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
exactly musical required
Not exactly what the world was looking for, a musical on 'Don Quixote.' It was required reading in high school.
buses buy manhattan
One doesn't go on television for the Manhattan crowd. You buy the sides of buses for that.
singers
My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.'
When I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything.
'La Mancha' was a gift from me to me. I never thought for a minute it was going to be a hit.
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.'
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.
believe good mean truthful work
You have to do what is real and what is right and what is good and what you believe in. It doesn't mean it's always going to work. It doesn't. But when it does, it is truthful and forever.
money word
You can't make money on advertising; you just have to seed the clouds. What you're after is word of mouth.
avenue eden freedom madison musical
There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.
The old joke was Mitch Leigh, land baron, barren land.
army given composer
I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer.
believe thinking laughing
I think if you see that no one is going to laugh at you for it, I think the concept of living nicely will be infectious. I believe there is room for the absence of cynicism.
composer redundant
To call somebody a Jewish composer is obviously redundant.