Reiner directed the original production which starred Bob Dishy.
[1] The play was profiled in the William Goldman book The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway.
Reiner later wrote " Of all the experiences I've had in show business, the writing and directing of Something Different was by far the most memorable.
In terms of excitement, terror, joy, sadness, anger, frustration, elation, and depression, nothing even comes close.
But his Sunday review didn’t run until three weeks after we opened, and by then the boat had sailed.