History Theatre / RedTheRedRidingHoodMusical

What makes this musical a unique take on the Fairy Tale, is that as the gypsies tell the story, the discuss and debate all of the different versions of the story that exist from the LighterAndSofter variants, to the Darker versions, to the ones where everyone ends up [[KillEmAll dead.]]

* LittleDeadRidingHood: Referenced in the song "Back To The Scene Of The Crime" by the [[BigBadWolf Wolf]]. It even provides the current page quote!

* CoolOldLady: Red's Grandma. Not only is she kind and caring to her granddaughter, she helps her overcome her ostracization from the other children (a major part of Act I is Red becoming more accepted and well liked by her peers). Also, there's her song in Act II "You Gotta Deal With Grandma"

* TheBigBadWolf: As with the original fairy tale. This wolf's "politeness" however, comes off as [[FauxAffablyEvil more than a little bit creepy.]]

The official website is here: http://www.pbmusicals.com/red.html

''Red'' (subtitled "The Red Riding Hood Musical") is a stage musical based on the different versions of the classic Fairy Tale Literature/LittleRedRidingHood. More specifically, it is about a group of traveling gypsies who have stopped in the woods to camp for the night, and tell/reenact the story of their ancestor, the original Red, or Riding Hood fame, and her encounter with [[TheBigBadWolf the Wolf]]. In the meantime, the gypsies may or may not be being stalked by [[SavageWolves a wolf]] of their own, which causes them no end of unease.

* FracturedFairyTale: Each of the Gypsies (except for Louis) has a favorite version of the story of Red, and they all try to make the reenactment end to match their version. At the end of "Back To The Scene Of The Crime" (basically the "what big eyes, etc." scene, with some extra gloating from the Wolf) when just as the Wolf is about to devour Red, they hear a knock on the door. This is revealed to be the hunter, Blue Boy, who has apparently shown up early. Or maybe not. Then Grandma burst out of the closet, and has a song about how she's not scared of the Wolf, mirroring the hunter's song. Then Jacob (the Gypsy playing the wolf at the time) protests that he ate her (I mean the wolf ate you!). This all comes to a head with the song "The Endings," which basically amounts to each of the Gypsies rapidly and forcefully directing the others to reenact their preferred ending, while the others protest that the ending doesn't make sense. By the end of it, "all" of the characters (except Blue Boy) have been killed in one ending or another.

''You were too easy to spot with that hood on your head, why don't you just wear a target instead?''

''You were too easy to spot with that hood on your head, why don't you just wear a target instead?''

* StayOnThePath: It's Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, so [[ForgoneConclusion of course she doesn't.]]

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* FramingDevice: Five travelling gypsies stop in the woods for the night and tell the story of their ancestor [[LittleRedRidingHood Red]] as a bed-time story.

''Red'' (subtitled "The Red Riding Hood Musical") is a stage musical based on the different versions of the classic Fairy Tale LittleRedRidingHood. More specifically, it is about a group of traveling gypsies who have stopped in the woods to camp for the night, and tell/reenact the story of their ancestor, the original Red, or Riding Hood fame, and her encounter with [[TheBigBadWolf the Wolf]]. In the meantime, the gypsies may or may not be being stalked by [[SavageWolves a wolf]] of their own, which causes them no end of unease.

* TheMusical: of LittleRedRidingHood

* StayOnThePath: It's LittleRedRidingHood, so of course she doesn't.

''Red'' (subtitled "The Red Riding Hood Musical") is a stage musical based on the different versions of the classic Fairy Tale LittleRedRidingHood. More specifically, it is about a group of traveling gypsies who have stopped in the woods to camp for the night, and tell/re-enact the story of their ancestor, the original Red, or Riding Hood fame, and her encounter with [[TheBigBadWolf the Wolf]]. In the meantime, the gypsies may or may not be being stalked by [[SavageWolves a wolf]] of their own, which causes them no end of unease.

* BigBadWolf: As with the original fairy tale. This wolf's "politeness" however, comes off as [[FauxAffablyEvil more than a little bit creepy.]]