Articles about “MikeNichols”
Acclaimed Director Mike Nichols Dies At 83
Mike Nichols, who fled Nazi Germany as a child and became one of the most celebrated directors of film, stage and television, passed away last night at age 83. James Goldstein, president of ABC News, announced his...
Philip Seymour Hoffman Doing Death of a Salesman
Philip Seymour Hoffman will appear on Broadway in a revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman next fall, Arts Beat reports, confirming rumors floated by Michael Riedel at the end of last month. The production...
Weekend Movies: Sweeney, Charlie and Dewey
Prestige filmmakers take note: If you want the Times critics to really love you, what you need to do is put the fear in them. At least it worked for Tim Burton; his adaptation of Steven Sondheim’s...
The Cinecultist's Weekly DVD Pick: Kookookachoo Edition
The Graduate (directed by Mike Nichols) If you're looking for a cultural touchstone for the '60s, or even one of the first great uses of pop music on a movie soundtrack, you don't need to search much...
Broadway Joins Gyllenhaal of Fame
Start sharpening your spurs, gays and gals, because Jake Gyllenhaal is coming to Broadway! If director Mike Nichols has his way, you’ll soon have your chance to stalk the sensitive heartthrob as he flees through the stage...
Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007
American counterculture and literary idol, Kurt Vonnegut, died yesterday at the age of 84. He was in Manhattan, and his death was the result of brain injuries from a fall several weeks ago. Vonnegut came to New...
Ready for Prime Time: Paying For Reservations
Proving that everything has a price, the launch of website PrimeTime Tables.com has attracted a bit of attention. PrimeTime Tables sells those hard-to-get reservations to hot restaurants - like let's say 8PM at Eleven Madison Park (since...
Old is the New Black
The Observer recognizes Power Geezers - basically old New Yorkers who make the world go round. Entrance to this group is a double digit age that begins with at least 7 - director Mike Nichols qualifies, while...
Bill Irwin, Actor
Bill Irwin, Actor
Outdoor Movie Guide
It’s that time of the year again – that special time you brave New York’s notoriously humid and sticky summer to battle for one more blanket inch on a crowded park lawn. This year’s free outdoor movie...
Getting Over The Tonys: Comments and Show Roundup
So since the whole country united around the television set on Sunday night to watch the awards and then every conceivable media outlet chewed over the results for the whole day Monday, Gothamist can skip right to...
Week in Films
Three times a year, comedians and comedy writers gather before a live, drunk audience to showcase 5-minute film shorts. SPOILER, a film project run by a creative bunch of rowdy, young filmmakers and emerging comics, feels...
Theater Review: Hurlyburly
The new hit off-Broadway production by the New Group of Hurlyburly is reportedly transfering to Broadway, we are especially glad that we had the chance a few nights ago to see it at the intimate Acorn Theatre...
Golden Globes Commentary 2005
Last night, Gothamist kicked up our feet, found some friends on IM, and watched the Golden Globes. We are suckers for anything that celebrates our two best friends, television and movies, even if it's all glad-handing and...
Spamalot: Post says its the next Producers
Gothamist readily admits to getting a major kick out of Michael Reidel's Wednesday and Friday theater beat columns in the Post. We love that directors punch this guy out when they dis their shows and that he...
Jenny Oh, Documentary Filmmaker
Jenny Oh, Documentary Filmmaker
Angels in America This Sunday
HBO has been hyping their $60 million epic film, Angels in America, for weeks and weeks, and it seems that the hype of seeing Tony Kushner's Pulitzer and Tony–winning play on screen, directed by Mike Nichols,...