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Man of La Mancha is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion.It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes and his 17th-century novel Don Quixote.
July 3–9: Man of La Mancha – John Cullum, Ann Crumb; July 10–16: Cinderella – Phyllis Diller, Georgia Engel; July 17–23: Singin' in the Rain – Lara Teeter, Randy Rogel, Christina Saffran; July 24–30: Godspell – Don Goodspeed, Frank Kosik, Stephanie J. Block, Erin Dilly, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Manu Narayan
Man of La Mancha is a 1972 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion.The musical was suggested by the classic novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, but more directly based on Wasserman's 1959 non-musical television play I, Don Quixote, which combines a semi-fictional episode from the life of Cervantes with ...
“It’s been 20 years since CTP first presented 'Man of La Mancha' at Penn State Beaver," the Rochester theater's namesake director, Sandy Reigel, said. "I have wanted to stage it again at our ...
The resulting show, the musical Man of La Mancha opened on Broadway in 1965 and in its original engagement ran for 2,328 performances. It has been revived multiple times. Leigh followed with the show Chu Chem, which he also produced, exactly a year after Man of La Mancha, but closed on the road.
Original production in 1966 (1,165 performances) and revivals in 1987 (261 performances), 2014 (388 performances), and 2024 (320 performances, currently running at the August Wilson Theatre) 32 Man of La Mancha: M 2,328 [32] November 22, 1965: June 26, 1971: 5 Tony Awards in 1966, including Best Musical
Written by Dale Wasserman, the play was converted by him ca. 1964 into the libretto for the stage musical Man of La Mancha, with songs by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion. After a tryout at Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut, [1] Man of La Mancha opened in New York on November 22, 1965, at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre. [2]
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