The creative team also includes scenic designer Michael Hoover, costume designer Fabian Fidel Aguilar, lighting designer Marcus Dilliard, sound designer Justin Stasiw, projection designer Greg Emetaz, music director and additional arranger Jenny Kim-Godfrey, hair/wig and makeup designer Michelle Hart, and puppet designer Frank J. I hope our production pays homage to the lasting potency of Cervantes' epic novel and inspires us all ‘to see life not as it is but as it ought to be.’” “The central character Miguel de Cervantes brings hope to a group of people who are hopeless and elevates them from a place of deep despair to a place of radical optimism. “ Man of La Mancha is a celebration of the transformative power of storytelling and the transformative power of theatre,” said director Rothstein in an earlier statement. Man of La Mancha, which features music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by Joe Darion, and a book by Dale Wasserman, immerses audiences in Miguel de Cervantes’ retelling of Don Quixote and his quest. The understudies are Bevin Bell-Hall, Christian Douglass, Pedro Ka’Awaloa, Celena Vera Morgan, and Robert Quiles. Raimondo as The Custodian/Juan, Sydney Story as Summoned Person, and Jerald Wheat as The Guard. Carrasco, Edward Staudenmayer as The Captain/Tenorio, Peter S. Mingo Long as The Governor/The Innkeeper, Brian Kim McCormick as Paco/The Padre, Cathy Newman as Maria/The Housekeeper, Rodolfo Nieto as The Duke/Jose/Dr. The cast is led by Mauricio Martínez ( On Your Feet !) as Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote, Aaron De Jesus ( Jersey Boys) as Sancho, and Janely Rodriguez as Aldonza with Reese Britts as Anselmo/The Barber, Sydney Chow as Antonia/Fermina, Javier Ignacio as Pedro, C. Performances continue in Sarasota, Florida, through June 11. But this one comes as he’s about to start his new position as producing artistic. You’re invited to linger on its relevance today, with a prison incarceration problem of massive scale and a surging mass of desperate humanity attempting to cross borders to make impossible dreams come true.Asolo Repertory Theatre's production of Man of La Mancha, the 1966 Tony winner for Best Musical, begins previews May 10.ĭirected by Peter Rothstein with choreography by Cat Brindisi, the limited engagement will officially open May 13 in the Mertz Theatre, located in the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. Man of La Mancha marks Rothstein’s third production for Asolo Rep after Ragtime and Sweeney Todd. This is a story so beloved and universal that it resonates around the world. It moves enthrallingly from an imaginative beginning to a heart-wrenching end.” – New York Daily News “An exquisite musical play-the finest and most original work in our musical theatre since Fiddler on the Roof opened. After numerous conversations with Aldonza, Don Quixote continuously tells her how he feels about her.
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