Formed co-operative acting troupe at Cherry Lane Theatre in late 1940s

New York stage debut as actor, "Juno and the Paycock" off-Broadway

Began directing on Broadway with "Enter Laughing"

Film acting debut, "A Thousand Clowns"

Won critical praise for staging the musical "Mame"

Film directorial debut "Barefoot in the Park"; also first collaboration with Neil Simon

Helmed the film comedy "Cactus Flower", starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning role

First stage acting appearance in nearly ten years, "The Goodbye People" at Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA

Had supporting role in the film version of Simon's "The Prisoner of Second Avenue"

Helmed the film version of "Mame", starring Lucille Ball

Directed and acted in the ABC special "Love, Sex, and Marriage"

Was director of the trilogy of Simon's semi-autobiographical plays, "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (1983), "Broadway Bound" (1985) and "Biloxi Blues" (1988)

Acted in Herb Gardner's feature adaptation of "The Goodbye People"

Staged Simon's Pulitzer-winning "Lost in Yonkers"

Fired from pre-Broadway tryout of Simon's musical "The Goodbye Girl" in Chicago

Had supporting role in the films "Nobody's Fool" and "I.Q."

Directed the TV adaptation of "Bye Bye Birdie" (ABC)

Co-starred in the NBC TV-movie "On Seventh Avenue"

Directed Christopher Plummer in the one-man show "Barrymore"