Mike Nichols and Elaine May ruled the comedy scene in the early ... Maybe you're old enough to have tried to reason with an AT&T operator. The Total Mediocrity Award at the 1959 Emmys (introduced ...

And then he wasn’t. He found his talent and he found May. The two formed an improv team whose success eventually led them to “An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May” on Broadway in 1960 ...

“American Masters: Nichols and May — Take Two”: As Second City, the comedy troupe whose style they helped establish, mounts a new revue, and as “The Birdcage,” the movie Mike Nichols ...

By Arlene Washington Mike Nichols - H 2014 The documentary will ... Nathan Lane and more. “Elaine and Julian can joke about each other because they’ve known each other 40 years, and their ...

Among the greatest tragedies in modern cinema is the fact that Elaine ... before Nichols gets to open his mouth, May begins with a swift comic touch: the title card, “Mike Nichols: An American ...

By THR Staff FilmRise has acquired worldwide rights to the documentary Mike Nichols ... was made by Nichols’ longtime comedy partner Elaine May as a tribute to the late writer-director.

Mike Nichols and Elaine May were familiar faces in Chicago beginning in the 1950s with the Hyde Park-based improv comedy troupe known as The Compass Players, the precursor to Second City.

In October, Elaine May will ... this will be May’s first appearance on Broadway since 1960, when she worked there alongside her late partner Mike Nichols. That was 58 years ago.

How many shows has Elaine May written? Elaine May has written 11 shows including An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (Playwright), 3 x 3 (Playwright), Adaptation/ Next (Playwright), Mr ...