The Red Shoes (musical)

The Red Shoes
Original Playbill
MusicJule Styne
LyricsMarsha Norman
Bob Merrill
BookMarsha Norman
Basis1948 Film The Red Shoes
Productions1993 Broadway

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.