Meryl Streep, Nathan Lane & More Set for Mike Nichols Memorial Service; SPAMALOT's Eric Idle, John Cleese to Perform

Acclaimed director, producer, writer and performer Mike Nichols passed away last November 20th at the age of 83. Broadway's theaters dimmed their marquees in his memory the following evening, and a formal memorial for the EGOT-winning legend has also been in the works.

Today, Showbiz411's Roger Friedman has expanded on his previous report that Lorne Michaels, Brian Lourd, and Barry Diller had planned this Sunday, November 8th for the celebration. The date remains, and now Elaine May has joined the lineup of hosts. Monty Python's Eric Idle and John Cleese are also set to perform (hopefully selections from SPAMALOT!), with readings and other music also planned.

Guests will likely include Diane Sawyer, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Carly Simon, Nathan Lane, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and more.

Friedman, who speculated earlier that Lincoln Center or a Broadway theater would be appropriate choices for the event, knows the venue but did not reveal the memorial's location for fear of a "stampede."

Nichols was among the most CELEBRATED people in the history of show business, one of only a handful of people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. Mike Nicholshas won more TONY AWARDS for Best Direction of a Play than any other individual. His six nods were for Barefoot in the Park (1964), Luv and THE ODD COUPLE (1965), Plaza Suite (1968), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1972), The Real Thing (1984), and ARTHUR Miller's Death of a Salesman (2012). He has also won in other categories for directing the musical Monty Python's Spamalot (2005), and for producing Annie (1977) and The Real Thing (1984) under the company he founded, Icarus Productions, making it a total of nine Tony Award wins. He also received eight additional nominations.

Nichols started out on Broadway as a performer in An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May, which he co-wrote with May. The show premiered in 1960 and ran for 306 performances. His full Broadway biography can be found on The Internet Broadway Database (ibdb.com) here.

He made his cinematic directorial debut directing Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and later won the Academy Award for his direction of "The Graduate."

Among his upcoming projects, Nichols was slated to helm the screen adaptation of Terrence McNally's Master Class starring Meryl Streep as Maria Callas.

Nichols was born in Germany in 1931. He is survived by his wife, Diane Sawyer; his three children Daisy, Max and Jenny; and four grandchildren.