Mandy Patinkin In Concert: Being Alive with Adam Ben-David on Piano

Name: Mandy Patinkin In Concert: Being Alive with Adam Ben-David on Piano
Start: 2025-02-20T19:30:00-08:00
Location: 1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek, CA, United States, California 94596

Schedule

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek, CA, United States, California 94596 | Walnut Creek, CA

Before he was an Emmy-winning TV star, Mandy Patinkin was already a Tony-winning Broadway legend. Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Being Alive with Adam Ben-David on Piano presents the acclaimed actor/singer/storyteller in his most electrifying role: concert performer. “Mandy Patinkin is in the business of showstopping,” raves The New Yorker, and that’s exactly what he does in this powerful, passionate evening of song. BEING ALIVE is a collection of many of his favorite Broadway and classic American tunes. From Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim, from Cole Porter to Harry Chapin, Mandy Patinkin takes you on a dazzling musical journey you’ll never forget. Mandy Patinkin has been fortunate to carve out a varied career including theater, the concert stage, film, television, and as a recording artist.
About Mandy Patinkin:
In his 1980 Broadway debut, Mandy won a Tony Award for his role as Che in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, directed by Hal Prince, and was nominated in 1984 for his starring role as George in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Sunday in the Park with George. Mandy’s other stage credits include Compulsion, Paradise Found, The Tempest, Enemy of the People, The Wild Party, Falsettos, The Secret Garden, The Winter's Tale, The Knife, Leave It to Beaver is Dead, Rebel Women, Hamlet, Trelawney of the ‘Wells,’ The Shadow Box, The Split, Savages, and Henry IV, Part I.
Since 1989, he has toured various solo concerts across North America, in London’s West End, through Australia and New Zealand, as well as on Broadway and off-Broadway.
As diverse as his professional life has been, Mandy’s education in the field of social activism has been even more varied and continues to evolve. He has helped raise funds for organizations dear to his heart including Brady Campaign, PAX, Doctors Without Borders, Association to Benefit Children, American Jewish World Service, Search For Common Ground, National Dance Institute, and ACLU. Mandy is a board member of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and continues to work with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), highlighting the plight of refugees worldwide.