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.
Redhead opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (then the 46th Street Theatre) on February 5, 1959, and closed on Ma...
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Sidney Sheldon
Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. His TV works spanned a 20-year period during which he created The Patty Duke Show...
Dorothy Fields
Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist.
She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Along with...
Herbert Fields
Herbert Fields (July 26, 1897 - March 24, 1958) was a Tony Award-winning American librettist and screenwriter.
Born in New York City, Fields began his career...
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