Musical?


I didn't realize there would be so much singing in this film. Was it originally a musical?

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I am not an expert on Man of La Mancha. However, I was born in the latter fifties, so I'll try to dredge up memories.

I believe Man of La Mancha was originally written as a non-musical for one of the Tv shows which featured plays. Such programs were popular in the sixties. I recall my mother mentioning that she first saw it on such a program.

I believe it was optioned as a non-musical for Broadway. (I read that somewhere, so don't take it as gospel.) Since I've never heard of a non-musical Broadway production, I would assume it didn't sell and someone decided to rework it as a musical.

As I said, I'm not an expert and a lot of what I wrote above is from very old memory and logical deduction.

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