Stage to Page半岛体育 Vault鈥檚 Today in Theatre History: June 4Today's birthdays include Julie White, Mary Testa, and Rosalind Russell.
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June 04, 2021
Julie White in The Little Dog LaughedCarol Rosegg
1973 鈥� production of 鈥檚 opens at the Circle in the Square on Broadway. , , , , , ,, and fill out the cast.
2002Some Like It Hot鈥攖he revised version of the 1972 Broadway musical 鈥攂egins a national tour in Houston and travels to dozens of U.S. cities. Headliner co-starred in the 1950鈥檚 Billy Wilder film on which the show is based.
2018 stars in the New York premiere of Lauren Yee鈥檚 The Great Leap, opening Off-Broadway at the . Inspired by events from Yee鈥檚 father鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥擭eil 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鈥攈is eighth Tony for directing.
His final directing credit: Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in Betrayal
