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Redhead (musical)
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| Redhead | |
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| Music | Albert Hague |
| Lyrics | Dorothy Fields |
| Book | Dorothy Fields Herbert Fields Sidney Sheldon David Shaw |
| Productions | 1959 Broadway |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical |
Redhead is a Broadway musical set in London in the 1880s, around the time of Jack the Ripper. It is a murder mystery in the setting of a waxworks museum. The music was composed by Albert Hague and the lyrics by Dorothy Fields, who with her brother, Herbert, along with Sidney Sheldon and David Shaw wrote the book/libretto.
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Redhead opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatreon February 5, 1959, and ran for 452 performances. The production was notable in that it marked the first musical directed by Bob Fosse, who was also the choreographer.
- Essie Whimple - Gwen Verdon
- Tom Baxter - Richard Kiley
- Ruth LaRue - Pat Ferrier
- Howard Cavanaugh - William Le Massena
- Maude Simpson - Cynthia Latham
- Sarah Simpson - Doris Rich
- George Poppett - Leonard Stone
- Inspector White - Ralph Sumpter
- May - Joy Nichols
- Tilly - Pat Perrier
- Alfy (Stage Doorman) - Lee Krirger
- Sir Charles Willingham - Patrick Horgan
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- Tony Award for Best Musical - (WINNER)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical - Richard Kiley (WINNER)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical - Gwen Verdon (WINNER)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Leonard Stone (nominee)
- Tony Award for Best Costume Design - Production Designed by Rouben Ter-Arutunian (WINNER)
- Tony Award for Best Choreography - Bob Fosse (WINNER)
- Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director - Jay Blackton (nominee)
- Internet Broadway Database listing
- PBS article
- MTI shows synopsis
- Guinness Who's Who of Stage Musicals - editor Colin Larken ISBN 0-85112-756-8
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| Preceded by The Music Man |
Tony Award for Best Musical 1959 |
Succeeded by The Sound of Music |
| Succeeded by Fiorello! |
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