2002Some Like It Hot—the revised version of the 1972 Broadway musical Sugar—begins a national tour in Houston and travels to dozens of U.S. cities. Headliner Tony Curtis co-starred in the 1950’s Billy Wilder film on which the show is based.
2018 BD Wong stars in the New York premiere of Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap, opening Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company. Inspired by events from Yee’s father’s life, the play follows a San Francisco basketball player who talks his way onto a college team just before they travel to Beijing.
Remembering the Theatrical Work of the Multi-Talented Mike Nichols
Remembering the Theatrical Work of the Multi-Talented Mike Nichols
"Becoming Mike Nichols" debuted on HBO Feb. 22. We take a look at the late Renaissance man's illustrious career.
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Remembering Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols and Elaine May performing with Compass Players, 1950s. The Chicago-based improvisational troupe eventually fed members into what became Second City.
Mike Nichols in performance of Jean Cocteau’s The Typewriter, 1953.
Editor Sam O'Steen and Mike Nichols working on "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1965
Mike Nichols (left) on the set of "The Graduate," 1967.
At one point in early 1967, Nichols had four hit productions running on Broadway—Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple (pictured here), Murray Schisgal's Luv and the musical The Apple Tree. He won directing Tonys for all but the last.
Julie Christie in Uncle Vanya.
He would make his Broadway comeback with 2005's Spamalot
Nichols was working right up until the end. He directed hit revivals of Death of a Salesman and Betrayal in 2012 and 2013, respectively. He won a Tony Award for his direction of the former—his eighth Tony for directing.
His final directing credit: Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in Betrayal
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.
