Joe Darion (30 January 1917 — 16 June 2001) was an American musical theatre

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, most famous for ''

Man of La Mancha ''Man of La Mancha'' is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay '' I, Don Quixote'', which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cerva ...

'', which is considered, by some critics, as a precursor to 1980s sung-through musicals such as '' Les Miserables''. Darion was born in

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and died in

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References

External links

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Joe Darion Papers, 1954-1969
held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division,

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American musical theatre lyricists Broadway composers and lyricists 1917 births 2001 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers American male dramatists and playwrights Writers from New York City Tony Award winners {{US-music-bio-stub