Many TV viewers have no idea what an incredible performer Mandy Patinkin is. Watch him here doing a live performance of “Buddie’s Blues,” one of the songs from the masterpiece score of “Follies.” The character is having a bit of a breakdown:
Here’s another great interpretation of this piece, by Danny Burstein:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.