Man of La Mancha

Man of La Mancha is a musical inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. Designed as a play within a play, Cervantes tells the story of the mad knight Don Quixote, while in prison awaiting a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition.
The musical was developed at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut (where over forty years later Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas would debut), and the musical made its bow on Broadway in 1965, winning five Tony Awards and running for six years. It has seen numerous revivals, and has been a staple of high school and community theater productions across the country. Its signature song, "The Impossible Dream," has become a standard in the American songbook.
==References==
*Episode 3268 of Sesame Street has Rosita and Telly pretending to be Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (respectively). They sing an adventure song that spoofs the title song of the musical.
*According to Sir John Feelgood in Episode 3514 of Sesame Street, Olivier once couldn't stop acting like a chicken after performing in Chicken of La Mancha.
* The show was parodied during Season 37 of Sesame Street with "Man of La Muncha" where a child named Donny sings about eating an "incredible meal" with his family (spoofing "The Impossible Dream"). 
* In the waiting area for the Sesame Place stage show Elmo the Musical Live, a poster hangs for the show "Man of La Muncha." The same poster can be seen at Sesame Street at Sea World.
==Connections==
* James Coco played Sancho Panza in the 1972 film
* Plácido Domingo played Cervantes/Don Quixote in a 1996 album 
* Darryl Ferreira played a guard and understudied Sancho Panza, the padre, and the barber in the 1992 Broadway revival
* José Ferrer played Cervantes/Don Quixote as a replacement during the original Broadway run (May-June 1966)
* Jack Gilford played Sancho Panza in a 1972 record album
* Louise Gold played Aldonza/Dulcinea at the Colchester Mercury Studio Theatre in August 1999
* Robert Goulet played Cervantes/Don Quixote in a 1996 national tour
* Marilyn Horne played Aldonza/Dulcinea in a 1972 record album
* Raul Julia played Cervantes/Don Quixote in the 1992 Broadway revival
* Madeline Kahn played Antonia in a 1972 record album
* Gillian Lynne choreographed the 1972 film
* Olga Merediz played the housekeeper in the 2002 Broadway revival
* Brian Stokes Mitchell played Cervantes/Don Quixote in the 2002 Broadway revival
* Jim Nabors played Don Quixote in a 1972 record album
* Mandy Patinkin played Sancho Panza in a 1996 album
* Peter O'Toole played Cervantes/Don Quixote in the 1972 film
* Frederick B. Owens played the captain of the Inquisition and understudied the innkeeper in the 2002 Broadway revival
* Samuel Ramey played the innkeeper in a 1996 album
* Thomas Z. Shepard produced the 1972 studio album
* Marilyn Sokol played a Moorish dancer and understudied the innkeeper's wife and others for the first national tour (1966)
==External links==
* Internet Broadway Database
* IMDb for 1972 film adapation
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