‘Man of La Mancha’ opens in New York 50 years ago tonight (Nov 22 1965)


Video: 'Man Of La Mancha (1965 Original Broadway Cast Recording)'

(Monday, November 22, 1965, evening EST)Man of La Mancha, a musical that 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, opened in New York tonight at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre in Greenwich Village.