Patinkin, Mandy

The princess bride by Cary Elwes ( Visual )
80 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 5,101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Return to a time when men were men and swamps were fire swamps, full of quicksand and rodents of unusual size. Lagoons were inhabited by shrieking eels, and the most beautiful woman in the world was named ... Buttercup? Well, it's a bent fairy tale, complete with all the fencing, fighting, chases, escapes and silly accents you'd expect

The adventures of Elmo in Grouchland by Jim Henson ( Visual )
15 editions published between 1999 and 2002 in 4 languages and held by 1,910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Elmo and his beloved blue blanket are inseparable. When Oscar carelessly tosses the fuzzy blanket into his trash can, Elmo dives in after it. He is suddenly plunged into Grouchland - the land of Grouches, stinky garbage and the greedy Huxley who hasn't learned how to share

Ellis Island by Greystone Communications ( Visual )
15 editions published between 1997 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,633 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Immigrants of every ethnic background recall their extraordinary adventures, historians explore the sometimes insensitive national policies, and the Ellis Island Oral History Project reveals what the immigration experience was actually like. Features rare photographs and film

Homeland ( Visual )
14 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and held by 1,381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Carrie Mathison, a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody a war hero or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth - her reputation, her career, and even her sanity

Sunday in the park with George by Stephen Sondheim ( Visual )
32 editions published between 1983 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Broadway musical loosely based on the life of artist Georges Seurat

Yentl by Barbra Streisand ( Visual )
42 editions published between 1983 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 1,335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Yentl Mendel is the boyish daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe Mendel. He teaches Talmud to local boys and secretly to Yentl since girls are not allowed to learn the law. When her father dies, Yentl is left all alone. She makes the momentous decision to leave the village and, disguised as a boy and calling herself Anshel, she seeks and gets admitted to a Yeshiva to study. She befriends Avigdor who is engaged to Haddas. Her family calls off the wedding when they discover Avigdor's brother committed suicide. Anshel then finds 'him'-self in the awkward position of being called into service as substitute bridegroom. But Haddas still wants Avigdor. After numerous complications, including Avidor and Yentl falling in love with each other and she telling him her secret, everyone gets what they want in life. Anshel, now Yentl once again, goes off to America to pursue her dream of serious study in Yeshiva, where she will be able to study without needing to hide her identity as a woman

Everyone's hero ( Visual )
5 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 1,190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship

Homeland ( Visual )
9 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and held by 1,061 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Lewis) is now a U.S. congressman, and former CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Danes) has returned to civilian life. But when a new and potentially devastating terrorist threat emerges, Brody and Carrie's lives become intertwined once again and they resume their delicate dance of suspicion, deceit and desire

Sunday in the park with George original cast recording by Stephen Sondheim ( Recording )
28 editions published between 1984 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,007 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Evita premiere American recording by Andrew Lloyd Webber ( Recording )
14 editions published between 1979 and 1990 in English and held by 992 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Evita is based on the life of Eva Peron, the second wife of Argentine dicatator Juan Peron. She was a girl from the most ordinary of backgrounds, who became th emost powerful woman her country (and indeed Latin America) had ever seen, a woman never content to be a mere ornament at the side of her husband, the President. Her death of cancer at the age of 33 in 1952 ensured that the loved, hated, inspiring, corrupting complexity that was Eva Peron became a legend