Mandy Patinkin

From an early age, Chicago-born Mandy Patinkin employed his lyric tenor to entertain, whether it was singing in temple or just for family and friends. He began college at the University of Kansas before transferring to Juilliard where he clashed with his instructors and eventually dropped out. Drifting around the USA, Patinkin worked at a children's theater in Baltimore where he earned his Equity card. He went on to make his Broadway debut alongside Meryl Streep, John Lithgow and Mary Beth Hurt in "Trelawny of the Wells" in 1975, inaugurating his stage career that has encompassed classical