Joe Darion

{{short description|American dramatist}}

Joe Darion (30 January 1911 — 16 June 2001){{cite news |author1=Stephen Holden |authorlink1=Stephen Holden |title=Joe Darion, 90, Lyricist of 'Man of La Mancha' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/19/theater/joe-darion-90-lyricist-of-man-of-la-mancha.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 January 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=19 June 2001 |page=A 21}} was an American musical theatre lyricist, most famous for Man of La Mancha, which is considered, by some critics, as a precursor to 1980s sung-through musicals such as Les Miserables.{{Cite web |title=Joe Darion, Tony-Winning Lyricist of Man of La Mancha, Dead at 90 |url=https://playbill.com/article/joe-darion-tony-winning-lyricist-of-man-of-la-mancha-dead-at-90-com-97327 |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Playbill |language=en}}

Darion was born in New York City and died at age 90 in Lebanon, New Hampshire.