By 1977, when Nimoy played Martin Dysart in "Equus" on Broadway, he had played 13 important roles in 27 cities, including Tevye, Malvolio in "Twelfth Night", and Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". In 1981 he starred in "Vincent", a one-man show which Nimoy wrote and published as a book in 1984. The audio recording of the play is available on DVD under the title, "Van Gogh Revisited." It was based on the life of artist Vincent van Gogh, in which Nimoy played Van Gogh's brother Theo. Other plays included "Oliver!", at the Melody Top Theater in Milwaukee, "6 Rms Riv Vu" opposite Sandy Dennis, in Florida, "Full Circle" with Bibi Anderson on Broadway and in Washington, D.C. He was in "Camelot", "The King and I", "Caligula", "The Four Poster", and "My Fair Lady."