Michael Tolan Mary's night-school teacher & boyfriend. He also made guest appearances on such television series as "Mannix", "Kojak", "Nichols", "The Outer Limits", "McMillan and Wife", and "Law & Order". His last known television appearance was on an episode of "Murder, She Wrote" in 1994. Tolan appeared in the Bob Fosse film "All That Jazz" (1979) as lead character Joe Gideon's cardiologist, Dr. Ballinger. Tolan also helped found the American Place Theatre, of which he wrote: “We wanted to attract some of the writers who wrote fine, intelligent, deep material about American life, and see if we could interest them in writing
Bob Fosse musical called simply "Redhead". With "Redhead", Fosse won the Tony Award for best choreography, Verdon won her third Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and the show won the Tony for best musical. Although he was replaced as the director/choreographer for the short-lived 1961 musical "The Conquering Hero", he quickly took on the job of choreographer of the 1961 musical hit "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", which starred Robert Morse. With Fosse again the choreographer-director, Verdon starred in "Sweet Charity" in 1966. In 1973, Fosse's work on "Pippin" won him the Tony for Best Direction