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Mike Nichols

MIKE NICHOLS

  (1931 - 2014)
Nationality:    USA
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Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931  November 19, 2014) was a German-born American film and theatre director, producer, actor and comedian. He began his career in the 1950s with the improv troupe The Compass Players, predecessor of the Second City in Chicago, and as one half of the comedy duo Nichols and May, along with Elaine May. May was also in the Compass. In 1968 he won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film The Graduate. His other films include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Catch-22, Carnal Knowledge, Silkwood, Working Girl, The Birdcage, Closer, Charlie Wilson's War (his final picture), and the TV mini-series Angels in America. He also staged the original theatrical productions of The Apple Tree, Barefoot in the Park, Luv, The Odd Couple and Spamalot.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America, joined 20 Jun 1966

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below is a list of Mike Nichols's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, An         Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway         Uncle Vanya

Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, An

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Notes:
Written by Mike Nichols and Elaine May; Incidental music by William Goldenberg

1st Produced:
John Golden Theatre, NY    Oct 1960

Organisations:
Nine O'Clock Theatre

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Genre:
concert

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway

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Written by Mike Nichols and Elaine May

1st Produced:
Broadway, NY    1992

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Genre:
concert

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Uncle Vanya

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Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov; Translated by Albert Todd and Mike Nichols

1st Produced:
Circle in the Square Theatre, NY    21 May 1973

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Genre:
translation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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