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Checking Out (play)

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Original production
Setting
Plot
References

{{Infobox play
| name = Checking Out
| image =
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| caption =
| writer = Allen Swift
| chorus =
| characters = Florence Grayson
Bernard Applebaum
Morris Applebaum
Mr. Johnson
Dr. Theodore Applebaum
Dr. Sheldon Henning
Gilbert
Schmuel Axelrod
| premiere = {{Start date|1976|09|14|df=yes}}
| place = Longacre Theatre
| orig_lang = English
| subject =
| genre =
| web =
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Checking Out is a 1976 Broadway play written by Allen Swift.^[1]^[2] It opened on September 14, 1976 at the Longacre Theatre and closed on September 25, 1976 after 16 performances.

Original production

The show was directed by Jerry Adler, scenery David Jenkins, lighting Ken Billington, costumes Carol Luiken, production stage manager Murray Gitlin, and press by Susan Bloch.

The opening night cast starred Joan Copeland (Florence Grayson), Hy Anzell (Bernard Applebaum), Allen Swift (Morris Applebaum), Jonathan Moore (Mr. Johnson), Mason Adams (Dr. Theodore Applebaum), Larry Bryggman (Dr. Sheldon Henning), Tazewell Thompson (Gilbert), and Michael Gorrin (Schmuel Axelrod).

Setting

Morris Applebaum's apartment on West 57th Street.

Act I

Scene 1 — An April morning
Scene 2 — 530 am the next day
Scene 3 — Four hours later

Act II — A few days later, morning

Plot

An aging Yiddish stage actor decides to schedule and stage-manage his own death.

References

1. ^{{ibdb title|3852}}.
2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/6893/Checking-Out | title=Checking Out | publisher=Playbill | work=Playbill Vault | accessdate=March 28, 2012}}

3 : 1976 plays|Broadway plays|Plays set in New York City

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