Kelsey Grammer To Star In Man Of La Mancha at London Coliseum

Award-winning musical Man Of La Mancha returns to the West End for the first time in over 50 years starring Kelsey Grammer and Danielle de Niese at the London Coliseum for a limited season.

Following their success with Chess, Carousel, Sunbset Boulevard and Sweeney Todd, producers Michael Linnit and Michael Grade will collaborate again with the English National Opera to present the multi-Tony award winning Broadway musical to London for the first time in over 50 years.

Man Of La Mancha will play a strictly limited season at the London Coliseum from 26 April to 8 June 2019. Emmy award winning and Tony nominated actor Kelsey Grammer, best known for playing Dr Frasier Crane in NBC’s hit series’ Cheers and Frasier will make his West End debut playing Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote and the international opera star and soprano Danielle de Niese will play Aldonza and Dulcinea. Danielle will be performing in 33 performances of Man of La Mancha, with further star casting for this role and the rest of the company to be announced. Featuring the iconic song ‘Dream the Impossible Dream’, Man of La Mancha is Inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’s masterpiece Don Quixote. In a 16th century dungeon Cervantes and his man servant await trial from the Spanish Inquisition.  In his possession he has a trunk carrying an unfinished novel, Don Quixote.  As prisoners attempt to steal his possessions, Cervantes embarks on acting out his novel as his defence, transforming himself into Alonso Quijano.

Quijano, deluded, believes he is a knight errant, renames himself Don Quixote de la Mancha, and sets off on a fantastical quest with his man servant Sancho Panza.

Chivalry abounds in this classic tale of knighthood, love, loyalty and adventure.

The music in Man of La Mancha is by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by Joe Darion and book by Dale Wasserman. The production will be directed by Lonny Price, conducted by David White, set designer James Noone, lighting designer Rick Fisher, sound designer Mick Potter and casting director David Grindrod CDG.

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