Tag: Egalitarian
Why Mike Nichols Was the Egalitarian Auteur
The only piece in their revolutionary comedic repertoire that Mike Nichols and Elaine May chose never to record was called “Pirandello.” As a result, the 18-minute meta-theatrical sketch lives on only in the mythical retellings of those lucky enough to have seen it onstage in the early 1960s.
It began with the pair playing young siblings imitating their parents fighting; then, without