Kevin Kline Ado About Nothing" (1988), "Henry V" (1984), and two productions of "Hamlet", in 1986 and 1990 (which he also directed). A videotape of the 1990 production has aired on PBS. He also appeared in a Lincoln Center production that combined the two parts of "Henry IV" on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in 2003 as Falstaff. Kline was nominated for the 2004 Tony Award, Actor in a Play. Dubbed "the American Olivier" by "New York Times" theater critic Frank Rich for his stage acting, Kline finally ventured into film in 1982 in "Sophie's Choice". He won the coveted role
Richard S. Kline "Hot Potato", which ran 23 weeks on NBC. Jack Barry died in May 1984, not too long after completing production of the 1983-84 season of "Joker". Upon his death, Dan Enright immediately succeeded his longtime producing partner; he promptly started making many changes other staffers, including Kline, opposed, including the choice of Bill Cullen (of "Hot Potato") as the successor to Barry on "Joker", as opposed to fill-in host Jim Peck, who Barry had intended to succeed him permanently for the 1984-85 season. Not long after, Kline and some B&E staff members, including Jack Barry's two sons Jon C. and