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Mandy Patinkin Performing at UNCG Nov. 20

GREENSBORO –  To some fans, he’s the Tony-award winning revolutionary from “Evita.” To others, he’s the Emmy Award-winning Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in “Chicago Hope.” To others, he’s Madonna’s piano man in “Dick Tracy” or the scholar who made Streisand swoon in “Yentl.” And to many, he will always be Inigo Montoya, the swashbuckling swordsman in “The Princess Bride.”

But whatever the role, Mandy Patinkin’s favorite is reaching out to live audiences with the power and passion of popular song.

Patinkin will bring his acclaimed theatre concert to Aycock Auditorium at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, as part of the 75th anniversary season of the University Concert/Lecture Series. Ticket prices are $35, $30 or $25, depending on seat location, and they are available through the box office (336-334-4849) weekdays from noon-5 p.m. Free event parking is available behind the Weatherspoon Art Museum.

He will perform selections from his latest CD, “Kidults,” as well as a mix of traditional, classic and contemporary songs. Just as his CD title suggests, the songs are for the kid inside every adult. He will perform familiar favorites such as Frank Loesser’s “The Ugly Duckling,” Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg’s “If I Only Had a Brain,” and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Getting to Know You,” as well as classics by Irving Berlin and Cole Porter.

In addition to his award-winning Broadway performances, Patinkin’s stage credits include “The Winter’s Tale,” “The Knife,” “Leave it to Beaver is Dead,” “Hamlet,” “Trelawney of the ‘Wells,’” “The Shadow Box,” and “Henry IV, Part I.” TV viewers may have seen him in a remake of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” co-starring Richard Harris; a version of Arthur Miller’s “Broken Glass;” and episodes of “Touched By An Angel” and “Boston Public.” His film credits include: “The Princess Bride,” “Yentl,” “The Music of Chance,” “Daniel,” “Ragtime,” “Impromptu,” “The Doctor,” “Alien Nation,” “Dick Tracy,” “The House of Carroll Street,” “True Colors,” “Maxie,” and “Pinero.”

Patinkin’s live performances have received wide critical acclaim. Pamela Sommers of the Washington Post wrote, “The most arresting thing about Patinkin is the conversational, often impassioned quality of his singing…you find yourself listening like you’ve never listened before.” In the New York Daily News, Howard Kissel called his performance “the most exciting time I’ve had in the theatre in ages. He could single-handedly revive the American musical theatre.”
 

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