Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols died on Wednesday. Though mostly known as a film director, he directed more plays than movies and won far more Tonys than Oscars. The funny thing is, he started out as an improv comedian with the great Elaine May. As an actor, you never would have guessed where he was going to go as a director.


Broadway Productions:

Barefoot in the Park
written by Neil Simon
starring Robert Redford, Elizabeth Ahsley

Luv
written by Murray Schisgal
starring Alan Arkin, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson

The Odd Couple
written by Neil Simon
starring Walter Matthau, Art Carney

The Apple Tree
written by Jerry Brock & Sheldon Harnick
starring Barbara Harris, Alan Alda

The Little Foxes
written by Lillian Hellman
starring Anne Bancroft, Richard Dysart, Margaret Leighton, EG Marshall, George C Scott

Plaza Suite
written by Neil Simon
starring George C Scott, Maureen Stapleton, Bob Balaban

The Prisoner of Second Avenue
written by Neil Simon
starring Peter Falk, Lee Grant

Uncle Vanya
written by Anton Chekhov
starring Barnard Hughes, Julie Christie, George C Scott, Lillian Gish

Streamers
written by David Rabe
starring Terry Alexander, Paul Rudd, Dorian Harewood

Comedians
written by Trevor Griffiths
starring Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Rea

The Gin Game
written by Donald L Coburn
starring Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy

Fools
written by Neil Simon
starring Richard Shull, Florence Stanley, Pamela Reed, Harold Gould

The Real Thing
written by Tom Stoppard
starring Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon

Hurlyburly
written by David Rabe
starring William Hurt, Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel, Sigourney Weaver, Cynthia Nixon

Social Security
written by Andrew Bergman
starring Marlo Thomas, Ron Silver, Joanna Gleason, Olympia Dukakis

Death and the Maiden
written by Ariel Dorfman
starring Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman

The Seagull
written by Anton Chekhov
starring Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Goodman, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Kline, Natalie Portman

Spamalot
written by Eric Idle
starring Tim Curry, Michael McGrath, David Hyde Pierce, Hank Azaria, John Cleese

The Country Girl
written by Clifford Odets
starring Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher

Death of a Salesman
written by Arthur Miller
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman

Betrayal
written by Harold Pinter
starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Rafe Spall


Films:

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
written by Ernest Lehman
starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis

The Graduate
written by Buck Henry & Calder Willingham
starring Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Buck Henry, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley

Catch-22
written by Buck Henry & Orson Welles
starring Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Norman Fell, Art Garfunkel, Charles Grodin, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Austin Pendleton, Orson Welles

Carnal Knowledge
written by Jules Feiffer
starring Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane

The Day of the Dolphin
written by Buck Henry
starring George C Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, Fritz Weaver, Edward Herrmann

The Fortune
written by Carole Eastman
starring Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Stockard Channing, Florence Stanley, Richard Shull, Scatman Crothers, Dub Taylor, Christopher Guest

Gilda Live
written by Anne Beatts, Rosie Shuster, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Gilda Radner, Michael O'Donoghue, Alan Zweibel, Don Novello, Paul Shaffer, Lorne Michaels
starring Gilda Radner

Silkwood
written by Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen
produced by Mike Nichols & Michael Hausman
starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T Nelson, Fred Ward, Ron Silver, Tess Harper, Bruce McGill, David Strathairn, M Emmet Walsh

Heartburn
written by Nora Ephron
produced by Mike Nichols & Robert Greenhut
music by Carly Simon
starring Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Joanna Gleason, Richard Masur, Maureen Stapleton, Mamie Gummer, Mercedes Ruehl, Kevin Spacey

Biloxi Blues
written by Neil Simon
produced by Ray Stark
starring Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Michael Dolan, Corey Parker, Markus Flanagan, Matt Mulhern, Penelope Ann Miller, Park Overall

Working Girl
written by Kevin Wade
produced by Douglas Wick
starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Philip Bosco, Nora Dunn, Oliver Platt, Kevin Spacey, Olympia Dukakis

Postcards from the Edge
written by Carrie Fisher
produced by Mike Nichols & John Calley
music by Carly Simon
starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Mary Wickes, Conrad Bain, Simon Callow, CCH Pounder, Dana Ivey

Regarding Henry
written by JJ Abrams
produced by Mike Nichols & Scott Rudin
starring Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Mikki Allen, Bill Nunn, Rebecca Miller, Bruce Altman, Elizabeth Wilson, John Leguizamo, Robin Bartlett, James Rebhorn, Jeffrey Abrams

Wolf
written by Elaine May, Jim Harrison, Wesley Strick
starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Plummer, David Hyde Pierce, Om Puri, Ron Rifkin, David Schwimmer, Allison Janney

The Birdcage
written by Elaine May
produced by Mike Nichols & Neil Machlis
starring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski

Primary Colors
written by Elaine May
produced by Mike Nichols, Jonathan Krane, Neil Machlis
music by Ry Cooder
starring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Larry Hagman, Maura Tierney, Diane Ladd, Paul Guilfoyle, Rebecca Walker, Caroline Aaron, Rob Reiner, Allison Janney, Robert Klein, Mykelti Williamson, Tony Shalhoub

What Planet Are You From?
written by Garry Shandling, Michael Leeson, Peter Tolan, Ed Solomon
produced by Garry Shandling, Mike Nichols, Neil Machlis
starring Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Linda Fiorentino, John Goodman, Judy Greer, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Aaron, Nora Dunn, Janeane Garofalo, Octavia Spencer

Wit
written by Emma Thompson & Mike Nichols
starring Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Harold Pinter

Angels in America
written by Tony Kushner
starring Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Patrick Wilson, Mary-Louise Parker, Emma Thompson, Jeffrey Wright, James Cromwell, Michael Gambon, Simon Callow

Closer
written by Patrick Marber
produced by Mike Nichols, John Calley, Cary Brokaw
starring Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen

Charlie Wilson's War
written by Aaron Sorkin
produced by Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman
starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Ned Beatty, Emily Blunt, Om Puri