Mitch Leigh (born Irwin Stanley Michnick; January 30, 1928March 16, 2014) was an American musical theatre composer and theatrical producer best known for the musical Man of La Mancha.
Leigh was born Irwin Stanley Michnick in Brooklyn on January 30, 1928, where he grew up in the Bronwsville neighborhood. His father was from Ukraine. After service in the U.S. Army, he graduated from Yale in 1951 with a Bachelor of Music,... plus