Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin will star in the Public Theater’s upcoming production of Rinne Groff’s Compulsion, alongside co-stars Matte Osian and Hannah Cabell. Patinkin originated his role in a pair of 2010 productions of the play, first at Yale Repertory Theatre and then at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Helmed by Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis, Compulsion will begins previews on February 1, 2011 ahead of an official opening February 17. The limited engagement will continue through March 13.
Compulsion is inspired by Meyer Levin, a journalist and screenwriter who helped publicize the existence of Anne Frank’s celebrated diary and later claimed that the chance to adapt it for the stage had been stolen from him. Patinkin’s character, Sid Silver, is based on Levin, who was among the first to visit the concentration camps after World War II as a war correspondent. Compulsion is part historical fiction, part investigation into what makes a man obsess, and part exploration of an untold dimension of Anne Frank's powerful legacy.
Patinkin’s numerous Broadway credits include his Tony Award-winning performance in Evita, as well as turns in Sunday in the Park with George, The Secret Garden, Falsettos and ...
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Mandy Patinkin to Star in Anne Frank-Inspired Drama Compulsion at the Public Theater
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