When Sidney Sheldon joined the writing team, it was rewritten for Gwen Verdon, who just had two smash hits on Broadway (Damn Yankees and New Girl in Town).

[1][2][3] According to Stanley Green, Verdon was at the time contracted with producers Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr to appear in a musical written by David Shaw.

Orchestrations were by Philip J. Lang and Robert Russell Bennett under the musical direction of Jay Blackton.

La pelirroja was starred by the actress Vilma González and the actor Armando Calvo, featuring a young Plácido Domingo.

The musical revival group 42nd Street Moon in San Francisco, presented a staged concert of Redhead from September 2 to 20, 1998.

[10] In late January and early February 2015, "Theatre West" in Hollywood, California presented benefit concert performances of Redhead, featuring Lee Meriwether.