@@chass1771 I don’t think you can definitively classify him as a heldentenor (not just because he doesn’t sing opera). His voice seems to naturally sit pretty low, and most of his tenor like qualities come from his unique way of singing. Listen to his high G in Move On here, he sounds like a grand baritone. I think he is one of those examples (like Warlow and Groban) where the baritenor term fits pretty well. He has easy up to the high notes that are necessary but while still possessing a robust sound.
No one writes the level of intelligent musicals that he does. He changed the game completely. I wish he had another 80 years to dazzle us and make us think and feel. Look, he made a hat where there never was a hat.
I mean, wow. I am blown away by the depth of this performance....they have only gotten better...and there was just so much love and history in that moment. Just breathtaking.
I read your comment before I heard the line/song and honestly rolled my eyes a bit, but once I heard it come out...wow. It floored me. A nice reminder that something so simple and obvious can surprise and rock you like that. Thanks for pointing it out.
@@JimFromTheMoon cool, glad I’m not alone. It is deceptively simple yet uniquely profound. It’s not as clever as his “while her withers whither with her” line or as iterative and bright as his “it’s a very short road from the pinch and the punch to the paunch and the pouch and the pension” verse. No, the line to this song succeeds in it’s basic truth.
Mandy Patinkin received the Tony as featured actor for his Che in Evita when his friend Patti Lupone was awarded for the tittle role. Bernadette Peters received two Tony awards.
The idea of Yentl as a musical was a late addition. The concept is that the songs are her interior monlogue ,so it would make no sense to have others sing, not because of the other chiidish reasons these other posters wrote.
I love how everyone is shocked to discover that Mandy can sing, while Broadway fans have known this for years. You guys know that he was the original Broadway version of Che from Evita, which came out in 1979, right??
He was also Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden. (Mandy Patinkin and Robert Westenberg were in both productions together, although his role as Dr. Craven was much larger than his role as the soldier)
Anything you do/let it come from you/Then it will be new. Thank you Stephen Sondheim for giving us so many new ways to see and think and feel. Forever.
Not only Finishing the hat but he also sings Moving on with Bernadette Peters both from Subday in the park with George.After it we have George Hearn,MichaelCerveris and Patti Lu Pone singing scenes from Sweeney Todd : Pretty women and AS little priest
Michael Cerveris who played Sweeney in an acclaimed revival, Broadway legend Patty Lupone who played Mrs. Lovett in that revival, and George Hearn, who took over from Len Cariou who originated the role of Sweeney Todd. You can see Hearn and Angela Landsbury as the original Mrs. Lovett in the Great Performances video of the original production.
I love this so much! Mandy Patinkin is such an inspiration. But is Bernadette Peters' skirt on sideways? Or is there supposed to be a train on the side?
Saw Sunday...with Mandy and Bernadette so many times, still thrilling....although Mandy has become a bit overbearing when singing. But still so wonderful to hear the originals!
@@joshplowman8530 not too sure, but my guess is OP was referring to Bernadette Peters’ interview on his show. He told her seeing her and Mandy in Sunday in the Park with George was what made him decide to go into acting/show business
Her name is Bernadette Peters. She original starred in Sunday In The Park With George beside Mandy Patinkin. She was also the Witch in the first (that I know of) Broadway production of Into The Woods
All due respect to Patinkin, I like Jake Gyllenhaal's version better, but I'm a little biased, since I was lucky enough to watch it live on Broadway. :)
I wish Judy Garland and Mandy could have sang this together in general..she would not have lost her voice on the one Move On that she tried to hold and sing from her neck instead of her diaphragm. she was straining to belt it out even though it's nearly perfect..Judy still my #1 female star.
