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Man Of La Mancha returns to the stage in an all-new production of the Tony Award winning musical that has inspired audiences since the very first notes of "The Impossible Dream" were heard on opening night. Performances begin January 4th in Idaho Falls; subsequent tour stops include Yakima, WA, Kennewick, WA, Cerritos, CA, Austin, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Alto, NM, Prescott, AZ, Palm Desert, CA, Avon, CO, Riverside, CA, Ft. Smith, AR, Cape Girardeau, MO, Topeka, KS, St. Louis, MO, Gainesville, FL, Providence, RI, Richmond, KY, Sarasota, FL, Ft. Pierce, FL, Macon, GA, Hamlet, NC, Newberry, SC, Worcester, MA, Morgantown, WV, Greenvale, NY, Schenectady, NY, West Point, NY, Coral Springs, FL, Baltimore, MD, Elmira, NY, Burlington, VT, Rutland, VT, Portland, ME, Springfield, MA, Wilmington, DE and Green Bay, WI, with more cities to be announced.

Tony Award-winning director of Broadway's Man of La Mancha Albert Marre died on September 4, according to The New York Times. He was 87.

The original cast recording of the 1970 musical 'Cry for Us All' will be released on CD in November. The melodramatic musical features music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by William Alfred and Phyllis Robinson, and book by William Alfred and Albert Marre. The show was adapted from Alfred's 1966 off-Broadway play, Hogan's Goat.'Cry For Us All' opened at the Broadhurst Theater on April 8, 1970 and closed after only nine performances.

Theatre at the Center will present the musical masterpiece, Man of La Mancha from September 10 through October 17 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Man of La Mancha, the winner of five Tony awards including Best Musical, will be directed by multi Jeff Award winner William Pullinsi and star James Harms as 'Don Quixote'. The press opening is September 17.

Theatre at the Center will present the musical masterpiece, Man of La Mancha from September 10 through October 17 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Man of La Mancha, the winner of five Tony awards including Best Musical, will be directed by multi Jeff Award winner William Pullinsi and star James Harms as 'Don Quixote'. The press opening is September 17.

The original cast recording of the 1970 musical 'Cry for Us All' will be released on CD in November. The melodramatic musical features music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by William Alfred and Phyllis Robinson, and book by William Alfred and Albert Marre. The show was adapted from Alfred's 1966 off-Broadway play, Hogan's Goat.'Cry For Us All' opened at the Broadhurst Theater on April 8, 1970 and closed after only nine performances.

Onstage now at the Theatre at the Center, a quick drive from Chicago in Munster, Indiana, is a 'Man of La Mancha' that is about as authentic an evocation of the legendary 1960s New York staging as you are ever likely to see.....

Theatre at the Center celebrated opening night of the musical masterpiece, Man of La Mancha on September 17 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Man of La Mancha, the winner of five Tony awards including Best Musical, is directed by multi Jeff Award winner William Pullinsi and star James Harms as Don Quixote. The show will run through October 11, 2009.

Theatre at the Center will present the musical masterpiece, Man of La Mancha from September 10 through October 17 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Man of La Mancha, the winner of five Tony awards including Best Musical, will be directed by multi Jeff Award winner William Pullinsi and star James Harms as 'Don Quixote'. The press opening is September 17.

Theatre at the Center will present the musical masterpiece, Man of La Mancha from September 10 through October 17 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Man of La Mancha, the winner of five Tony awards including Best Musical, will be directed by multi Jeff Award winner William Pullinsi and star James Harms as 'Don Quixote'. The press opening is September 17.

Theatre at the Center will present the musical masterpiece, Man of La Mancha from September 10 through October 17 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Man of La Mancha, the winner of five Tony awards including Best Musical, will be directed by multi Jeff Award winner William Pullinsi and star James Harms as 'Don Quixote'. The press opening is September 17.

Theatre at the Center will present the musical masterpiece, Man of La Mancha from September 10 through October 17 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana. Man of La Mancha, the winner of five Tony awards including Best Musical, will be directed by multi Jeff Award winner William Pullinsi and star James Harms as 'Don Quixote'. The press opening is September 17.

The 2008-2009 Reprise Theatre Company season continues with the classic international hit 'Man of La Mancha,' starring Brent Spiner, written by Dale Wasserman with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. The production will be directed by Michael Michetti, co-artistic director of The Theatre at Boston Cout.

The 2008-2009 Reprise Theatre Company season continues with the classic international hit 'Man of La Mancha,' starring Brent Spiner as Cervantes/Quixote. Julia Migenes, the renowned opera and theatre performer, will play Aldonza/Dulcinea; Valerie Perri will play the role of Aldonza/Dulcinea at matinee performances; and Tony nominee Lee Wilkof will play Sancho Panza.

The 2008-2009 Reprise Theatre Company season continues with the classic international hit 'Man of La Mancha,' starring Brent Spiner as Cervantes/Quixote. Julia Migenes, the renowned opera and theatre performer, will play Aldonza/Dulcinea; Valerie Perri will play the role of Aldonza/Dulcinea at matinee performances; and Tony nominee Lee Wilkof will play Sancho Panza.

Julie Wilson, the legendary theatre and cabaret star, will make a guest appearance at Steven Brinberg's A Simply Barbra Holiday Spectacular.She joins the previously announced Tituss Burgess and The Broadway Boys. The event will benefit The Ali Forney Center, New York's primary emergency housing resource for homeless LGBT youth. A Simply Barbra Holiday Spectacular will play at Symphony Space (2357 Broadway at 95th Street) on Saturday, December 20 at 8 pm.

Julie Wilson, the legendary theatre and cabaret star, will make a guest appearance at Steven Brinberg's A Simply Barbra Holiday Spectacular.She joins the previously announced Tituss Burgess and The Broadway Boys. The event will benefit The Ali Forney Center, New York's primary emergency housing resource for homeless LGBT youth. A Simply Barbra Holiday Spectacular will play at Symphony Space (2357 Broadway at 95th Street) on Saturday, December 20 at 8 pm.

The 2008-2009 Reprise Theatre Company season continues with the classic international hit 'Man of La Mancha,' starring Brent Spiner, written by Dale Wasserman with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. The production will be directed by Michael Michetti, co-artistic director of The Theatre at Boston Cout.

Gary Griffin - fresh from the success of his recent Broadway production, 'The Color Purple' - has returned to London (where his Donmar Warehouse production of Sondheim's 'Pacific Overtures' won him a richly deserved Olivier Award in 2003) to present a revival of the 1950s musical, 'Kismet' at the London Coliseum for the ENO. The show, originally staged at the Ziegfield theatre in New York in 1953, has music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from musical themes by Borodin. The original book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis has been reworked by Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Griffin's colourful, energetic and beautifully paced production, magnificently complemented by the set design by Ultz and Wolfgang Gobbel's lighting design, breathes new life into a classic.

In this second of a two part interview, The Times They Are A-Changin's musical supervisor talks about life in New York and Baltimore, working for Disney, and several new shows he is working on.