Checkers, the new play starring Tony winner Anthony LaPaglia as Richard Nixon, opens November 8 at the Vineyard Theatre. The off-Broadway play also features Tony nominee Kathryn Erbe as Richard's wife, Pat Nixon. The show will run through December 2. Written by Douglas McGrath, Checkers is set in 1952 during the prime of the Eisenhower/Stevenson presidential election. The play follows vice presidential c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:59AM on November 8, 2012