Vineyard Theatre

‘The North Pool’ Challenges but Doesn’t Break Convention

Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph’s heated two-hander “The North Pool” explores our preconceptions of others in the Vineyard’s well-acted, generally well-paced production.

'Checkers' Brings Back the Nixons

Douglas McGrath’s “Checkers,” at Vineyard Theatre, starring Anthony LaPaglia and Kathryn Erbe as Richard and Pat Nixon under Terry Kinney’s direction, is entertaining but reductive.