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''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. ==Productions and background== Herbert and Dorothy Fields wrote the musical, then titled ''The Works'' for Beatrice Lillie. When Sidney Sheldon joined the writing team, it was rewritten for Gwen Verdon, who just had two smash hits on Broadway (''Damn Yankees'' and ''New Girl in Town''). Verdon took the lead on the condition that Bob Fosse would be the director as well as choreographer, making this his debut as a director.〔(PBS article ) pbs.org, retrieved January 22, 2010〕 ''Redhead'' opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers Theatre) on February 5, 1959, and closed on March 19, 1960, after 452 performances. Bob Fosse directed and choreographed. Production design was by Rouben Ter-Arutunian and lighting design was by Jean Rosenthal. The cast starred Verdon and Richard Kiley. The show won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The Costa Mesa Playhouse in Costa Mesa, California known for mounting lesser-known, unique, and obscure musicals had a successful run of ''Redhead'' in June 1981. The musical revival group 42nd Street Moon in San Francisco, presented a staged concert of ''Redhead'' from September 2 to 20, 1998.〔(Listing ) 42ndstmoon.org, retrieved January 22, 2010〕 In late January and early February of 2015, "Theater West" in Hollywood, CA did a revival of "Redhead." Interesting side note – Lee Merriweather (Catwoman in the feature film "Batman" 1966 and "The Time Tunnel") was in the cast. 〔http://theatrewest.org/onstage/redhead/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Redhead (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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