Broadway Scenes Remembered: Mike Nicholas Director Extraordinaire
…nie. It was in 1984 that he would reach a new high with Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing. The Real Thing starred Jeremy Irons as Henry, a disillusioned playwright, and Glenn Close as Annie, an activist who is married to Max, an actor, but who is having an affair with Henry. Christine Baranski played Charlotte, an actress who is married to Henry and starring in his latest play. Tonys for Close, Irons, and Barnaski. The Real Thing is an investigation o…