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Checking Out (play)
''Checking Out'' is a 1976 Broadway play written by Allen Swift. 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 Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Swift
Ira J. Stadlen (January 16, 1924 – April 18, 2010), known professionally as Allen Swift, was an American actor, writer and magician, best known as a voiceover artist who voiced cartoon characters Simon Bar Sinister and Riff-Raff on the ''Underdog'' cartoon show. He took his professional name from radio comedian Fred Allen and 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift. Early life and education He was born January 16, 1924, in Washington Heights, Manhattan, and raised in Brooklyn. Swift graduated from the High School of Music & Art, after which he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces, where he served from November 1942 to November 1945. While in the Army, he was an entertainer and became a private first class. Career Children's television Allen Swift was an early television star who began his career by replacing Buffalo Bob Smith on '' The Howdy Doody Show'' while Smith was recovering from a heart attack. At various times, he played the characters of Clarabell the Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hy Anzell
Hy Anzell (September 7, 1923 – August 23, 2003) was a Yiddish-speaking American actor. He originated the role of the flower shop owner, "Mr. Mushnik", in the original off-Broadway production of ''Little Shop of Horrors'' with Ellen Greene and Lee Wilkof. He was also in the original 1976 Broadway cast of '' Checking Out''. He appeared in dozens of films and television programs. He had roles in a number of films directed by Woody Allen, beginning with ''Bananas'', and notably including ''Annie Hall'' (in which he had his best-known movie role as Uncle Joey Nichols). He died of natural causes at age 79.Lauren Lyster"Hy Anzell: Actor" '' Variety'', August 25, 2003. Anzell was Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel .... Filmography References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Plays
Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. * January 27 ** The United States vetoes a United Nations resolution that calls for an independent Palestinian state. ** The First Battle of Amgala breaks out between Morocco and Algeria in the Spanish Sahara. February * February 4 ** The 1976 Winter Olympics begin in Innsbruck, Austria. ** The 7.5 Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured. * February 9 – The Australian Defence Force is formed by unification of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. * February 13 – General Murtala M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew language, Hebrew (notably Mishnaic Hebrew, Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish has traditionally been written using the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, there were 11–13 million speakers. 85% of the approximately 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hamburg: Buske, 1984), p. 3. leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Jewish ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
57th Street (Manhattan)
57th Street is a broad thoroughfare in the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan, one of the major two-way, east-west streets in the borough's Commissioner's Plan of 1811, grid. As with Manhattan's other "crosstown" streets, it is divided into its east and west sections at Fifth Avenue (Manhattan), Fifth Avenue. The street runs from a small park overlooking the East River in the east to the West Side Highway along the Hudson River in the west. 57th Street runs through the Midtown Manhattan neighborhoods of Sutton Place, Manhattan, Sutton Place, Billionaire's Row (Manhattan), Billionaire's Row, and Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen from east to west. 57th Street was created according to the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 and was developed as a mainly residential street in the mid-19th century. The central portion of 57th Street was developed as an artistic hub starting in the 1890s, with the development of Carnegie Hall. The section between Fifth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tazewell Thompson
Tazewell Thompson is an American theatre director, the former artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse (2006–07) in Westport, Connecticut and the Syracuse Stage (1992–95) in New York state. Prior to that he was an assistant director at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. He is the Director of Opera Studies at Manhattan School of Music. Thompson has directed numerous independent productions, and since 2000, when he directed his first opera, ''Porgy and Bess'' for the New York City Opera, has been called on to direct more operas and musicals. His success led to invitations to direct productions of Francis Poulenc's '' Dialogues of the Carmelites'' for the Glimmerglass Opera and City Opera in 2002 and 2004, respectively, as well as other works. Thompson was nominated for an Emmy in 2006 as Best Director for the televised production of his ''Porgy and Bess'' produced at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. In August 2012, he directed Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill's ''Lost in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Bryggman
Arvid Laurence Bryggman (born December 21, 1938) is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Dr. John Dixon on the CBS Daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns'' (1969 to 2004, 2010). He won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his work on ''As the World Turns'' in 1984 and 1987. He received six other Daytime Emmy Award nominations. He has had roles in many theatrical productions, including ''Ulysses in Nighttown'' (1974), ''The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel'' (1977), '' Prelude to a Kiss'' (1990), ''Picnic'' (1994), ''Proof'' (2000), '' Romance'' (2005), '' Festen'' (2006), and '' Harvey'' (2012). He has received two Tony Award nominations and won two Obie Awards. He has also appeared in the films '' ...And Justice for All'' (1979), '' Hanky Panky'' (1982), '' Die Hard with a Vengeance'' (1995) and ''Spy Game'' (2001). Early life Bryggman was born on December 21, 1938 in Concord, California. He was raised in Oakland. He is of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mason Adams
Mason Adams (born Mason Abrams; February 26, 1919 – April 26, 2005) was an American actor. From the late 1940s until the early 1970s, he was heard in numerous radio programs and voiceovers for countless television commercials, the latter of which he resumed in the 1980s and 1990s. In the early 1970s, he moved into acting and from 1977 to 1983 held perhaps his best-known role, that of Managing Editor Charlie Hume on '' Lou Grant''. He also acted in numerous other television and movie roles, most prominently '' Omen III: The Final Conflict'' (1981) and '' F/X'' (1986). Early life Adams was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Sheepshead Bay. His father, Morris Abrams, was an immigrant from Russia and the owner of a company that made machinery and factory tools. His mother, the former Freda Sugarman, was also an immigrant from Russia. He studied at the University of Wisconsin, earning a bachelor’s degree in theater and speech in 1940, and a master’s degree in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Copeland
Joan Maxine Kupchik ( Miller; June 1, 1922 – January 4, 2022), known professionally as Joan Copeland, was an American actress. She was the younger sister of playwright Arthur Miller. She began her career during the mid-1940s, appearing in theatre in New York City, where, shortly thereafter, she would become one of the first members admitted to the newly formed Actors Studio. She moved into television and film during the 1950s while still maintaining an active stage career. She is best known for her performances in the 1977 Broadway revival of '' Pal Joey'' and her award-winning performance in the 1981 play '' The American Clock''. She also played a number of prominent roles on various soap operas throughout her career, including Andrea Whiting on ''Search for Tomorrow'' and Gwendolyn Lord Abbott on ''One Life to Live''. She voiced Tanana in ''Brother Bear''. Personal life and death Miller was born to a middle-class Jewish family in New York City. Her father, Isidore, was a wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longacre Theatre
The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theater at 220 West 48th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1913, it was designed by Henry B. Herts and is named for Longacre Square, the former name of Times Square. The Longacre has 1,077 seats across three levels and is operated by The Shubert Organization. Both the facade and the auditorium's interior are New York City designated landmarks. The ground-floor facade is made of rusticated blocks of terracotta. The theater's main entrance is shielded by a marquee. The upper stories are divided vertically into five bays, which contain niches on either side of three large windows. The auditorium contains ornamental plasterwork, a sloped orchestra level, two balconies, and a coved ceiling. The balcony level contains box seats topped by flat arches, and the proscenium opening is also a flat arch. In addition, the Longacre contains two lounges, and the top story formerly had off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Bloch
Susan Bloch (1940 – 10 May 1982) was a theatrical press agent based in New York City. Biography Bloch was born in Canton, New York and attended Syracuse University. She was the director of public relations for the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center from 1965 to 1973. She ran a graduate theater course at Fordham University and produced the ''Theater Highlights'' radio program on WNCN-FM. While working at Janus Films, she established a feature film library for public television stations. She was awarded an Outer Critics Circle Award in 1971, the first such award for publicity and public relations."Susan Bloch, 42, Dies; Public Relations Agent" '' |
Ken Billington
Ken Billington (born October 29, 1946) is an American lighting designer. He began his career in New York City working as an assistant to Tharon Musser. He was born in White Plains, New York, the son of Kenneth Arthur (an automobile dealer) and Ruth (Roane) Billington. Billington has 96 Broadway productions to his credit including '' Copperfield'', '' Checking Out'', '' Moon Over Buffalo'', ''Grind'', '' Hello, Dolly!'', ''Meet Me in St. Louis'', '' On the Twentieth Century'', '' Side by Side by Sondheim'', ''Lettice and Lovage'', '' Tru'', '' The Scottsboro Boys'', and ''Sweeney Todd''. Off-Broadway productions include '' Sylvia'', '' London Suite'', '' Annie Warbucks'', '' Lips Together, Teeth Apart'', '' The Lisbon Traviata'', '' What the Butler Saw'', and '' Fortune and Men's Eyes''. Billington was the principal lighting designer for Radio City Music Hall from 1979 to 2004, where he created the lighting for the world-famous Christmas and Easter Spectaculars. While there, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
