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
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.
avenue eden freedom madison musical
There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.
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.'
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.'
ad cheapest york
New York is really the cheapest ad market. When I go on TV, I'm hitting a country. The market is as big as some countries, you know.
exactly musical required
Not exactly what the world was looking for, a musical on 'Don Quixote.' It was required reading in high school.
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 I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything.
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.
money word
You can't make money on advertising; you just have to seed the clouds. What you're after is word of mouth.
The old joke was Mitch Leigh, land baron, barren land.
'La Mancha' was a gift from me to me. I never thought for a minute it was going to be a hit.
I'll write anything; I don't want to judge its form.