A New Day is Dawning at Tie Park...

genuine happiness, of course, when
two cornea transplants averted blind-
ness from a degenerative eye disease in
1997.
The blessed event came two years
after he earned an Emmy Award for
Best Actor in a Drama Series as Dr.
Jeffrey Geiger on Chicago Hope.
From a family on Chicago's South
Side devoid of show business aspirants,
Patinkin was raised in a comfortable
environment by his mother, cookbook
author Doralee Patinkin Rubin, and
hard-driving father, a successful scrap-
metal merchant. He always enjoyed
entertaining family and friends, but
didn't take acting seriously until
Kenwood High School — when he
also joined community theater ensem-
bles.
Fired up about performing but
uncertain about his direction, Patinkin
wound up in the hinterlands for a
couple of years taking part in campus
productions at the University of
Kansas. A friend finally led the way to
New York's fabled Juilliard School of
Drama, where he also developed a
singing voice good enough to earn the
Tony Award in 1980 as Che in Evita
— his Broadway debut.
The admitted "impulsive perfection-
ist" went on to receive another Tony
nomination for Sunday in the Park
With George, then took his act on
stage in such Williamstown Theatre
Festival presentations as An Enemy of
the People, The Secret Garden, The
Winter's Tale, Henry I1 Part I, Hamlet,
The Shadow Box and Savages.
With nothing else to do between
back-to-back TV movies, television
series and regional theater, Patinkin
launched his concert career in 1989 at
Joseph Papp's Public Theatre after the
release of his first solo album, the self-
titled Mandy Patinkin.
Moviegoers have seen him in a wide
range of roles, including featured parts
in Ragtime, Yentl, The Princess Bride,
Alien Nation and Dick Tracy.
Hopefully he will be back on the
wide screen sometime in the near
future, replacing his recent withdrawal
from a feature film starring Jessica
Lange.
"It was just a matter of resting up
after my cancer operation," Patinkin
explained. "I would have wrapped
production on it just in time to start
Dead Like Me. It would have been too
much." ❑

The 'Trowbridge is now The Park at Trowbridge and part of Horizon
Bay Senior Communities–a company dedicated to exceeding resident
expectations. The Park name is known for quality services and
premier residential retirement living. To demonstrate our
commitment, we're undergoing a complete transformation.

We're renovating our common spaces, lobby and dining room with
new furnishings, décor, carpeting and paint–enhancing the quality
of life at The Park at Trowbridge.

At The Park, you'll also enjoy spacious apartment homes, scheduled
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If you're a newcomer to the community and are interested
in attending High Holiday services at a local synagogue, call

Vera Gell, (248) 661-4722 or Dina Pinsky, (248) 626-4909 by September 13.

Dead Like Me airs 10 p.m.
Sundays on Showtime.

For information, or to receive a Shalom Detroit welcome packet, please call (248) 642-4260, ext. 183.

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