Talk:Man of La Mancha

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Contents 1 Discussion 2 Need references 3 Mispronunciation 4 Idealism/Attitude 5 Orchestrations credit

[edit] Discussion

Articles for the songs in this play, included the one by the title song need to be created and a deambigious page added. Joncnunn 18:13, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

According to IMDb, the play did not open on Broadway on 22 November 1965.

"The original stage production opened at the ANTA Washington Square theater in New York City on 22 November 1965, moving to Broadway after a short run, and eventually having a total of 2329 performances." [1] TheMadBaron 08:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need references

This article is entirely unreferenced. Please see WP:OR. -- Ssilvers 21:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mispronunciation

It should be noted how O'Toole mispronounces "Miguel" as [migwel]. 71.231.143.203 (talk) 06:44, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Everyone in that movie says "Migwel". It is the standard British pronunciation. AlbertSM (talk) 20:00, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Idealism/Attitude

There should be some discussion of the relationship between "Man of la Mancha" and the actual "Don Quixote"--especially as pertains to 'the message' of the show. That is to say, was Don Quixote really written as a defense of idealism? (probably not...) Did Cervantes really identify with his main character, or was he mocking him? (probably the latter...) 69.178.122.114 (talk) 16:53, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orchestrations credit

I would really like to know if this Carlyle Hall story is true, because in the show's original 1965 souvenir program booklet (issued at least three times during the show's original run), Mitch Leigh writes an article about composing the score in which he just about states that he did the orchestrations, and in Dale Wasserman's 2003 book, The Impossible Musical, Wasserman seems to back him up. And the Internet Broadway Database has information on the 2002 revival of "Man of La Mancha". Their information states that Music Makers, Inc. did the orchestrations.AlbertSM (talk) 19:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)