At Central City Opera through August 9th
By Aaron Storms
Central City Opera continues its 2015 Summer Festival with the opening of the Tony award-winning musical Man of La Mancha in the intimate and historic 550-seat Central City Opera House.
With music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by Joe Darion and book by Dale Wasserman, Man of La Mancha is presented as a play within a play. The lead character of Don Miguel de Cervantes (Robert Orth) awaits his trial by the Spanish Inquisition for his actions as a part-time tax collector and actions of foreclosing on the church – apparently frowned upon by the Inquisition. While waiting for his trial, he was forced to defend himself from the other prisoners and their own inmate trial by acting out a story for and with the help of his fellow prisoners.
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