“I never publicise in advance what I'm going to be singing because I never quite know until I start. I often change my mind halfway through. I sometimes throw in stuff about politics or Shakespeare or do songs in Yiddish.”

American actor and singer

Mandel Bruce Patinkin, known as Mandy Patinkin, is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. He has worked across stage and screen, with a career that includes Broadway performances. On Broadway, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. His work is best known for connecting acting and singing across several forms of performance, especially in musical theatre.