Checkers, Starring Anthony LaPaglia as Nixon, Begins Performances Off-Broadway
Checkers, a new play starring Tony winner Anthony LaPaglia as Richard Nixon, begins preview performances October12 at the Vineyard Theatre. The off-Broadway play also features Tony nominee Kathryn Erbe as Richard's wife, Pat Nixon. The show officially opens on October 28. Written by Douglas McGrath, Checkers is set in 1952 during the prime of the Eisenhower/Stevenson presidential election. The play follow…