He had an acclaimed Broadway career in musicals and comedies, but moviegoers knew him mostly as the tall, self-assured, easygoing pal to Mr. Allenβs insecure heroes.
In his long-running Village Voice comic strip and in his many plays and screenplays, he took delight in skewering politics, relationships and human nature.
To refine her monologue for Sundayβs show, she relied on two writersβ rooms and 91 test runs. Then came the fickle audiences and a crisis of confidence.