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RIP Mike NIchols
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
RIP Mike NIchols#26
Posted: 11/20/14 at 10:39amThis one really hit me. I had no idea he'd been ill, and would not have guessed he was 83. What a monumental talent and heartbreaking loss.
RIP Mike NIchols#27
Posted: 11/20/14 at 10:49am
There's one movie on my DVR that hasn't been deleted in 4 years. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
I'll watch it again tonight.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
RIP Mike NIchols#28
Posted: 11/20/14 at 10:52am
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Nichols and his wife, Ms. Sawyer. They were both very nice. I love "The Graduate" (my progressive father had me watching it when I was about nine.) I will probably watch tonight in his honor.
RIP, Mr. Nichols-truly one of the most gifted, multifaceted talents we've seen.
RIP Mike NIchols#29
Posted: 11/20/14 at 11:21amI wonder if the Streep "Master Class" will continue with another director.
RIP Mike NIchols#30
Posted: 11/20/14 at 11:34am
...and I wonder what nuances/shadings/subtleties will be lost because of his absence?
WORDANDFILM: Meryl Streep and Mike Nichols: A Beautiful Friendship After All These Years
RIP Mike NIchols#31
Posted: 11/20/14 at 12:19pm
I don't know where to begin--his work has meant so much to me.
His films alone--'Virginia Woolf','The Graduate','Catch-22' (which I would have thought was not film-able), 'Birdcage', 'Working Girl', 'Heartburn', 'Charlie Wilson', 'Postcards'--are fundamental to me. My life would be diminished without any one of them--to think he was the man behind ALL of them is just...staggering.
Rest in Peace.
RIP Mike NIchols#33
Posted: 11/20/14 at 12:22pmReally sad to hear this. He always seems invincible and like a delightful fellow to me.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
RIP Mike NIchols#34
Posted: 11/20/14 at 12:23pm
What a incredible man and director. Charlie Wilson's War and the Graduate are two of my favorite films, and his direction in Death of a Salesmen was absolutely brilliant.
May he rest.
RIP Mike NIchols#36
Posted: 11/20/14 at 1:37pm
And then there's this wonderfully imagistic piece of advice Steve Rosen says he gave him during Spamalot:
"Trying to make a bad audience laugh is like trying to make a whore cum. It's not going to happen, so you might as well just enjoy yourself."
RIP Mike NIchols#37
Posted: 11/20/14 at 3:20pm
The man was a magnificent film director, sure, but since this is a Broadway board, I didn't want folks to forget what astonishing nights of theater he provided us as well--
Barefoot in the Park
The Odd Couple
The Apple Tree
Streamers
Annie (as an incredibly hands on producer)
The Gin Game
The Real Thing
Hurlyburly
Spamalot (a show I hated, but for which I can appreciate his artistry nonetheless)
and most memorably for me, the Philip Seymour Hoffman revival of DEATH OF A SALESMAN that paid the ultimate tribute to Nichols' idol, Elia Kazan.
We will not see his like again.
Updated On: 11/20/14 at 03:20 PM
RIP Mike NIchols#38
Posted: 11/20/14 at 3:33pm
^^^
That line has been coming to me about him all morning.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
RIP Mike NIchols#39
Posted: 11/20/14 at 3:34pm
We will not see his like again.
No we shall not. An incredible loss to the arts and humanity and of course his family.
I guess I'm going to hold my breath now for Elaine.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
RIP Mike NIchols#40
Posted: 11/20/14 at 4:46pm
One last thing to look forward to...
Rich film on MIke Nichols
RIP Mike NIchols#41
Posted: 11/20/14 at 5:45pmWas watching The View this morning and Whoopi's breakdown was heartbreaking. You just never see her like that.
RIP Mike NIchols#42
Posted: 11/20/14 at 6:19pm
This clip still makes me so happy. And part of the joy of seeing it is to watch Nichols laugh. He loved and believed in smart, powerful, and often very funny women.
RIP Mike NIchols#43
Posted: 11/20/14 at 6:47pm
Playbill posted a lovely album of Nichols today. The picture of him with Nora Ephron and Elaine Stritch made me think of just how much we've lost in the past few years.
Mike Nichols helped shape modern entertainment. He helped us get here. His loss is almost as big as his as contributions.
Updated On: 11/20/14 at 06:47 PM
RIP Mike NIchols#44
Posted: 11/20/14 at 7:14pmPhillip Seymour Hoffman's death deeply affected me, simply because he was monumentally talented and young. Nichols' death has, too, but at least he had a rich, full life and career, and we all should be grateful for that. Just finished watching THE GRADUATE in tribute. What a film. What a director...
RIP Mike NIchols#45
Posted: 11/21/14 at 7:41am
"An inspiration and joy to know, a director who cried when he laughed, a friend without whom, well, we can't imagine our world, an indelible irreplaceable man."
--Meryl Streep
RIP Mike NIchols#49
Posted: 11/21/14 at 11:04pm
They were taken by Bob Stillman of the cast of It's Only a Play.
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