''An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May'' is a

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. The album features selected pieces from the Broadway presentation of ''An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May''. The show opened October 8, 1960, in the Golden Theatre and was a smash with reviewers and audiences. It peaked at 10 on the

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and won the

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in 1962 for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical.

Track listing

#Telephone - 8:10 #Adultery - 7:47 #Disc Jockey - 9:02 #Mother and Son - 6:30

References

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