The run closed December 19, 1993
- Opened
- December 16, 1993
- Closed
- December 19, 1993
- Performances
- 5
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- George Gershwin Theatre
Of the 368 productions we hold that opened in the 1990s and record a performance count, this is the 350th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it31 named
Tad Ingram
Amy Wilder
Don Bellamy
Mucuy Bolles
Jamie Chandler Torns
Geralyn del Corso
Scott Fowler
Antonia Franceschi
Laurie Gamache
Lydia Gaston
Charles Goff
Nina Goldman
Anita Intrieri
Robert Jensen
Christina Johnson
Keith Lamelle Thomas
Jeff Lander
Christina Marie Norrup
Jonathan Riseling
Oscar Ruge
Marie Santella
Joan Tsao
James Weatherstone
Daniel Wright
7 of these 31 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 24 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Stanley Donen
- Choreographer
- Lar Lubovitch
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Around this production
The Red Shoes is a musical with a book by Marsha Norman, lyrics by Norman and Bob Merrill (credited as Paul Stryker) and music by Jule Styne. Based on Powell and Pressburger's 1948 film, it tells the tale of a young ballerina who performs in an adaptation of the 1845 Hans Christian Andersen story.
- Four decades after Hazel Flagg closed, some of its music was used in Jule Styne’s final Broadway musical The Red Shoes (1993), which played for five performances. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 300
- There was also an ice ballet based on The Red Shoes. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 270
- Jule Styne’s final score also had lyrics by Susan Birkenhead. However, The Red Shoes (12/16/93; 5 performances) was in trouble from the first preview. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 540
- The role of Boris Lermontov is now being played by Steve Barton in the case of The Red Shoes. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 241
- Composer Styne returned to the mainstem but once more, with the 1993 The Red Shoes (or Jule’ Last Jam). More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 1056
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for The Red Shoes at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.