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Abbott, George, 123
ABC Motion Pictures, 360–61, 363, 371, 381
Abraham, F. Murray, 425, 438, 440
Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey), 453–54
Actors Studio, 42
Adler, Jerry, 201, 202, 204, 325–27
AIDS:
and Angels in America, 514, 515, 528, 531, 532, 538
and The Birdcage, 479
and The Normal Heart, 393–94
Aiello, Danny, 389
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (musical), 373
Albee, Edward:
and A Delicate Balance, 591
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 121, 153, 157, 171, 181, 192, 343, 347
Algren, Nelson, 239
Alice in Wonderland (theater), 334
Allen, Brooke, 327
Allen, Jay Presson, 321, 324, 355, 356, 440
Allen, Kamian “Mikki,” 455
Allen, Lewis, 291, 324, 373, 440
Allen, Woody, 369
Allende, Salvador, 462
All in the Family (TV), 271
All the President’s Men (film), 359
All the Pretty Horses (film), 470, 499
Alonzo, John, 296
Altman, Robert, 258, 312, 514–15
“Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” (song), 548, 570
“Amazing Grace” (song), 381
American Beauty (film), 499
American Family, An (PBS-TV), 321
American Film Institute, Life Achievement Awards, 544, 569
American Tragedy, An (film), 32
Anderson, Dame Judith, 285
Andrews, Julie, 105, 113, 150, 584
Angels in America (film), 522, 523–36, 540, 570
actors playing multiple roles in, 515–16
and AIDS, 514, 515, 528, 531, 532, 538
awards for, 538
and Kushner, 513, 514–16, 523–24, 525, 527, 528, 530, 534, 536, 537
Millennium Approaches (part 1), 513, 527
Perestroika (part 2), 513, 527
rehearsals for, 528–29
reviews of, 537–38
screenplay for, 513, 514, 526–27
shooting of, 529–36
and Streep, 516, 523, 524, 529, 531, 533, 535, 536, 538
Annie (musical), 324–25, 327–28, 339, 416, 539
Ann-Margret, 263–64, 267–69, 272
Apple Tree, The (musical), 198–202, 209, 223, 231, 539
Arianda, Nina, 589
Arkin, Alan, 204
and Catch-22, 243, 245, 246, 248–49, 251, 253, 262
and Enter Laughing, 148
Arlen, Alice, 359–60, 362, 366, 383
Arrick, Larry, 63
Ashley, Elizabeth, 122–24, 127–34, 138, 139, 145, 302
Ashley, Ted, 340
Assassins (musical), 543
Astor, Brooke, 335
Auberjonois, Remy, 563
Avedon, Richard, 111, 112, 284, 333, 431, 489–90, 570, 594
death of, 543–44
and The Fabulous Fifties, 91
and lifestyle, 91, 92–93, 98, 146, 169, 299, 313
Nichols’s friendship with, 91, 115n, 414, 543–44
and photography, 97, 104, 114–15, 176
Azaria, Hank, 481, 484, 544, 546–47, 548, 550
Bacall, Lauren, 104
Bailey, Mary, 430, 475, 495, 503, 511, 533–34, 541, 555
and Catch-22, 242, 246–47, 251
Baldwin, Alec, 428–29
Baldwin, Billy, 169
Ball, Lucille, 100
and The Graduate, 206, 208, 209–10, 213–14, 216, 222, 229
and The Little Foxes, 223, 225, 226
Baranski, Christine, 378, 384, 389, 449, 482, 538
Barefoot in the Park (theater), 137–38, 372, 421, 581
and awards, 145
Broadway opening of, 134
in Bucks County, 122, 125–26, 127, 128
casting of, 122–25
comparisons with, 159, 208, 223
film rights to, 142
Nichols’s life transformed by, 126, 136, 141, 151
Nichols’s work with actors on, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131–33, 161
as Nobody Loves Me, 122–26
and Redford, 124–25, 127, 128, 130–35
rehearsals for, 125–28
reviews of, 132, 135, 141, 145, 147
Barrymore, John, 350
Bates, Kathy, 494, 496–97, 498
Bawer, Bruce, 486
Beale, Simon Russell, 518
Beatty, Warren, 176, 202, 320, 322, 323, 501, 570
and The Fortune, 294, 295, 296, 301
and Grand Hotel, 350
and Nichols and May performance, 281, 327
and Reds, 324
Beckett, Samuel, 204, 424, 425, 437–38, 439
Bedford, Brian, 425
Behan, Brendan, 108
Bening, Annette, 455, 501, 504, 508
Benjamin, Richard, 148, 242, 245, 246, 255
Bentley, Wes, 517
Benton, Richard, 150
Benton, Robert, 369
Bergen, Candice, 570, 584, 585
and Carnal Knowledge, 263, 265–66, 267
and Hurlyburly, 389
on Nichols’s lifestyle, 311–12, 313, 322, 324, 413, 500, 589
and Nichols’s marriages, 324, 422
and Saturday Night Live, 313
tributes to Nichols from, 502, 538
Bergman, Andrew, 394, 404, 405, 406
Berle, Milton, 85
Berlin, Jack and Ida, 36
Berlin International Film Festival, 516
Berman, Shelley, 53, 60, 63, 64–65
Bernstein, Carl, 359, 372, 396–97, 404, 410
Bernstein, Felicia Montealegre, 91, 111, 129, 188, 235, 327, 332–33
Bernstein, Jamie, 332
Bernstein, Leonard, 332
socializing with, 104, 111, 129, 188, 327
at Tanglewood, 24
and West Side Story, 79
Bertolucci, Bernardo, 302
Best Years of our Lives, The (film), 321
Betrayal (film), 349, 350–51, 375, 453
Betrayal (theater), 539, 583–85
Better Part of Valor, The (May), 90
Bill, Tony, 206
Billy Bishop Goes to War (theater), 349
Biloxi Blues (film), 425, 428, 483
Nichols’s directorial style for, 419, 459
reviews of, 426
Birdcage, The (film), 479–87, 488, 526
Black, Karen, 263
Blanchett, Cate, 540
“Blob, The” (song), 104–5
Blue Angel, New York, 70, 72–74, 78, 79, 82, 83, 85, 98
Bly, Robert, 471
Bobbitts, 468
Bock, Jerry, 198–99
Bogart Slept Here (film), 303–6
casting of, 304
film shut down by Warner Bros., 306, 313, 314, 400
as The Goodbye Girl, 353
and Simon, 301–2, 304, 305, 417
Bogdanovich, Peter, 249
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 422
Bonerz, Peter, 244, 245–46, 248, 249, 250
Bowen, Roger, 52
Boyar, Sully, 516
Bracken, Eddie, 191
Branagh, Kenneth, 458
Brandenstein, Patrizia von:
and Hope Springs, 568
and Postcards from the Edge, 446, 448
and Silkwood, 362, 363, 364, 366
and Working Girl, 430
Brando, Marlon, 24–25, 42, 263, 359
Brecht, Bertolt, 203
Brickell, Edie, 589
Bridges, James, 426
Brinkley, David, 229
Broderick, James, 321
Broderick, Matthew, 321, 417–19, 432, 502, 518, 521
Brodkey, Harold, 111
Brody, Adrien, 525
Brokaw, Cary:
and Angels in America, 513, 514–15, 534
and What Planet Are You From?, 503
Brooks, Albert, 502
Brooks, James L., 592
Broussard, Rebecca, 474
Brown, Arvin, 317–18, 343–45, 346
Brown, David, 277
Brown, Helen Gurley, 277
Browne, Roscoe Lee, 374
Buchanan, Pat, 479
Burnett, Carol, 113
Burnham, David, 381
Burnough, Ebs, 583
Burstyn, Ellen, 263
Burton, Richard, 122, 288, 593
alcohol consumption of, 183, 185, 231, 563
Nichols working with, 179, 180, 183, 184–85
and Taylor, 113, 114, 153, 174–75, 177–78, 241
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 153, 170, 171, 174, 175, 177–78, 180–81, 182–87, 189, 192, 195, 348
Bush, George H. W., 443
But Never Jam Today (theater), 334
Bye Bye Birdie (musical), 89
Byrne, Anne, 228
Cabaret (musical), 321
Callas, Margot, 127, 133, 137, 138
and daughter Daisy, 145, 193, 261, 291, 300
end of marriage, 145–46, 161, 299–300
marriage of Nichols and, 129, 193, 261
and Nichols’s work, 144–45
Callender, Colin, 509
and Bogart Slept Here, 304, 306
and Catch-22, 239, 241, 242–43, 245, 248, 257–58
death of, 574
and La Cage/Birdcage, 478–79
Nichols’s friendship with, 239, 413, 543
and Sony, 501
and United Artists, 478–79
and Warner Bros., 278, 304, 306, 340
and What Planet Are You From?, 501
Camp, Bill, 576
Canby, Vincent, 188–89, 259, 270–72, 303, 382, 410, 426
Carlin, Joy, 31, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 216
Carnal Knowledge (film), 262–72, 274, 294, 474
casting of, 262–64
and changing culture, 262, 271–72
comparisons with, 300, 350, 367, 401, 539
and Feiffer, 261–63, 264, 265, 268, 269–70, 272, 448
and Nicholson, 264–67, 268, 278, 294, 367, 401
Nichols’s direction of, 264–69, 298, 459
reviews of, 269–72
as True Confessions, 261–62
Carney, Art, 594
alcohol consumption of, 159, 231, 563
and The Odd Couple, 159–60, 161, 163, 164, 190–91
and Take Her, She’s Mine, 123
Caron, Jerry, 467
Caron, Leslie, 236
Carpetbaggers, The (film), 130–31
Carroll, Vinnette, 334
Carson, Johnny, 428
Carter, Jimmy, 327
Carter, Lillian, 327
Carville, James, 494
Cash, Johnny, 529
Catch-22 (film), 227, 239–53, 255–61, 270, 272, 359, 366, 368, 574
and Arkin, 243, 245, 246, 248–49, 251, 253, 262
and the book, 189, 195, 239–40
and drug use, 248
M*A*S*H as competition with, 257–58, 260
and Nichols’s detractors, 256–57, 260, 262
Nichols’s hindsight about, 260–61, 264
reviews of, 259–60
screenplay for, 239, 240–41, 243, 259
shooting of, 241–42, 244–54, 255
wrap of, 252–53
Catch-22 (Heller), 189, 195, 239–40
Channing, Stockard, 295, 296, 303, 402
Charles, Josh, 589
Charles, Ray, 446
Charlie Wilson’s War (film), 556–60
Charnin, Martin, 325
Chekhov, Anton:
and improvisation, 108
Nichols’s ambition to direct, 204, 290, 384, 424
and The Seagull, 508, 521, 522
and Uncle Vanya, 287, 288, 290
Cher, 295, 363, 366, 367, 369, 370, 383, 428, 570
Children’s Hour, The (theater), 42
China Syndrome, The (film), 358, 426
Chinatown (film), 278, 294, 296, 298, 416
Chorus Line, A (musical), 334
Cimino, Michael, 369
Citizen Kane (film), 249
Clayburgh, Jill, 315
Clift, Montgomery, 32
Clinton, Bill, 488–89, 493, 494–96, 498, 499
Clinton, Hillary, 489, 493, 494–95, 498, 499
Close, Del, 66–67
and Death and the Maiden, 462–63, 465, 466
and The Real Thing, 375, 377, 378, 379, 380, 384
Closer (film), 500, 539–43, 545, 547, 548, 553, 556
Cobb, Lee J., 573
Cocteau, Jean, 534
Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 324
Cohen, Alexander, 95–99, 101, 105–6, 108–10
Cohen, Richard, 395
Cohn, Roy, 514, 515, 523–24, 525, 530, 531, 532
Cohn, Sam, 335, 339, 349, 355–56, 359–60, 398, 460–61, 475
Coleman, Cy, 122
Coles, Charles “Honi,” 374
Color Purple, The (film), 393
Columbia Pictures, 444, 448, 453, 455, 461, 472
Comden, Betty, 91, 104, 150, 235
Comedians (theater), 323, 325–27, 328, 366
Comic Relief, 393–94
Como, Perry, 79
Compass Players, 50–65, 78, 142
formation of, 48–49
improvisation at, 52–53, 56–58, 67
and Shepherd, 37, 48, 51–53, 61, 63, 66, 68, 566
and Sills, 48–49, 51, 52, 62–63
and Sills’s death, 566
Cornell, Katharine, 432
Costas, Celia, 524, 526, 534, 535, 554, 555, 557, 575
Country Girl, The (theater), 560, 562–67
Cox, Wally, 40
Crile, George, 555
Crist, Judith, 259–60
Crosby, Bing, 563
Crowley, Bob, 490
Crudup, Billy, 526
Crystal, Billy, 481
Cullman, Trip, 519, 522, 530, 533, 534
Dale, Grover, 255
Damon, Matt, 524
Daniels, William, 208, 220, 227
Dante Alighieri, 329
Darden, Severn, 53
Davidson, Gordon, 353–54
Davis, Josie, 298
Davis, Peter, 104, 289, 298, 303
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 167
end of marriage, 415
marriage in decline, 384, 389, 402, 406, 411
marriage of Nichols and, 324, 331, 352
and Nichols’s mother, 394–95
Nichols’s relationship with, 270, 278, 342, 402, 404, 406, 413–14
pregnancy/children of, 285, 307, 322, 324
and Sawyer, 422–23
Day, Doris, 142, 158, 198, 351
Day of the Dolphin, The (film), 278–86, 290–92, 302, 307, 383, 569
Death and the Maiden (theater), 462–67, 468
Death of a Salesman (theater), 25, 32, 425, 572–82, 584
Deep Water (Highsmith), 567
Deer Hunter, The (film), 338, 368, 447
“Degenerate Art” (exhibit), 586
DeGeneres, Ellen, 483
de la Renta, Oscar and Annette, 432
Delerue, Georges, 291
Delicate Balance, A (theater), 591
De Niro, Robert, 301–2, 304–6, 455, 531
Dennis, Sandy, 168, 177, 180, 183, 184, 186, 204, 213
De Palma, Brian, 428
Designated Mourner, The (theater), 489–92, 593
Desilu Productions, 82
Dewhurst, Colleen, 234, 280, 343
DiCaprio, Leonardo, 561
Diller, Barry, 417, 442–43, 583, 592
Dillon, Melinda, 168
Dinesen, Isak, 176
Directors Guild of America, 227, 235, 312, 538
Distler, Anna (grandmother), 8
Distler, Grigory (grandfather), 5
Doctorow, E. L., 334–36, 398, 467
Dog Day Afternoon (film), 312
Donaldson, Sam, 443
Donen, Stanley, 592
Dorfman, Ariel, 462–66
Double Feature (musical), 341
Douglas, Kirk, 529
Downey, Robert, Jr., 514
Draper, Ruth, 392
Dreiser, Theodore, 32
Drexler, Rosalyn, 270
Drinks Before Dinner (theater), 335–36, 343
Dummar, Melvin, 330
Dunn, Nora, 504
Du Prez, John, 544
Eastman, Carole, 294–96
Ebert, Roger, 271, 410, 426, 442
Eigen, Jack, 60–61
Eisenberg, Deborah, 40, 490, 491
Eisner, Michael, 320–21
Elliot, Cass, 298
Elliot Loves (theater), 448–50, 455
Elliott, Sam, 304
Emond, Linda, 572–73, 576, 579, 581
Enter Laughing (theater), 148
Ephron, Nora, 256, 538, 568, 594
and Catch-22, 247, 249, 250, 359
and Heartburn, 372, 396–97, 400–403, 410
Nichols’s friendship with, 395–96, 500
and Silkwood, 359–60, 362, 366, 368, 370, 372, 383
tributes to Nichols from, 502, 570
Evans, Bill, 388–89
Evans, Peter, 316
Evening at the Talk House (theater), 589
Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, An (Broadway), 96–102, 103, 105–10, 393
Exorcist, The (film), 278, 292–93
Fabulous Fifties, The (CBS-TV), 91, 93, 156–57
Falk, Peter, 275–76
Family (TV), 321
Fantasia (film), 542
Farber, Stephen, 270
Farragut North (theater), 560–61
Fatherland (film), 470
Feiffer, Jules, 101
and Carnal Knowledge, 261–63, 264, 265, 268, 269–70, 272, 448
and Elliot Loves, 448–50
and The Graduate, 227–28
and Nichols and May, 78–79, 262, 272
and “Passionella,” 116, 198, 199, 202
and The World of Jules Feiffer, 113, 116–17
Feinstein, Michael, 373
Fellini, Federico, 155, 172, 264
Ferrer, José, 234
Fey, Tina, 589
Fifth of July (theater), 353
Film Society of Lincoln Center, 500, 502–3
First Amendment, 359
Fisher, Carrie, 338, 412, 424, 444–45, 446, 447
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 127, 292
Flanagan, Markus, 419
Flanders & Swann, 40
Flaubert, Gustave, 444
Fletcher, Nancy, 566
Fonda, Henry, 176
Fonda, Jane, 176, 196, 204, 263, 358
Fontana, Tom, 574–75
Fools (theater), 353–54
Ford, Harrison, 429, 431, 453–55, 478, 502
Forman, Milos, 312, 339, 365, 402, 471
Forristal, Susan, 376, 412–13, 414
Fortune, The (film), 293–301, 446, 569
reviews of, 303
shooting of, 296–97
themes of, 294, 297, 300, 301, 350
as unsuccessful, 293, 301, 302, 305, 307, 323, 348
Foss, Cornelia, 467–68
Foss, Lukas, 467
Fosse, Bob, 482
Foster, Jodi, 514
400 Blows, The (film), 172
Fox, Michael J., 489
Fraker, William, 285
Frankel, David, 568
Frankel, Scott, 447
Frankenheimer, John, 269
Frankenthaler, Helen, 529
Franklin, Aretha, 582
Freeman, Morgan, 563–65
French Lieutenant’s Woman, The (film), 339, 350, 360, 375
Friedkin, William, 292
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A (film), 480
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 151
Gallagher, Peter, 378, 379, 562
Gans, Herbert, 48
Gardenia, Vincent, 425
Garfield, Andrew, 574, 576, 578, 579, 580
Garfunkel, Art, 242, 244, 252, 263, 264, 265, 267, 502
Garland, Judy, 484
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), 485
Gazzale, Bob, 569
Gazzara, Ben, 343
Gehry, Frank, 592
Gelb, Barbara, 388
Gershwin, George and Ira, 373
Gersten, Bernard, 437
Gibson, Charles, 507
Gielgud, John, 122
Gilda Live (stage), 340
Gill, Brendan, 288
Gilliatt, Penelope, 217, 230–31, 235, 238, 242, 247, 256
Gin Game, The (theater), 331–33, 343
Gish, Lillian, 286–87
Gleason, Jackie, 100
Gleason, Joanna, 404, 405, 406
Godard, Jean-Luc, 222
Goetzman, Gary, 560
Goldberg, Joe, 62
Goldberg, Whoopi, 428, 466, 467
and comedy, 424
and Nichols’s death, 591
Nichols working with, 392–93, 521, 593
and The Spook Show, 391–93, 411
and tributes to Nichols, 535, 593
Goldblatt, Stephen, 529, 531, 532, 555, 557
Goldenberg, William, 99
Golden Globe Awards, 235, 548, 554
Goldman, William, 256–57
Gone With the Wind (film), 229
Goodbye Girl, The (film), 353
see also Bogart Slept Here
Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 494
Goodman, Ellen, 442
Goodman, John, 517
Good Morning America (TV), 500, 570
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 499
Gordon, Bobbi, 55
Gordon, Mark, 51
Gould, Jack, 77
Graduate, The (film), 205–19, 227–30
and awards, 229, 236, 257, 383
and Bancroft, 206, 208, 209–10, 213–14, 216, 222, 229
casting of, 198, 204, 205–7, 218, 246, 301, 502
comparisons with, 246, 361, 442, 446, 486, 530
as cultural milestone, 228, 229–30, 262, 441, 548
editing of, 222
and film technique, 32, 211–13, 229, 573
first line of, 155
and Hoffman, 205–7, 209–10, 213–19, 222, 227, 228–29, 267, 301, 368, 502, 530
and later developments, 223, 236–37, 264, 477
marketing of, 222
music for, 208, 221–22, 256, 403
and Nichols’s moods, 217–18, 220–21, 285
planning for, 152, 153, 189, 198
production team of, 207–8, 304
public reactions to, 227–28, 256, 451
rehearsals for, 209–11
reviews of, 228–30
screenplay for, 196–98
shooting of, 213–16, 218–19, 220, 263, 368
Grand Hotel (film), 349–50
Grant, Micki, 334
Graves, Robert, 127
Green, Adolph, 91, 104, 150, 156, 235
Greenhut, Robert, 397–98, 399, 403, 456
Greenspun, Roger, 258
Griffith, Melanie, 428–31, 443, 445
Griffiths, Trevor, 323–24, 325, 461
Guare, John, 450
Guber, Peter, 448
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (film), 486
Guinness, Alec, 294
Hackman, Gene, 359
and The Birdcage, 482
and Death and the Maiden, 462, 463, 466
and The Graduate, 210, 246, 446, 455
and Postcards from the Edge, 445–46
and Strasberg classes, 44, 210
Hagen, Uta, 121, 153, 186, 348
Halcion, 412–13, 414–15, 419, 445
Haley, Mike, 266, 284, 420, 431–32, 447–48, 511, 534, 555
Hamilton (musical), 586
Hamilton, Alexander, 568
Hamilton, Murray, 210
Hamlisch, Marvin, 582
Hammond, Diana, 470
Hampton, Christopher, 416
and Charlie Wilson’s War, 555–60
and Lucky Guy, 568
and Our Town, 586
and Primary Colors, 489, 492, 493–94
Hansberry, Lorraine, 224
Harding, Tonya, 468
Harewood, Dorian, 319–20
Harnick, Sheldon, 104, 111, 113, 115, 198–200
Harris, Barbara, 39, 47, 48, 50, 53, 62, 198–202
Harris, Robert, 470
Harris, Sydney J., 33
Harrison, Doane, 181
Harrison, Jim, 471–73
Hart, Jim, 432
Hawn, Goldie, 428
HBO Films, 509, 511, 514, 516, 524, 534, 538
Headly, Glenne, 425
Heartburn (film), 375, 396–404, 425, 467
casting of, 372, 398, 400, 483
collaboration with women on, 400, 401, 402, 403
and court battle, 397
as modest hit, 426
Nichols’s personal connection with, 402–3, 404, 489
reactions to, 404, 409–11, 416, 442
rehearsals for, 398–99
screenplay for, 359–60, 362, 370, 383
shooting of, 384, 393, 399, 400–402, 403
Heaven Can Wait (film), 323, 473
Heiress, The (theater), 561, 562
Heller, Joseph, 189, 239–40, 241, 257
Hellman, Lillian, 104, 133, 190, 270, 278, 284, 299, 320, 324
and The Children’s Hour, 42
and The Little Foxes, 189, 223–27
and Scoundrel Time, 323
Henry, Buck, 265, 322, 413, 502, 589
and Catch-22, 239–45, 246, 248, 251–52, 257
and The Day of the Dolphin, 279–80, 283, 285–86, 292
and Get Smart, 197
and The Graduate, 205, 208, 209, 210, 214, 215, 219, 227, 229, 573
and Heaven Can Wait, 323
and How to Be Good, 567
and Prisoner of Second Avenue, 276
and Saturday Night Live, 313
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 197
Henry, William, 440
Herman, Jerry, 356
Herrmann, Cal, 40
Herrmann, Edward, 284
Hesseltine, Stark, 123
High and Low (film), 567
Highsmith, Patricia, 567
Hiken, Gerald, 354
Hiller, Wendy, 25
Hirsch, Arthur “Buzz,” 358–60, 363, 368, 381
Hoffman, Dustin, 198, 199, 204, 223, 320, 322, 570
and Angels in America, 523, 524
and Death of a Salesman, 425
and The Graduate, 205–7, 209–10, 213–19, 222, 227, 228–29, 267, 301, 368, 502, 530
and Midnight Cowboy, 242
and Waiting for Godot, 424–25
Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 538, 594
and Charlie Wilson’s War, 556, 558, 560
death of, 585
and Death of a Salesman, 573, 577–80
and The Seagull, 518, 520, 521, 573, 578, 579
Hogan, P. J., 515
Holbrook, Hal, 234
Holbrooke, Richard, 407
Hollywood:
changing industry in, 195, 235, 262, 271–72, 312–13, 452, 485, 501–2
competition in, 257–58, 468, 477, 497
“director’s draft” used in, 360
docudrama, 382–83
First Amendment protections for filmmakers, 359
and homosexuality, 272, 418, 479–87
and indie revolution, 442
large-scale studio movies, 474
porn films, 323
“Homeward Bound” (song), 593
Hope, Bob, 236
Hope Springs (film), 568
Hopkins, Anthony, 461
Hopper, Dennis, 256
Hornby, Nick, 567
Horowitz, Vladimir, 13
House of Cards (TV), 562
Howards End (film), 461
How to Be Good (Hornby), 567
Hudson, Rock, 158
Hughes, Barnard, 286
Humphrey, Hubert H., 281
Hunter, Ross, 142, 146–47, 158
Huntley, Paul, 114
Hurlyburly (theater), 385–90, 391, 392, 394, 411, 449, 581
Hurok, Sol, 13
Hyde Pierce, David, see Pierce, David Hyde
Icarus production company, 203
Idle, Eric, 538, 544, 546, 548, 570
Impersonator, The (film), 470
Importance of Being Earnest, The (theater), 122
Improvisations to Music (recording), 83–85, 88
“I’m Still Here” (song), 446
Innocent Blood (James), 349
Iron John (Bly), 471
Irons, Jeremy:
and Betrayal, 350–51, 375, 453
and The French Lieutenant’s Woman, 350, 375
and The Real Thing, 375, 378, 379, 380, 384
and Remains of the Day, 453, 460, 461
Irwin, Bill, 425, 437, 438, 439, 440
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 453
Ishtar (film), 473
Ivey, Judith, 385, 386–87, 389
Ivory, James, 461
Jackson, Michael, 468
Jackson, Tracey, 409
James, P. D., 349
Janney, Allison, 517
Jax Beer, 90
Jefferson, Herbert, Jr., 315, 316, 317–18
Jellicoe, Ann, 141
Jewison, Norman, 93, 156–57, 158, 224, 548
Jinks, Dan, 499
Joffe, Charles, 72
Johnson, Diane, 350
Jones, Chris, 585
Jones, Tommy Lee, 568
Jonze, Spike, 501
Jordan, John, 252
Julia, Raul, 306
Kaliski, Lotte, 4
Kanin, Garson, 123
and America America, 157
and Death of a Salesman, 25, 572–73, 577, 580
and The Last Tycoon, 293
and A Streetcar Named Desire, 24–25, 537, 572
Keith, Slim, 299
Kelly, Gene, 176
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 188, 191, 194, 230, 431; as Onassis, 322, 352, 432, 478
Kennedy, John F., 102, 106, 108, 138–39
Kennedy, Robert F., 15–16
Kennedy Center Honors, 538
Kerensky, Alexander, 5
Kerouac, Jack, 90
Kerr, E. Katherine, 369–70
Kerr, Walter, 100, 135, 165, 257, 277, 318, 351
Kerrigan, Nancy, 468
Kerr-McGee, 358–59, 360, 364, 368, 371, 381, 382
Khan, Aga, 432
Kidd, Michael, 482
Kind Hearts and Coronets (film), 499
King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr., 236, 238
Kirk, Justin, 526, 528–29, 532, 533, 535, 536
Kissel, Howard, 382
Kissinger, Henry, 335
Kline, Kevin, 384
and The Birdcage, 480
and The Seagull, 509, 517, 518–19, 520, 521–22
and Sophie’s Choice, 400
Klugman, Jack, 191
Knack, The (theater), 141–42, 143–45, 152, 165, 168, 190
Knight, Gene, 73–74
Koch, Howard W. “Hawk,” 304, 305, 306
Korman, Harvey, 65
Krall, Diana, 534
Krim, Arthur and Mathilde, 115
Kroll, Jack, 439
Kurosawa, Akira, 567
Kurtz, Swoosie, 343, 344, 346–47, 348, 353, 443
and Angels in America, 513, 514–16, 523–24, 525, 527, 528, 530, 532, 534, 536, 537
tribute to Nichols by, 593
LaBute, Neil, 515
Labyrinth, 465
La Cage aux Folles (film), 355, 478–79
see also Birdcage, The
La Dolce Vita (film), 194
Lampert, Zohra, 45
Landauer, Brigitte (mother), 4, 6–7, 8
see also Nichols, Brigitte
Landauer, Gudula (aunt), 7, 8, 16, 21
Landauer, Gustav (grandfather), 6–7
Lane, Anthony, 477
Lane, Nathan, 480, 481–82, 484, 486, 502, 526
Langella, Frank, 389–90
Lantz, Robert, 120, 122, 158, 282
Last Tycoon, The (film), 292, 293, 302, 350
Laughter on the 23rd Floor (film), 480
Laurel and Hardy, 294
Laurents, Arthur, 79
Lawrence, Peter, 49, 386, 387, 404, 405, 465–66, 549–50
Lazar, Irving “Swifty,” 349
Lee, Gypsy Rose, 100
Legion of Decency (National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures), 157–58, 191, 194
Lehman, Ernest, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 152–53, 157–58, 166, 168, 170–78, 182–84, 186
Leibman, Ron, 531
Leigh, Carolyn, 122
Le Mat, Paul, 331
Lemmon, Jack, 242
Leonard, John, 517
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (theater), 416
Lester, Adrian, 480–81, 494, 495
“Let the River Run” (song), 441, 443
Levine, Joseph E.:
and Carnal Knowledge, 264, 271
and The Day of the Dolphin, 279, 280, 282, 284
and The Graduate, 152, 207–8, 222, 264
Lewinsky, Monica, 497
Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, 522
Life of Brian (film), 548
Lincoln Center gala, 500, 502–3
Lindsay, John V., 393
Linklater, Kristin, 271
Linson, Art, 331
Little Foxes, The (theater), 189, 223–27, 257, 384, 480
Little Murders (theater), 227, 276
Little Night Music, A (musical), 566
Lloyd, Christopher, 511
Lloyd, Norman, 156
Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 545
Long, Shelley, 428
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Rossner), 301
Loren, Sophia, 499
Lourd, Bryan, 592
Lubezki, Emmanuel, 482
Lubitsch, Ernst, 547
Lucky Guy (theater), 568
Luftig, Hal, 465
Lugosi, Bela, 305
Lumet, Sidney, 100, 172–73, 263, 312, 398
Lunch Hour (theater), 349, 351–53
Lunts (Alfred Lunt; Lynn Fontanne), 74
Luv (theater), 147–52, 157, 165, 169, 223, 243
Ma, Yo-Yo, 529
MacDevitt, Brian, 584
MacLaine, Shirley, 444–47, 484
MacNeil, Ian, 583–84
Mad Men (TV), 567
Mailer, Norman, 81, 104, 188, 240
Malkovich, John, 425, 492, 494
Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 156
Mantello, Joe, 529
Margulies, David, 326
Mark, Mary Ellen, 284
Markinson, Brian, 531
Marshall, E. G., 223
Marshall, Penny, 414
Martin, Steve:
and The Birdcage, 479
and The Jerk, 331
on Nichols and May, 84
and Waiting for Godot, 425, 436–37, 438–39, 440
M*A*S*H (film), 257–58, 260, 312
Mason, James, 152
Mason, Marsha, 301, 302, 304–5
Matter of Position, A (May), 112–13, 117–19, 120, 274
Matthau, Walter, 594
and Luv, 147–48
and “no assholes” rule, 231, 519
and The Odd Couple, 159–60, 162–65, 166, 190–91
personal traits of, 148, 160, 190
May, Elaine, 404, 450, 491, 503
as collaborator, 473–74, 479, 481–83, 489, 495–97, 499, 541, 544
and Compass Players, 50–53, 55–59, 566
early years of, 36
and Harnick, 104, 111, 113, 115
health issues of, 554
and Nichols, 34–35, 37–38, 293, 554
one-liners of, 4–5, 37, 66, 73, 84
and Playwrights Theatre Club, 40
and politics, 106, 166–67, 281
and socializing, 103
tributes to Nichols by, 502, 538, 569, 570, 592
at University of Chicago, 36–37, 38
as writer, 52, 65, 79, 90, 95, 110, 111, 117–18, 189, 274, 366, 473, 492, 493, 498
see also Nichols and May
May, Ida, 81
McCarthy, Cormac, 470
McCarthy, Eugene, 235
McCarthy, Mary, 263
McDonald, Audra, 511–13
McDormand, Frances, 563–64, 565
McGovern, George, 281
McNally, Terrence, 587, 589, 592
Melcher, Martin, 198
Melvin and Howard (film), 330–31
Mendes, Sam, 499
Mengers, Sue, 263–64
Merle, Robert, 279
Merman, Ethel, 100
Metcalf, Mark, 319
Michaels, Lorne, 134, 313, 340, 376, 405, 414, 432, 485, 589, 592
Midler, Bette, 295
Midnight Special, The (radio), 40
Mielziner, Jo, 573–74
“Mike Nichols Presents,” 325
“Mike Nichols Production, A,” 321
Millennium Approaches (part 1 of Angels in America), 513, 527
Miller, Arthur, 91, 456, 572, 573, 577
Miller, Bennett, 592
Miller, Rebecca, 456
Minghella, Anthony, 500
Minnelli, Liza, 582
Minnerles (neighbors), 54–55
Miracle Worker, The (theater), 97
Miramax, 442
Mitford, Jessica, 140
Mitford, Nancy, 98
Mocambo, Los Angeles, 81–82
Monitor (NBC radio), 90, 93–95, 110, 120, 130, 146, 279
Monk, Debra, 520
Montealegre, Felicia (Bernstein), 91, 111, 129, 188, 235, 327, 332–33
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (film), 538–39, 545
Moore, Demi, 426
Moore, Julianne, 490
Moore, Marianne, 176
Morath, Inge, 456
Moreau, Jeanne, 198
Morley, Robert, 45
Morris, Bob, 477
Morrison, George, 435
Mosbach, Marianne, 15
Moscow Art Theatre, 519
Mosher, Gregory, 386
Moss, Jeffrey, 341
Mostel, Zero, 242
Motion Picture Association of America, 194
Mrs. Doubtfire (film), 479
“Mrs. Robinson” (song), 222, 593
Munderloh, Otts, 386
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 568–69
Museum of the Moving Image, New York, 450–51
Myers, Dee Dee, 494
My One and Only (musical), 372–74, 391, 411, 539
Nashville (film), 312
National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures (Legion of Decency), 157–58, 191, 194
National Medal of Arts, 529
Natwick, Mildred, 126, 135, 138
Naughton, James, 336, 343, 344, 345, 346
Nesbitt, Cathleen, 286–87
New Actors Workshop, 435–36
Newhart, Bob, 247
Newman, Mildred, 255–56
Newman, Randy, 414
New Queer Cinema, 483
New York City, Jews in, 11–12, 15
New York Public Library, 477
Nicholaw, Casey, 545–47, 548, 549, 550
Nichols, Brigitte (mother):
health issues of, 8, 16, 21–22
illness and death of, 394–95, 396, 407, 408, 415
and Mike’s childhood, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18
and Mike’s honeymoon, 66
and Mike’s teen years, 22, 23, 24
and Pavel/Paul’s death, 18–19
in Philadelphia, 42
second marriage of, 25–26
work obtained by, 14, 18, 20–21, 23
Nichols, Daisy (daughter), 434, 502, 575, 590
birth and childhood of, 145, 193, 203, 261, 278, 291, 354, 384
living in Europe, 145, 193, 300
and parents’ divorce, 261, 300
Nichols, Jenny (daughter), 422, 434, 502, 575, 590
birth of, 322
Nichols, Max (son), 307, 422, 434, 502, 575, 590
birth of, 291
and his father’s work, 378
Nichols, Mike:
as actor, 32–33, 41, 42–49, 52–53, 55–57, 65, 96, 118, 343, 344–45, 490–91, 562, 589, 593; reviews of, 33, 347, 589
as adviser/fixer, 324–25, 330, 354, 373–74, 392–93
and aging, 342–43, 408, 415, 450–51, 467–69, 485, 506, 510, 524, 543, 544, 553–55, 556, 559–60, 564–69, 571, 573, 574–76, 578, 582–89
ambition of, 41–42, 96, 126, 203, 278
art collection of, 350, 363, 412–13
awards and honors of, 145, 169, 203, 208, 229, 235, 236, 238, 239, 290, 328, 330, 333, 383, 384, 443, 461, 500, 502–3, 523, 529, 538, 548, 551, 569–71, 581–82, 592–94
baldness and wigs of, 7, 20, 21, 27, 42, 46, 53, 78, 95, 114, 289, 312, 315, 395
birth of, 7
and celebrity, 24, 103, 137, 141, 195–96, 236–37, 248, 277, 431, 436, 593
children of, see Nichols, Daisy; Nichols, Jenny; Nichols, Max
comebacks of, 328, 348–49, 371, 372, 383, 386, 391, 420, 453, 508, 514
and comedy, 44, 59, 60, 151, 235, 313, 319, 323–24, 353, 393, 424, 549–50, 551–52
and cultural change, 134, 195, 235, 312–13, 447, 450, 484
depressions of, 120–21, 122, 129, 146, 166, 290–91, 293, 307, 324, 332, 337, 357, 411, 413, 414, 415
detractors of, 104, 256–57, 260, 262, 303, 312, 434, 459, 466, 468, 476, 487
as director, see Nichols, Mike, as director; specific titles
and drug use, 197, 248, 265, 385–86, 387, 405–6, 412, 414–15, 424, 445, 507–8, 519–20
early jobs of, 22, 23, 25, 30, 38–39, 42–43, 45, 46–47, 49
and emotion, 106–7, 348, 418, 456, 536, 561, 562, 574, 594
family background of, 5–8, 338–39, 415, 468, 502
health issues of, 348, 405–6, 408, 412–13, 503, 533–34, 547, 556–57, 559, 564, 565, 566, 567, 577–78, 581, 582, 584, 585, 589
and his mother, see Nichols, Brigitte
and homosexuality, 115n
and horses, 146, 269, 277, 278, 299, 307, 322, 364, 411, 452
and indecision, 329
interviews with, 129–30, 141, 142, 152, 154, 166, 188–89, 196, 388, 468–69, 508, 587, 594
and luxury, 24, 92–93, 98, 146, 169, 188–89, 216–17, 238, 269, 277, 299, 311–12, 337, 339, 350, 363–64, 376, 413, 456–57, 500
and May, 34–35, 37–38, 293, 554; see also Nichols and May
and money, 42, 90, 102, 146, 151, 153, 234–35, 322, 324, 328, 333, 339, 350, 356–57, 376, 411–13, 416, 424, 452, 476, 492, 501
nervous breakdown of, 351, 352, 407, 408, 411–15, 416, 426
personal traits of, 64, 67, 86, 105–6, 120, 139, 148, 174, 203, 215, 217–18, 261, 266, 285, 329, 344, 389, 434–35, 458, 459, 505–6, 508, 536, 561–62
as producer, 320–21, 325, 327–28, 426–27
reputation of, 202, 274, 278, 303, 306, 459, 547–48
teen years of, 17–19, 20–28, 394
at University of Chicago, 26–34, 137
wives of, see Callas, Margot; Davis-Goff, Annabel; Sawyer, Diane; Scot, Patricia
and women, 111–12, 127, 150, 192, 230, 256, 342–43, 366
as writer, 113
Nichols, Mike, as director:
and apprehension, 314, 324, 328, 345
and audience reactions, 317–19, 440, 492
and believability, 127, 135, 351–52, 361, 364–65
changes in technique of, 317, 365
collaborations with women, 366, 400, 401, 402, 403, 446; see also specific individuals
delving into the plot, 149, 160–61, 253–54, 262, 274, 287, 316–17, 319, 344, 379–80, 428, 454, 549–50
detachment of, 304, 329, 341, 354, 355–56, 560, 565
double exile of, 307, 311, 360
early stage productions, 116–17, 126
first films, 141–42, 147, 169, 175, 179, 181, 195
as legend, 417
and “the Nichols touch,” 135, 149, 307, 317, 361–63
responsibility of, 285, 297, 311, 323
style of, 149, 165, 180, 213, 232, 312, 317, 326, 365, 378, 382, 419, 513, 522, 540–41, 542, 556
success of, 135–36, 137, 229–30, 250, 262, 272, 273, 302, 307, 332, 391, 453
working with actors, 127, 130–33, 134, 139, 151, 161, 179, 180–81, 200, 207, 214–15, 231–32, 243, 266–67, 269, 275–76, 315–18, 319–20, 326, 333, 341, 368–70, 380, 384, 386, 392–93, 417–20, 430, 438, 439, 447–48, 449, 497, 512–13, 518–21, 528–29, 531–33, 542–43, 551–52, 576, 579
working with other directors, 313, 341
working with writers, 134, 159, 161, 179, 265, 275, 330, 341, 370, 378–79, 387, 392, 404, 410, 444, 464, 472, 527
Nichols, Mike, works by, 651–52
retrospectives of, 450–51, 568–69
reviews of, 132, 135, 141, 145, 147, 151, 164, 165, 194–95, 202, 203, 226, 228–30, 235, 259–60, 270–72, 276–77, 288, 291–92, 303, 318–19, 320, 326, 336, 347, 353, 381–83, 408, 426, 439, 441–42, 450, 459, 466, 486, 517, 521, 537–38, 547–48, 565, 579–80, 585
Nichols, Paul (father), 287
death of, 19
early years of, 4–8
name change of, 8
Nichols, Robert (brother), 22, 23, 26, 42, 208, 394–95, 593
birth of, 7
early years of, 3, 5, 7–8, 10–15, 18
Nichols and May, 417
“Bach to Bach,” 84
breakup of, 118–19, 120, 129–30, 343
Broadway show, 96–102, 103, 105–10, 393
and civil rights, 167–68
“Cocktail Piano,” 84
as comedy team, 34–35, 58, 59–65, 68
comparisons with, 147, 180, 197, 214, 235, 262, 272, 332
and Compass Players, 37, 49, 50–65, 68, 78
critical reviews of, 73–74, 75, 77, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103
“Dentist,” 84
“Disk Jockey,” 73, 75, 88, 95, 99, 101
and The Fabulous Fifties, 93, 156–57
and generational shift, 101–2
“Grief Lady,” 139–40
improvisation, 69–70, 71, 73, 74, 90, 94, 99, 101, 107–8, 594
influence of, 143, 448, 449–50
Monitor sketches, 93–95, 110, 120, 130, 146, 279
“Mother and Son,” 72–73, 79, 99, 116, 327, 395
mutual trust of, 94–95
“Pirandello,” 63–64, 73, 90, 98, 99–100, 107, 110, 121, 346
“PTA Fun Night,” 107
reconnections of, 115, 137, 139–41, 280–81, 301, 314, 323, 327, 393–94, 473–74, 477–78, 479, 481–82
recordings of, 83–85, 88, 106, 120, 130, 652
relationship of, 35, 37–38, 49, 54–57, 111, 112, 118–19
sketches becoming stale, 108
success of, 77–80, 82–85, 89, 90, 459
“Teenagers,” 60, 69, 71, 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 89, 106, 107, 108, 214, 348
“Telephone,” 71, 76, 77, 79, 473, 477–78
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 343–48
Nichols and May Examine Doctors (recording), 120
art collection of, 376
and Carnal Knowledge, 264–67, 268, 278, 294, 367, 401
and Chinatown, 278, 294, 296, 416
and Easy Rider, 263
family background of, 298
and The Fortune, 294, 295, 296–98, 301
and Melvin and Howard, 330
Nichols’s friendship with, 266, 327, 376, 401
and Primary Colors, 492
and Wolf, 461, 471–72, 474–76, 526
Nightingale, Benedict, 466
9 to 5 (film), 341
Nixon, Cynthia, 378, 379, 380–81, 385, 386, 387, 388, 517
Nizer, Louis, 272
Nobody Loves Me (theater), 122–26
see also Barefoot in the Park
Normal Heart, The (theater), 393–94
Nunn, Bill, 455
O’Brien, Jack, 13, 520, 565, 587
Odd Couple, The (theater), 152, 154, 158–66, 243, 366
card game scene in, 159, 165, 332, 353
and Carney, 159–60, 161, 163, 164, 190–91
and Matthau, 159–60, 162–65, 166, 190–91
rehearsals for, 158
and Simon, 141, 158–61, 163–64, 190
Odets, Walt, 564
O’Donnell, Colleen, 583
O’Hare, Denis, 558
O’Horgan, Tom, 39
O’Keefe, Michael, 316
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, see Kennedy, Jacqueline
O’Neal, Cynthia, 81, 402, 467, 528
O’Neal, Patrick, 81
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (film), 312
O’Neill, Eugene, 17
On the Waterfront (film), 42
O’Steen, Sam:
and Carnal Knowledge, 264, 265, 269
and Catch-22, 248, 249–50, 253
and The Day of the Dolphin, 283, 285
and The Fortune, 265, 296, 302
and The Graduate, 208, 212, 216, 220, 221, 222, 257
and Silkwood, 365, 368, 381, 383
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 171, 180–81, 184, 186, 190, 191–92, 194, 208
Ostrow, Stuart, 199–201
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 139
Our Town (theater), 586
Ouspenskaya, Maria, 36
Overall, Park, 418–19
Owen, Clive, 539, 541, 542–43, 548
Pacino, Al:
and Angels in America, 514, 523–24, 528, 529, 530–31, 533, 538
and Dog Day Afternoon, 312
Padwa, Sabrina, 431
Paley, William and Babe, 92
Papp, Joseph, 314, 319, 335–36, 423
Paramount Pictures:
and Barefoot in the Park, 142
and Catch-22, 240, 242, 245, 253, 256, 261
and Heartburn, 400
and My One and Only, 373
and Rudin, 454
and Sylbert, 303
Parker, Corey, 417–19
Parker, Mary-Louise, 521, 524, 525, 533, 535–36, 538
Parker, Suzy, 114–15
Parks, Suzan-Lori, 524
Parton, Dolly, 350
Pascal, Amy, 545
“Passionella” (revue), 116, 198, 199, 202
Patinkin, Mandy, 384, 398–400, 581
Paulus, Diane, 435
Pendleton, Austin, 223, 224–26, 227, 242, 249–50, 258
Penn, Arthur, 97–98, 113, 117, 236, 429, 548
Peppard, George, 124, 128, 131, 138
Perestroika (part 2 of Angels in America), 513, 527
Perkins, Anthony:
and civil rights, 167
death of, 467
Nichols’s friendship with, 175, 184, 242, 246, 467
and Saturday Night Live, 313
Perry Como Show, The (TV), 80
Peschkowsky, Igor Michael, see Nichols, Mike
Peschkowsky, Pavel Nikolayevich (father), 4, 5–6, 7–8
name change of, see Nichols, Paul
Peter, Paul, and Mary, 167, 281
Peters, Jon, 448
Pfeiffer, Michelle, 428, 472, 474–75, 486, 526
Phillips, Don, 330
Pierce, David Hyde, 439, 449, 474, 544, 546, 549, 550
Pierce, Laura, 435
Pine, Larry, 589
Pinter, Harold:
and Betrayal, 349, 350–51, 583, 585
and The Last Tycoon, 293
Nichols’s ambition to direct, 204, 424, 583
and Old Times, 276
and Remains of the Day, 453, 460, 461
and Wit, 511
Place in the Sun, A (film), 32, 172
Platt, Polly, 296
Playwrights Theatre Club, 39–42, 46, 47, 51
Plaza Suite (theater), 230, 231–35, 239, 243, 280, 286
Plummer, Amanda, 384
Plummer, Christopher, 336, 474, 475
Poitier, Sidney, 224
Portman, Natalie, 517, 519–21, 534, 540, 541, 543, 548, 570
Postcards from the Edge (film), 424, 444–48, 450, 453, 455, 480, 483, 489
Preminger, Otto, 156
Prentiss, Paula, 255
Presley, Elvis, 330–31
Pretty Woman (film), 443
Previn, Andre, 189
Primary Colors (film), 492–99, 503, 509, 541, 544, 560
Primary Colors (Klein), 488–89, 490, 492
Primetime Live (TV), 443–44
Prisoner of Second Avenue (theater), 274–77, 302, 333
Private Lives (film), 384
Producers Guild of America, 538
Production Code Administration, 157–58, 182, 194
Pryor, Richard, 424
Public Eye, The (film), 141–42, 146–47, 152, 153, 158
Public Theater, 314, 319, 335, 337, 338, 423, 518
Quaid, Dennis, 446
Queen of Basin Street, The (theater), 355–57, 372, 478
Rabe, David, 378
and Hurlyburly, 385, 387–90, 581
and Sticks and Bones, 276
Radner, Gilda, 339–41, 349, 351–53
Radziwill, Lee and Stanislaw, 188
Rae, Charlotte, 40
Ragtime (film), 339
Ramirez, Sara, 549
Rasche, David, 352
Rattigan, Terence, 223
Reader, The (film), 500
Real Thing, The (theater), 376–81, 385, 393
ideas in, 379–80
and set design, 376–77
and Stoppard, 375, 377–79, 383–84
Redford, Robert, 138, 168, 204, 205, 481, 486, 570
and Great Gatsby, 291
and Nobody Loves Me/Barefoot in the Park, 124–25, 127–28, 130–35
Reds (film), 324
Reed, Clive, 246
Reed, Rex, 498
Reems, Harry, 323
Regarding Henry (film), 453–60, 462, 467, 472
Reiner, Carl, 148
Reiner, Rob, 509
Remains of the Day, The (film), 453, 460–61, 470, 475
Remnick, David, 592
Renoir, Jean, 156
Resnick, Patricia, 341
Rich, Alan, 320
Rich, Frank, 297, 347–48, 353, 408, 440, 466, 486, 537, 592
Richards, Beah, 224–25
Richardson, Tony, 244
Riedel, Michael, 565
Ritt, Martin, 172
Robbins, Harold, 71
and Betrayal, 584
and Charlie Wilson’s War, 556, 558
and How to Be Good, 567
and tributes to Nichols, 569, 570, 592, 593
Roberts, Tony, 581
Rock, Chris, 567
Rockettes, 534
Rogoff, Gordon, 14
Rollins, Jack, 69–73, 75–79, 81, 106
Rose, Marshall, 477
Rosen, Steve, 549
Rosenberg, Ethel, 318, 514, 515, 532
Rosenheim, Edward, 28–29
Ross, Herbert, 200
Ross, Katharine, 206, 216, 217, 219, 222, 229, 530
Rossetti, Christina, 433
Rossner, Judith, 301
Roth, Ann:
and costume design, 162, 446, 496
and Heartburn, 401
and The Odd Couple, 162
and Postcards from the Edge, 445, 446
and Primary Colors, 496
and Silkwood, 365, 366, 368, 401
and Working Girl, 429
Roth, Philip, 291
Roy, Rajendra, 568–69
Rubinstein, John, 354
Ruby, Jack, 139
Rudd, Paul Ryan, 319
Rudin, Scott:
and Annie, 416
and A Country Girl, 567
and Death of a Salesman, 572, 573–74, 576–77, 580, 581
and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 480
and Nichols’s health, 567, 581, 583, 585–86
and Regarding Henry, 454–55
RuPaul, 486
Russell, David O., 501
Russell, Kurt, 363, 364, 367, 370, 383
Ryan, Meg, 428
Sabrina (film), 478
Sacks, James, 51
Sadler, Bill, 419
Sahl, Mort, 70–72
Sahlins, Bernie, 41
Saint-Subber [Arnold], 122, 123–24, 129, 136, 159, 478
Salamon, Julie, 459
Sancocho (revue), 337
San Francisco, performance in, 96–97
Saturday Night Live (TV), 312–13, 339, 340
Saving Private Ryan (film), 493
Sawyer, Diane, 403, 415, 420, 555, 569–70
background of, 421–22
career of, 422, 443–44, 457, 500, 587
influence of, on Nichols, 421, 449, 453, 458, 491, 502
marriage of Nichols and, 432–33, 453, 575
and Nichols’s death and memorial, 590, 591, 592
and Nichols’s ex-wives, 422–23, 433, 588
and Nichols’s health, 519, 583, 586
and Nichols’s work, 436, 458, 536, 538, 560, 583, 585, 586, 589
relationship of Nichols and, 406–7, 421–23, 431–33, 434, 453, 457, 560
socializing, 494, 505, 507, 551, 589
Schaffner, Franklin J., 278
Schisgal, Murray, 147, 151, 265
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 238
Schneider, Bert, 289
Schulberg, Budd, 227
Scorsese, Martin, 472
Scot, Patricia, 61–62
later friendship with Nichols, 588–89
marriage of Nichols and, 80–81, 86–87, 127
relationship of Nichols and, 65–67
separation and divorce, 91–92, 146, 267
Scott, A. O., 547–48
Scott, George C., 519, 563, 594
and The Day of the Dolphin, 282–85
and The Little Foxes, 223, 225
and Plaza Suite, 231–34, 280, 286
and Uncle Vanya, 280, 286, 287, 288–89
Seagull, The (theater), 384, 517–22, 523, 589
archival film of, 522
and Kline, 509, 517, 518–19, 520, 521–22
Nichols working with actors on, 518–21
opening of, 521
and P. S. Hoffman, 518, 520, 521, 573, 578, 579
rehearsals for, 518–19
reviews of, 521
Second City, Chicago, 30
Segal, George, 78
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 177, 178, 180, 183, 184, 185, 186
Sellars, Peter, 373
Sellers, Peter, 104
Selznick, David O., 169
Sendak, Maurice, 534
September 11 attacks, 523, 559
sex, lies, and videotape (film), 442
Shaffer, Paul, 340
Shaffer, Peter, 141–42, 146–47
Shakespeare, William, 464
Shandling, Garry, 501–2, 503–5, 508, 538
Shanley, John Patrick, 568, 589, 592
Shawn, Wallace, 231, 489–90, 491, 589
Sheen, Martin, 242
Shenkman, Ben, 525–26, 528, 531, 532–33, 535
Shepherd, David, 39, 40, 41, 47–48
and Compass Players, 37, 48, 51–53, 61, 63, 66, 68, 566
Shurlock, Geoffrey, 194
Siebert, Ron, 315
Silkwood (film), 358–71, 372, 374, 410, 483
and Cher, 363, 366, 367, 369, 370, 383
collaboration with women on, 366, 401
and Nichols’s directorial style, 365–66, 367–68, 369–70, 459
and Nichols’s return to filmmaking, 360, 362, 371, 548
screenplay for, 359–60, 362, 370, 383
and Streep, 360–69, 371, 382, 383
Silkwood, Karen, 358, 361–63, 368, 369, 370, 381–82, 383
Silkwood family, 358–59
Sills, Paul:
acting classes given by, 39, 44
and Compass Players, 48–49, 51, 52, 62–63
death of, 566
and New Actors Workshop, 435–36
and “Passionella,” 116
and Playwrights Theatre Club, 39–42, 46
and Tonight at 8:30, 30–31
at University of Chicago, 29–34, 37
Silver, Casey, 498
Silver, Ron, 404
Simon, Carly, 401, 403, 414, 432, 441, 443, 446, 570
Simon, John, 228, 270–71, 408, 439–40
Simon, Neil, 179, 239, 256, 265, 312, 394, 570
and Biloxi Blues, 416, 417–20, 426
and Bogart Slept Here/The Goodbye Girl, 301–2, 304, 305, 353–54, 417
and Fools, 353–54
and Laughter on the 23rd Floor, 480
and Nobody Loves Me/Barefoot in the Park, 122, 123, 125–30, 133–35, 138, 145, 159
and The Odd Couple, 141, 158–61, 163–64, 190
and Plaza Suite, 230, 232, 234–35, 244
and Prisoner of Second Avenue, 274–77, 302
Simon, Paul, 322, 327, 376, 409, 589
and Saturday Night Live, 313
as songwriter, 221–22, 252, 593
and tributes to Nichols, 502, 593
Simon & Garfunkel, 208, 221–22, 281, 376
Simple Plan, A (film), 470
Sirk, Douglas, 142
Six Degrees of Separation (theater), 450
60 Minutes (TV), 403, 422, 443
Skinny Dip (Hiaasen), 544, 554, 555
Smith, Liz, 422
Smith, Maggie, 142
Smith, Scott, 470
Social Security (theater), 394, 404–7, 408
Sondheim, Stephen, 255, 411, 592
and “I’m Still Here,” 446
Nichols’s friendship with, 79, 104, 111, 127, 139, 543
and West Side Story, 79
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 184, 185–86
Sony Pictures, 501, 506, 539, 545, 547, 574
Sophie’s Choice (film), 339, 361, 362, 375, 400
Sophie’s Choice (Styron), 338
Sopranos, The (TV), 516
Sorkin, Aaron, 145, 508, 555–56, 558, 559, 584
Sorkin, Hannah Roth, 505
Sound of Music, The (film), 229
Spader, James, 474
Spamalot (theater), 539, 544–47, 548–52, 553, 554, 565
Spielberg, Steven, 393, 493, 499, 569, 592
Spinella, Stephen, 520
Spolin, Viola, 29
Spook Show, The (theater), 391–93, 411
Stanislavski, Konstantin, 30, 519
Stapleton, Maureen, 231–34, 243–44, 402, 594
Star Is Born, A (film), 423–24
Starr, Kenneth I., 569–70
Stasio, Marilyn, 580
Steinem, Gloria, 150, 161–62, 166, 167, 175, 182, 184, 192
Stephanopoulos, George, 494
Stern, Matthew, 579
Sterritt, David, 382
Steve Allen Show, The (TV), 75–76, 77
Stevens, George, 32
Stevenson, Juliet, 462
Stiller, Jerry, 385
Stoddard, Brandon, 360
Stone, Oliver, 426
and Innocent Blood, 349
and The Real Thing, 375, 377–79, 384
and tributes to Nichols, 538, 592
Stradling, Harry, 173
Strand, Mark, 490
Strasberg, Lee:
influence on Nichols of, 44–45, 46, 57, 58, 126, 127, 344
Nichols’s attendance at classes of, 43, 47, 48, 49, 96
Nichols’s network of classmates with, 123, 210, 435
Strathairn, David, 365
Streamers (theater), 314–20, 322, 323, 366, 385, 387
awards for, 328
homosexuality as theme in, 316, 483
in New Haven, 315–16, 318, 319, 343
Nichols’s appraisal of, 314
Nichols’s work with actors in, 316–17, 319–20, 325
opening of, 320
as turning point, 326, 335, 418
Streep, Meryl, 384–85, 412, 413, 427, 436, 491, 544
and Angels in America, 516, 523, 524, 529, 531, 533, 535, 536, 538
and The French Lieutenant’s Woman, 339, 350, 360, 375
and Heartburn, 372, 375, 397, 398–99, 400–403, 410
and Hope Springs, 568
and A Little Night Music, 566
and Nichols’s death and memorial, 592, 593
Nichols working with, 366–68, 370, 371, 383, 398, 401, 402–3, 518–19, 520–21, 533
and Postcards from the Edge, 424, 445, 446–48
at Public Theater, 338
and The Real Thing, 375
and The Remains of the Day, 453, 460–61
and The Seagull, 508–9, 517–21
and Silkwood, 360–69, 371, 382, 383
and Sophie’s Choice, 338–39, 361, 362, 375, 400
and tributes to Nichols, 502, 538, 569, 593
Streetcar Named Desire, A (theater):
influence of, on Nichols, 24–25, 32, 121–22, 172, 173, 572
and repertory, 384
Stradling as cinematographer for, 173
Streisand, Barbra, 398, 500, 582
Strouse, Charles, 89, 325, 327
Styne, Jule, 104
Styron, Rose, 129, 277, 284, 299, 300, 432, 505
Styron, William, 129, 291, 299, 338, 339, 432, 505
Sundance Festival, 442
Sunshine, Norman, 445
Surtees, Robert:
and Ben-Hur, 212
and Bogart Slept Here, 304
and The Graduate, 208, 212–13, 216, 217, 229, 257, 285, 304
Susskind, David, 102
Sweet, Jeffrey, 52
Sylbert, Richard:
and Carnal Knowledge, 264, 281
and Catch-22, 239, 241–42, 245
and The Fortune, 296, 298–99, 303
and The Graduate, 206, 208, 211, 213, 257
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 175–76, 181, 208
Take Her, She’s Mine (theater), 123
Tallman, Frank, 244
Tandy, Jessica, 24, 331–33, 593
Tanen, Ned, 330
Tate, Sharon, 278
Taubman, Howard, 101, 102, 145
Taxi Driver (film), 304
Taylor, Elizabeth:
and Burton, 113, 114, 153, 174–75, 177–78, 241
death of, 574
Nichols working with, 175, 177–79, 180, 182, 183, 185–87, 192
and A Place in the Sun, 32, 172
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 32, 153, 168, 170, 172, 173–75, 176–87, 189, 192, 195, 213, 348
Taylor, Juliet, 398, 429, 524–25, 526
Taylor, Laurette, 24
Teachout, Terry, 580
Tharp, Twyla, 482
That Was the Week That Was (TV), 140, 150
and Angels in America, 523, 524, 529, 533, 535
Nichols working with, 459, 510, 513–14, 521
and Primary Colors, 489, 492–93, 495, 497, 509
and Remains of the Day, 460, 461
and Wit, 510, 511–12, 513–14, 516
Thompson, Sada, 321
Thorns, The (TV), 426–27
Three Sisters (theater), 384
Tichler, Rosemarie, 517–18, 520
Tomlin, Lily, 586
Tonight at 8:30, 30–31
Tonight Show (TV), 428
Toobin, Jeffrey, 507
Toobin, Jerome, 47
Towne, Robert, 278
Travolta, John, 494, 495–96, 497
Troobnick, Eugene, 39
True Confessions (theater), 261–62
see also Carnal Knowledge
Truffaut, François, 155, 172, 256
Tune, Tommy, 341, 355, 356, 372, 373–74
Turan, Kenneth, 548
Turman, Lawrence, 142–43, 152, 196, 197
20th Century Fox, 426, 429, 442, 567
Twiggy (Lesley Lawson), 374
Twilight Zone (TV), 439
Tynan, Kenneth, 104
Ullmann, Liv, 320
Uncle Vanya (theater), 280, 286–89, 290, 291, 333, 424
Universal Studios:
and Charlie Wilson’s War, 556, 559
and Melvin and Howard, 330–31
and Primary Colors, 492, 494, 498
and The Public Eye, 142, 152, 158
and An Unmarried Woman, 334
University of Chicago, 26–34, 36–37, 38, 137
Unmarried Woman, An (film), 334
U.S. Film Festival, 442
Vadim, Roger, 176
Valenti, Jack, 194
Vanderbilt, Gloria, 100
Van Doren, Charles, 93
Van Dyke, Dick, 89
Village Vanguard, New York, 70–72, 79
Visconti, Luchino, 264
Wag the Dog (film), 497
Waiting for Godot (theater), 65, 424–25, 436–41, 479
Walken, Christopher, 385, 387, 389, 419, 517, 521, 593
Wallace, George, 167
Wallace, Mike, 83
Walters, Barbara, 196
and The Knack, 144–45
Nichols’s friendship with, 105, 144, 150, 458, 584
set designs by, 144, 201, 317, 341, 376–77, 458, 465
and Uncle Vanya, 288
Warner, Jack, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 152–53, 157, 168, 173–74, 176, 177, 187, 189–90, 191–92, 194
Warner Bros.:
and Bogart Slept Here, 304, 306, 313
and Calley, 278, 304, 306, 340
and Farragut North, 560–61
and Geffen, 313
and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 153, 157, 168, 172–73, 177, 183, 189, 192, 193–94, 207
Waterston, Sam, 352
Watt, Douglas, 74
Watts, Richard, 135
Wayne, John, 251–52
“We Are Family” (song), 483
Weaver, Fritz, 283
Weaver, Sigourney, 385, 428–29, 431, 443
Webb, Charles, 142, 143, 196, 197
Weiner, Matthew, 567, 569, 587
Weinstein, Harvey and Bob, 442
Weir, Peter, 471
Weiss, Hedy, 439
Weisz, Rachel, 583
Welch, Raquel, 263
Wexler, Haskell, 157, 168, 173–75, 179–80, 182, 183–84, 185
WFMT (radio), Nichols as DJ at, 40, 42
What Planet Are You From? (film), 501–2, 503–6, 507, 508, 539
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film), 166–69, 170–87, 193–98, 296, 366, 451, 459
and Albee, 121, 153, 157, 171, 181, 192, 347
awards and honors for, 203, 208
and Burton, 153, 170, 171, 174, 175, 177–78, 180–81, 182–87, 189, 192, 195, 348
casting of, 152–53, 157, 168, 176–77, 343
and censorship, 157–58, 182, 189–90, 191–92, 194, 262
and filming, 156–57, 172–74, 175, 179–87, 211
and Lehman, 152–53, 157–58, 166, 168, 170–78, 182–84, 186
and Taylor, 32, 153, 168, 170, 172, 173–75, 176–87, 189, 192, 195, 213, 348
and Warner, see Warner, Jack; Warner Bros.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (theater), 301, 343–48
Wick, Douglas, 421
and What Planet Are You From?, 501, 504
and Working Girl, 427, 428, 429, 430, 441, 443
Wieseltier, Leon, 396
Wiest, Dianne, 482
Wilde, Oscar, 483
Wilder, Billy, 156, 172, 181, 478, 547
Wilding, Michael, 168
Williams, Robin:
and The Birdcage, 479–80, 481, 482, 484–85, 486, 526
and Good Morning, Vietnam, 438
and Mrs. Doubtfire, 479
and Waiting for Godot, 425, 436–37, 438–39, 440
Williams, Tennessee, 24, 60, 100, 108, 223
Williamson, Nicol, 286–89
Willimon, Beau, 560–62
Willingham, Calder, 196
Willis, Bruce, 452
Wilson, Charlie, 555–56, 558, 559
Wilson, Edmund, 23, 103, 111, 118, 230, 238, 353
Wilson, Elizabeth, 210, 220, 223, 227, 337–38
Wilson, Lanford, 353
Wilson, Patrick, 526, 530, 533, 538
Winsten, Archer, 292
Winters, Shelley, 167
Wintour, Anna, 592
Wise, Greg, 458
Wise, Robert, 359
Wit (film), 509–13, 514, 516–17, 523, 537, 540
Witherspoon, Reese, 524
Wittrock, Finn, 575–76, 577, 579
Wolf (film), 461, 462, 471–77, 526, 569
Wolsky, Albert, 563
Woodward, Bob, 422
Woodward, Joanne, 235
Woodward, Jonathan M., 511–13
Working Girl (film), 417, 424, 426–31, 432, 446, 467
awards for, 443
filming of, 427–28, 429–31, 445
marketing of, 442–43
public response to, 441, 459, 462
reviews of, 441–42
World News Tonight (TV), 570
World of Jules Feiffer, The (musical), 113, 116–17, 143
Wranovics, Fred, 52
Wright, Jeffrey, 524, 535, 538
Wright, Max, 352
Wurtzel, Stuart, 511
“You Don’t Know Me” (song), 446
Zeffirelli, Franco, 192
Zinnemann, Fred, 156, 213, 323, 369
Zollo, Fred, 385, 386, 388, 464
Zolotow, Sam, 152
Zuckerman, Henry, 14