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Mike Nichols, Award-winning director and writer Michael Igor Peschkowsky was born November 6, 1931 in Berlin, Germany. His family was one of the lucky J...

Mike Nichols and the American Century from Boston Review. The director made landmark contributions to three distinct art forms. His life reflected the American experience in the latter half of the twentieth century—both its failures and its feats.

Author, Mike Harris. Photo by David A. Harris This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes writer Mark Harris back to the program. Harris’ newest book is “Mike Nichols: A Life” about the Academy Award winning director. Harris’ other books include “Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood” and “Five Came Back.” Harris tells The Treatment that Nichols’ dual outsider status, both as an immigrant and because of a condition that meant he would never grow hair, deeply informed who he became. Harris discusses the hostility t...

The Graduate is a milestone film (the third highest grossing movie ever) for Baby Boomers, who felt for the first time that Hollywood understood their generation and what it was striving to achieve. Directed by the older, non-American-born Mike Nichols, this is one of many ironies catalogued in a new exciting towering biography of a protean creative force in theater and film, replete with dazzling triumphs and crushing failures. Written by Mark Harris, the husband of gay playwright Tony Kushner ( Angels in America), but more importantly a highly respected popular cinema historian ( Pictures ...

10:33 This week's (02/26/2021) Theater Talk, extended online version, with Mark Harris re Mike Nichols: A Life L-R author and interview guest Mark Harris and his new book Mike Nichols: A Life Credit ew.com Anthony highly recommends watching Nichols and May in "Mother and Son" (she telephones her son the rocket scientist) and "Teenagers" (all about a first date in his dad's car). As Mark Harris says during the conversation, with the internet it's possible to watch hours and hours of Mike Nichols material, whether it's sketches, movies, or even some plays. Speaking of which, there's a deliciou...