Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Man of La Mancha
- Vocal selections from Man of La Mancha
- Ain't Broadway Grand - A Brand New 1948 Musical
- Man of La Mancha
- Man of La Mancha
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928-01-30
- Active to
- 2014-03-16
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,837
- Total plays
- 29,563
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Mitch Leigh (born January 30, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer of musical theatre and theatrical producer best known for the show Man Of La Mancha. Born Irwin Michnick and educated at Yale under Paul Hindemith, he began as a jazz musician and writing commercials for radio and television. In 1965 he teamed up with lyricist Joe Darion to write a musical based on Don Quixote. The resulting show, Man Of La Mancha opened on Broadway and ran for 2328 shows. <a href="https://www.last.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,262x
- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,234x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,000x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Leigh
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- Student of
- Paul Hindemith
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- P12674
- Franz Xaver Richter
- date of death
- 2014-03-16
- date of birth
- 1928-01-30
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
- name in kana
- ミッチ・リー
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- name in native language
- Mitch Leigh
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Mitch Leigh, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Available in 11 languages
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