Man of La Mancha at Carpenter Performing Arts Center

Man of La Mancha

Carpenter Performing Arts Center
6200 Atherton St Long Beach

One of the all-time great musicals, featuring "The Impossible Dream," one of the all-time great standards. At the height of the Spanish Inquisition, author Miguel de Cervantes is imprisoned and uses the story of knight-errant Don Quixote to defend himself. Full of indelible characters and a beautiful Latin-tinged score, Man of La Mancha ran for six years on Broadway and won the Tony for Best Musical. Starring Davis Gaines as Don Quixote and Lesli Margherita as Aldonza.

Presented by Musical Theatre West

Thru - Feb 26, 2012

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Price: $53-$68

Show Type: Musical

Box Office: 562-985-7000

Running Time: 150 minutes

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Man of La Mancha Reviews

Average Rating based on 7 reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Recommended

"...Yet the net effect, aided by Steven Young's invaluable lighting and Cathleen Edwards' Goya-esque costumes, coordinated by Todd Proto, is gripping. So subjective, deeply personal a reading will have its detractors, but it left this reviewer invigorated, with both eyes trained toward the unreachable stars."

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- David C. Nichols

Backstage - Recommended

"...Director Nick DeGruccio's stirring rendition doesn't reinvent the wheel, yet he elicits remarkably fresh performances, and the overall effort radiates more vibrancy than most "La Mancha" revivals I've seen."

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- Les Spindle

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

"...The cast contains some of the best and brightest stars of the American Musical Theater who are well-cast and vocalize beyond expectation. On these points of distinction alone, a hardy recommendation is respectfully submitted."

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- Tony Frankel

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

"...Still, Man Of La Mancha lovers can hardly complain about a production as brilliantly conceived and executed as this one."

- Steven Stanley

StageHappenings.com - Recommended

"... Under the artistic leadership of Steven Glaudini the music and vocals were sounding better than ever (1776 was a perfe4ct example of great singing). The fact that Davis Gaines was singing Don Quixote was the biggest enticement seeing he had one of the best voices in the world. Well, Gaines was a phenomenon."

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- Robert Machray

TheaterMania - Recommended

"...As far as quests go, finding a near-perfect cast for the classic Broadway musical Man of La Mancha has finally been achieved by the folks at Musical Theater West, which is now presenting the Joe Darion-Mitch Leigh-Dale Wasserman tuner at the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts."

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- Jonas Schwartz

Broadway World - Recommended

"...MTW's current revival is top of the line, creme de la creme."

- Don Grigware

Man of La Mancha at Carpenter Performing Arts Center

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Man of La Mancha Reviews

Los Angeles Times - Recommended

Backstage - Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

StageHappenings.com - Recommended

TheaterMania - Recommended

Broadway World - Recommended

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