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he says of getting a second opinion, "I
had to talk to my wife."
No surprise there: It was putting
family business ahead of show business
that had Patinkin leave the series after
the first year, hoping against Hope that
he wouldn't miss the L.A. lure.
He didn't. Not that Patinkin was
t.
high-
missing
in action.
His "hiatus" high-
liah
a
tour
with
a
collection of tradi-
light:
b
tional, classic and contemporary songs
sung in Yiddish, a fun freilach for the
performer, who brings that show,
Mamaloshen, to Lansing's Wharton
Center on Wednesday, Nov. 10.
"I'll do them until I die," he says of
his yen for Yiddishkeit, and his need
to sing his Jewish soul music in con-
certs all over the world.
But Patinkin is no Yiddish Gladys
Knight — the Broadway star has
made a mark in all kinds of music
over the years, his famous falsetto
voice never sounding a false note.
Detroit-area audiences can hear
Patinkin in a concert of Broadway and
pop standards, accompanied by pianist
Paul Ford, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at
Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts.
Patinkin's already sung on Chicago
Hope, his character hitting high notes
while going through a first-year break-
down.
"Will I sing in this?" he muses of
the new, improved Hope.
"That's up to the writers," says the
personable Patinkin.

The welcome mat certainly is out
for Patinkin, whose patented, push-
ing-the-envelope style on the series
received a stamp of approval. For a
brief appearance on last season's cli-
mactic show, Patinkin earned another
Emmy Award nomination.
"I was stunned," he says.
But then, his work is often stun-
ning — whether on Broadway (Evita),
or film (Ragtime) or TV (televised
adaptation of Broken Glass).
If the protean Patinkin's dervish of
a Dr. Jeffrey Geiger counters the
lethargy of some of the more laid-
back characters on the show, the
Thursday night series about medical
men and women may have a chance
at life after all.

— Michael Elkin
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent

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Mandy Patinkin performs

Mamaloshen 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Wharton
Center, on the campus of
Michigan State University in
East Lansing. $24-$36. (517)
432 2000. He performs a concert
of Broadway and pop standards
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, at
Macomb Center for the
Performing Arts. $35-$45.
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