A remarkable musical and one of the great theatrical successes of the last century, Man of la Mancha is a play-within-a-play based on the life and works of the great novelist Miguel de Cervantes. In a dank dungeon in Seville at the end of the sixteenth century, Cervantes is thrown into prison to await his trial by the Spanish Inquisition for an offense against the Church. Cervantes is attacked by his fellow prisoners, who proceed to hold a mock trial. If Cervantes is found guilty, he will have to hand over all his possessions. Cervantes agrees to do so with the exception of a manuscript, which the prisoners are eager to burn. He pleads to offer a defense – a play to be acted by him and the prisoners. As Don Quixote comes galloping out of the darkness to joust with windmills and win the heart of his Dulcinea, the dying old knight dreams an impossible dream -- to see things not as they are, but as they ought to be.

Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Composer, Best Lyricist and Best Director, and of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Production.

Produced in association with CSU Opera Theatre