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Mandy Patinkin has built a career not just as an actor and a singer, but as a storyteller.
His latest live show, “Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Jukebox,” reflects that sensibility, which offers an intimate evening of song and personal reflection from the Tony and Emmy award winner.
When he comes to the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts in Oakland on Thursday, Feb. 5, Patinkin will be accompanied on the piano by Adam Ben-David (“The Book of Mormon,” “Jersey Boys,” “Wicked”), a longtime collaborator who also is an arranger, music director and conductor.
Patinkin won a Tony in his Broadway debut as Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Evita” in 1980 and has since been a mainstay on the stage, in film (including 1980s classics “The Princess Bride” and “Yentl”) and on television (“Chicago Hope,” “Criminal Minds”).
He has also performed solo concerts as far back as 1989. For “Jukebox,” expect classic musical numbers curated by Patinkin himself.
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“Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Jukebox”: 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. $79-$149. Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, 10 10th St., Oakland. www.hjkarts.org
This article originally published at Mandy Patinkin to bring songs and stories to Oakland in ‘Jukebox’.