The complete words and lyrics of the spectacular Broadway musical. Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote.Man of La Mancha tells the story of the "mad" knight Don Quixote as a play within a play performed by Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition.
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 The original 1965 Broadway production ran for 2328 performances and won five Tony Awards and the musical has been revived four times on Broadway becoming one of the most enduring works of musical theatre. The signature song "The Impossible Dream" has become a Broadway standard.
