Mitch Leigh
Mitch Leigh
Mitch Leighwas an American musical theatre composer and theatrical producer best known for the musical Man of La Mancha...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth30 January 1928
CountryUnited States of America
When I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything.
backwards hire la music series text wants writers
If one wants to go on living, one must evolve. Before, when we composed, we would start by a series of music themes. Once created, we would hire writers and lyricists to make up the text and the story line. I was the first to do this backwards with 'Man of La Mancha.'
exactly musical required
Not exactly what the world was looking for, a musical on 'Don Quixote.' It was required reading in high school.
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I grew up in Brownsville; most of the kids I grew up with went to jail, not Yale. If they had heard of Yale, they thought it was a lock to pick.
singers
My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.'
buses buy manhattan
One doesn't go on television for the Manhattan crowd. You buy the sides of buses for that.
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There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.
break critics word
It's still word of mouth that is going to make or break a show, and while critics can't help a show, they can hurt it.
When you think of Mitch Leigh as a businessman, remember he's also a composer. And when you think of Mitch Leigh as a composer, remember he's also a businessman.
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To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant.
army given composer
I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer.