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1966 THE MAN OF LA MANCHA
Opened 11/22/1965 Closed June 1, 1972
2,328 performances
Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote. It tells the story of the "mad" knight, Don Quixote, as a play within a play, performed by Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition.
The original 1965 Broadway production ran for 2,328 performances and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The musical has been revived many times on
Broadway, becoming one of the most enduring works of musical theatre. The principal song, "The Impossible Dream", became a standard. The musical has played in many other countries around the world. Man of La Mancha was first performed at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut in 1965, and had its New York premiere on the thrust stage of the ANTA Washington Square Theatre in 1965.
2,328 performances
Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote. It tells the story of the "mad" knight, Don Quixote, as a play within a play, performed by Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition.
The original 1965 Broadway production ran for 2,328 performances and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The musical has been revived many times on
Broadway, becoming one of the most enduring works of musical theatre. The principal song, "The Impossible Dream", became a standard. The musical has played in many other countries around the world. Man of La Mancha was first performed at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut in 1965, and had its New York premiere on the thrust stage of the ANTA Washington Square Theatre in 1965.
Musical Numbers
Man of La Mancha
It's All the Same
Dulcinea
I'm Only Thinking of Him
I Really Like Him
What Do You Want of Me?
The Barber's Song
Golden Helmet of Mambrino
To Each His Dulcinea (To Every Man His Dream)
The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
The Combat
Little Bird, Little Bird
The Dubbing (Knight of the Woeful Countenance)
The Abduction
Moorish
Dance
Aldonza
The Knight of the Mirrors
A Little Gossip
THE REVIVALS AND A FILM:
1972 - with Richard Kiley as Cervantes/Quixote, running for 140 performances
1977 - with Richard Kiley as Cervantes/Quixote, Tony Martinez as Sancho Panza and Emily Yancy as Aldonza/Dulcinea, running for 124 performances
1992 - with Raúl Juliá as Cervantes/Quixote and Sheena Easton as Aldonza/Dulcinea, running for 108 performances. Easton was replaced, late in the run, by Joan Diener.
2002 - with Brian Stokes Mitchell as Cervantes/Quixote, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Aldonza/Dulcinea, and Ernie Sabella as Sancho Panza, running for 304 performances; Marin Mazzie took over as
Aldonza (Dulcinea) on July 1, 2003.
In the film (1972), the title role went to Peter O'Toole (singing voice dubbed by Simon Gilbert), James Coco was Sancho, and Sophia Loren was Aldonza.
Hal Linden played Quixote in the show's 1988 U.S. National tour,
and Robert Goulet played Quixote in the 1997-98 U.S. National tour.
THE AWARDS
1966 Tony Award Nominations
winner Best Musical
winnerBest Composer and Lyricist
winnerBest Actor in a Musical - Richard Kiley
winnerBest Scenic Design
winnerBest Direction of a Musical
Best Costume Design
Best Choreography
1978 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Richard Kiley
2003 Tony Award Nominations
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Actor in a Musical - Brian Stokes Mitchell
Best Actress in a Musical - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
2003 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Brian Stokes Mitchell
SOME HIGHLIGHTS:
Richard Kiley performs the major song
Man of La Mancha
It's All the Same
Dulcinea
I'm Only Thinking of Him
I Really Like Him
What Do You Want of Me?
The Barber's Song
Golden Helmet of Mambrino
To Each His Dulcinea (To Every Man His Dream)
The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
The Combat
Little Bird, Little Bird
The Dubbing (Knight of the Woeful Countenance)
The Abduction
Moorish
Dance
Aldonza
The Knight of the Mirrors
A Little Gossip
THE REVIVALS AND A FILM:
1972 - with Richard Kiley as Cervantes/Quixote, running for 140 performances
1977 - with Richard Kiley as Cervantes/Quixote, Tony Martinez as Sancho Panza and Emily Yancy as Aldonza/Dulcinea, running for 124 performances
1992 - with Raúl Juliá as Cervantes/Quixote and Sheena Easton as Aldonza/Dulcinea, running for 108 performances. Easton was replaced, late in the run, by Joan Diener.
2002 - with Brian Stokes Mitchell as Cervantes/Quixote, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Aldonza/Dulcinea, and Ernie Sabella as Sancho Panza, running for 304 performances; Marin Mazzie took over as
Aldonza (Dulcinea) on July 1, 2003.
In the film (1972), the title role went to Peter O'Toole (singing voice dubbed by Simon Gilbert), James Coco was Sancho, and Sophia Loren was Aldonza.
Hal Linden played Quixote in the show's 1988 U.S. National tour,
and Robert Goulet played Quixote in the 1997-98 U.S. National tour.
THE AWARDS
1966 Tony Award Nominations
winner Best Musical
winnerBest Composer and Lyricist
winnerBest Actor in a Musical - Richard Kiley
winnerBest Scenic Design
winnerBest Direction of a Musical
Best Costume Design
Best Choreography
1978 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Richard Kiley
2003 Tony Award Nominations
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Actor in a Musical - Brian Stokes Mitchell
Best Actress in a Musical - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
2003 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Brian Stokes Mitchell
SOME HIGHLIGHTS:
Richard Kiley performs the major song
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