 062173, released April 1, 2003
United States

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Redhead matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor

TOP LEFT: Gwen Verdon and Richard Kiley sing “Look Who’s In Love” in Redhead.

Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 213

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