MAN OF LA MANCHA
 


Based on the tale of Don Quixote. Cervantes is brought to prison to await a hearing with the Inquisition. The prisoners decide to hold a mock trial in order to find him guilty and steal what seems to be a valuable package. Cervantes presents a play as his defense, with his "jury" actors in the play. Cervantes plays Alhonso Quiana, a man who has set his own reality aside and become Don Quixote De La Mancha.

 

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1966 Tony Awards
Best Musical
Best Composer and Lyricist
Best Actor in a Musical
(Richard Kiley)
Best Scenic Design
Best Direction of a Musical

BROADWAY PREMIERE
November 22, 1965, played 2328 performances

REVIVAL
June 22, 1972, played 140 performances
September 15, 1977, played 124 performances
April 24, 1992, played 108 performances
December 5, 2002, played 304 performances
 
COMPOSER
Mitch Leigh

LYRICIST
Joe Lardon

LIBRETTIST
Dale Wasserman
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Joe Darion, Richard Kiley, Joan Diener, Robert Rounseville, Ray Middleton

DIRECTOR
Arthur Hiller

CHOREOGRAPHER
Gillian Lynne
 
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PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Man of La Mancha

LYRICS
libretto.musicals.ru
 
 
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