Man of La Mancha
Experience Don Quixote's "Impossible Dream" of a better world lived through the imagination in Man of La Mancha, which features a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion, and is adapted from Wasserman’s 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote. This in turn was inspired by Miguel de Cervantes and his 17th-century classic Don Quixote.
Enjoy this masterpiece presented by Crystal Community Theatre featuring lead performances by Daniel Hague (Quixote), Matthew Surapine (Sancho), and Samia Bahu (Aldonza), directed by Chris Andrade, musical direction by Cheryl Kemeny with a 9-piece orchestra conducted by Sarah Fox at the theater located in South Norwalk, 66 Bayview Avenue. Tickets are available online at www.crystaltheatre.org. February 21, 22, 23, 28 & March 1 & 2.
Man of La Mancha is one of the world’s most popular musicals. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th-century masterwork Don Quixote and set during the Spanish Inquisition, the original 1965 production won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Cervantes is in prison awaiting trial during the Spanish Inquisition. He and his fellow prisoners perform a play-within-a-play, telling the story of the elderly Alonso Quijana, who renames himself “Don Quixote” and goes on a quest to right all wrongs in the world. The rousing, Spanish-inflected score includes the classic numbers “The Impossible Dream,” “I, Don Quixote,” “Dulcinea,” “I Really Like Him” and “Little Bird.”