Finding Your Roots

On Broadway

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family histories of Broadway stars Audra McDonald and Mandy Patinkin, discovering ancestors whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success.

On Broadway

52m 11s

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family histories of Broadway stars Audra McDonald and Mandy Patinkin, discovering ancestors whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success.

Previews + Extras

  • On Broadway: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    On Broadway

    S7 E9 - 30s

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. investigates the family histories of Broadway stars Audra McDonald and Mandy Patinkin, discovering ancestors whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success.

  • Mandy Learns He Had Family Members in the Holocaust: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mandy Learns He Had Family Members in the Holocaust

    S7 E9 - 2m 25s

    Mandy Patinkin believed for years that his family was not murdered during the Holocaust, through his conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. he sadly learns that they were one of the victims.

  • Maternal Third Great Grandparents Freed from Slavery: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Maternal Third Great Grandparents Freed from Slavery

    S7 E9 - 1m 20s

    “Look what they did. Look at what they achieved.” Audra McDonald is moved to learn her maternal third great-grandparents survived slavery, started a family, and purchased land post-Civil War.

  • Mandy Explains His Favorite Line in Literature: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mandy Explains His Favorite Line in Literature

    S7 E9 - 1m 14s

    As long as there is one person on Earth that remembers you, it isn’t over.” Mandy Patinkin explains his favorite line in literature from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel” as it relates to his family discoveries.

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