Mike Nichols
February, 1965
Although he currently rates as the hottest director on Broadway, the first person to deflate the Nichols-for-genius boom will probably be Mike himself. The male half of the celebrated Nichols and May comedy team is already a bit edgy about his new-found renown. "I hope it stops with me soon," he recently said, but his wish is likely to go unfulfilled as long as his three humor triumphs, Barefoot in the Park, The Knack (off-Broadway) and Luv keep filling their respective theaters. The t...