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The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

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Victoria Page, a gifted young ballerina, is torn between her devotion to dance and her love for a young composer. The imperious ballet impresario demands her total dedication to art, while the composer wants her to leave the stage. Her impossible choice drives her toward tragedy as the enchanted red shoes take on a sinister life of their own.

Opened
1993
Performances
5
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: Jule StyneLyrics: Bob Merrill, Paul StrykerBook: Marsha Norman

Productions1 on Broadway

1993 Gershwin Theatre Original. December 16, 1993 · Stanley Donen 5 performances

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In the literature33 passages

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. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p300

There was also an ice ballet based on The Red Shoes. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p270

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. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p540

The role of Boris Lermontov is now being played by Steve Barton in the case of The Red Shoes. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p241

Composer Styne returned to the mainstem but once more, with the 1993 The Red Shoes (or Jule’ Last Jam). book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1056

The Red Shoes closed after a regional tryout shortly before his death in 1993. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1109

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