Mitch Leigh

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Born:
January 30, 1928, he's 84 and American.
Birthname:
Irwin Michnick.
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An Artist with 9 releases, and credited 4 times on others' music. 5 collaborations.

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Mitch Leigh is the US-born theatrical composer and producer best known for his work on The Man of La Mancha.

Yale graduate Leigh began his career in music as a jazz musician, but it was the production company he set up in 1957 that would lead to his biggest success. Leigh founded Music Makers Inc., the publishing house who orchestrated the stage production for The Man of La Mancha. The stage show run to over 2000 performances and earned Leigh two Tony Awards. The show featured the Leigh-penned “The Impossible Dream”, which has since become a theatrical standard. The play was subsequently made into a film with Peter O’Toole.

Leigh also received a Tony for his musical direction of 1985 stage version of The King and I, which featured Yul Brynner’s final appearance, in the role that helped to make him famous.

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13 releases – 9 under his own name and 4 credits on others' music Edit
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