Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Man of La Mancha
- Vocal selections from Man of La Mancha
- Ain't Broadway Grand - A Brand New 1948 Musical
- Man of La Mancha
- Man of La Mancha
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928-01-30
- Active to
- 2014-03-16
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,837
- Total plays
- 29,563
Tags
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Mitch Leigh (born January 30, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer of musical theatre and theatrical producer best known for the show Man Of La Mancha. Born Irwin Michnick and educated at Yale under Paul Hindemith, he began as a jazz musician and writing commercials for radio and television. In 1965 he teamed up with lyricist Joe Darion to write a musical based on Don Quixote. The resulting show, Man Of La Mancha opened on Broadway and ran for 2328 shows. <a href="https://www.last.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Leigh
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- Student of
- Paul Hindemith
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- Franz Xaver Richter
- date of death
- 2014-03-16
- date of birth
- 1928-01-30
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
- name in kana
- ミッチ・リー
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- name in native language
- Mitch Leigh
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Mitch Leigh, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Available in 11 languages
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