Tony Award Winner Michael Mayer to Direct NBC Pilot

By: Feb. 01, 2012
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Michael Mayer, director of SMASH on NBC, has landed another pilot for the network.

The new project, titled 'Do No Harm,' is described by Variety as a "Jekyll and Hyde-themed drama that revolves around a brilliant neurosurgeon who wrestles with his dangerous alter-ego."

Mayer received the 2007 Tony Award, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his production of Spring Awakening, which also played in London, Vienna, Tokyo and Seoul.

His other Broadway credits include Side Man (Tony Award/Best Play), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award/Best Musical), A View From the Bridge (Tony Award/Best Revival), Uncle Vanya, 'night, Mother, After the Fall, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, American Idiot and Triumph of Love.

Most recently Mayer directed Broadway's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, starring Harry Connick, Jr., and the current touring production of American Idiot.

No casting has yet been announced. Read the Variety article here.


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