The first of our HD video gems from the archives

The beloved American musical that brought us “The Impossible Dream” turns its lens on modern love and society, especially as brought to the Playhouse stage by director Mark Lamos in our award-winning 2018 production. In this play within a play, Cervantes has not yet finished his manuscript for Don Quixote — he sits in jail awaiting trial during the Spanish Inquisition. 14 actors portraying Cervantes and his fellow prisoners bring to life the great odyssey we all know of a questing knight tilting at windmills and battling for the love of the fair maiden Aldonza.

Winner of 5 Tony Awards, including Best Musical!

what critics said

You’ll hear messages about democracy, leadership, and mob rule that you may not have gleaned from this show before."

Chris Arnott

Hartford Courant

VIDEOS

A Conversation with Philip Hernandez (Don Quixote) and Andrew David Sotomayor (Musical Director)

PHOTO GALLERY

Gisela Adisa in MAN OF LA MANCHA (2018). Photo by Carol Rosegg.

Gisela Adisa and Tony Manna.

Tony Manna, Philip Hernandez, and Gisela Adisa.

The cast of MAN OF LA MANCHA.

Gisela Adisa and the ensemble.

The cast of MAN OF LA MANCHA.

MEET THE CAST

Philip Hernandez

CERVANTES/DON QUIXOTE

Gisela Adisa

Aldonza

Ceasar F. Barajas

PEDRO/PRISONER

Carlos Encinias

PADRE/PRISONER

Michael Scott Gomez

PACO / GUARD / HORSE / PRISONER

Paola Hernández

ANTONIA / PRISONER

Tony Manna

SANCHO PANZA / PRISONER

Michael Mendez

INNKEEPER / TENORIO / PRISONER

Ian Paget

CAPTAIN / ANSELMO / PRISONER

Lulu Picart

MARIA / HOUSEKEEPER / PRISONER

Jermaine Rowe

GUARD / JUAN / HORSE / PRISONER

David Sattler

GOVERNOR / PRISONER

Clay Singer

DUKE / CARRASCO / PRISONER

Esteban Suero

BARBER / JOSE / PRISONER

MEET THE CREATIVE TEAM

Wilson Chin

Scenic design

Fabian Fidel Aguilar

COSTUME DESIGN

Alan C. Edwards

LIGHTING DESIGN

Domonic Sack

SOUND DESIGN

Marcos Santana & Mark Lamos

MUSICAL STAGING BY

Marcos Santana

CHOREOGRAPHER

Andrew David Sotomayor

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Wayne Barker

MUSIC SUPERVISOR

Michael Rossmy

FIGHT DIRECTOR / INTIMACY COACH

Samantha Shoffner

PROPS MASTER

Tara Rubin Casting / Eric Woodall, CSA

CASTING

Ryan Gohsman

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Did you know?

Philip Hernandez, our Don Quixote, is notable for showing off his incredible vocal range as he is the only man in Broadway history to play both Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert in Les Miserables!

Philip was also honored with the 2019 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

About WCP in HD

As summer fades into fall, we’ve selected two gems from our archives of performances captured live on stage to share with you. Catch a show you missed, or see it again in a whole new way — closer to the action than you’ve ever been!

A story so beloved and universal that it resonates around the world. I hope it speaks to you tonight, and that you might even linger on its relevance today, with a prison incarceration problem of massive scale and a surging mass of desperate humanity attempting to cross our borders to make impossible dreams come true.

Mark Lamos
Director
From the original 2018 Playbill

The 2021 season is generously supported by the Eunice and David Bigelow Foundation.

Media Sponsorship for the 2021 season is generously provided by WSHU Public Radio.

August 23 – September 5

Man of La Mancha (2018) in HD

by DALE WASSERMAN
music by MITCH LEIGH
lyrics by JOE DARION
directed by MARK LAMOS Subtítulos en español disponibles

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Running Time: ~ 2 hours