And then Willys like, Come on, come on. Although my mother came and saw the show. 59E59 Theaters and The Civilians have announced the full cast & creative team for It was really satisfying to do. They bicycled around Manhattan delivering the scripts because they didnt want to email them. But were still on track for the fall. He shouldnt be a lounge singer. It felt to me that it was really important that this play be put up during the election. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Add to list Photos 17 Known for Lincoln 7.3 James Speed 2012 twi-ny: Okay, for my last question, I have a sort of bone to pick with you. rt: The short answer is it was great. rt: We were wearing masks around the table. And on the other hand, it was incredibly scary because it was the first play that Id ever cowritten with anybody, and it was about my life. Photo Coverage: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE After Party. Showing Editorial results for richard topol. Tony Award-winning actor Jason Alexanderrecentlyassumedthe role of 'Norman Drexel'in Larry David's hit comedy Fish In the Dark, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). They hand delivered the scripts to everybodys homes. Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honor Roger Berlind at Starry Luncheon, Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Nominee Reception - The Men, Photo Coverage: THE NORMAL HEART on Broadway Curtain Call. BWW TV: Performance Highlights from MTC's REGRETS! At least in that experience I can cut myself some slack. [Director] Saheem Ali was great and it was a great cast, obviously in a really interesting play. But at that point were like, Okay, were just wearing masks the whole time. Then when my wife told the story to Willy about when she gave birth the opening scene of the play is her giving birth to our daughter and Elizas parents, in black tie, come in from a gala, bursting into the delivery room because they thought she was about to have a baby she was about to have a baby were like, What are you doing here? Did you enjoy working on Zoom? BroadwayWorld brings you highlights of the cast in action below! twi-ny: If Lukas were still around to see you in the show, would he be happy with your piano playing? Moon, which is about fathers and sons, particularly about how you lost your father when you were very young and eventually found a father figure in Lukas Foss. Search instead in Creative? I play my mother, I play my wife, I play my mother-in-law. And Josh had done some incredible things. Manhattan Theatre Clubhas announced a final extension forPrayer for the French Republic, written by Drama Desk Award winnerJoshua Harmonand directed by Tony Award winnerDavid Cromer. About seven years ago, I was sitting in the audience at a play when I recognized the man in front of me, actor Richard Topol. These wins helped 'The Normal Heart' become the number one search term on Google all across America on 'Tony Sunday.' Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. That theater had stayed open through the pandemic because Maine had so few cases, because of the regulations, and because of their skill at keeping people safe. He thanked me, saying that he was actually the understudy and that was the only time he had gone on. Im like, Okay, sure. He covered everything. You dont develop a through-line, you dont understand the arc of things. So thats the sort of glib answer. It was a really great time. rt: Thats when I was a Mets fan. When they said, Will you read Patrick? But then I went to a hockey game and sixteen thousand people are screaming, no masks, lots of eating and drinking. I mean, I enjoyed working as opposed to not working. twi-ny: During the pandemic, you appeared in several virtual and audio productions: You were in Melisa Anniss Beginnings, Anne Washburns Shipwreck, Craig Lucass More Beautiful and you played a chicken in Jimonn Coles Chickens. Here we have been waiting for so long to do it. This is the kind of play that should be running during the election. twi-ny: You guys were great. Itll be sometime in 2021. Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for Vineyard Theatre's Spring Gala! Hes an extremely amiable mensch who clearly loves his chosen profession. Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. We started first day of rehearsal learning about the Covid protocols, getting tested regularly. And the first two drafts of it were about that. twi-ny: And they all want you to keep doing it. And so I was so excited to be part of the beginning of it. We did a developmental workshop in June up in Maine. BWW TV: Check Out Kelli O'Hara and More in KING LEAR - Performance Highlights! rt: I have asked that of my non-Jewish friends. He escaped the Nazis. And again, he didnt give it to anybody else. Were already verklempt about it. And then a month later, its, Yeah, were not going to do the play in September. And then the symptoms were gone. What was the experience like sharing your life, in person, in front of people, back onstage? Where I feel most soulful and spiritual is when Ive climbed a mountain and I feel small in relation to a large, amazing thing. Look, we live in a world where the hate for other has been unleashed. March 23 May 19, free (donations accepted) I dont think Im as extreme as Patrick; Patrick is a Jew who doesnt know anything about his Judaism and is happy to not know anything about his Judaism and is somebody who thinks of organized religion as what he says in the play, which is bullshit.. Richard has appeared on Broadway numerous times, most recently nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award as Lemml in the Tony Award winning production of Indecent, with Larry David in Fish in the Dark, with Al Pacino . We did the kind of work that you do in a play before you get up on your feet. A few days after Prayer for the French Republic opened at Manhattan Theater Clubs Stage I at City Center, we talked about one-person shows, getting Covid, baseball, and what its like being an actor in lockdown, including a detailed description of mounting a play as a pandemic continues. Im no Josh Harmon. And I thought, Oh, thats perfect. twi-ny: Throughout your career, and especially more recently, youve played a lot of Jews: Sam Feinschreiber in Awake & Sing, Fritz Haber in Genius: Einstein, Lemml in Indecent, and now Patrick, who is a nonreligious Jew. Youre not invested in a team, the whole idea of a team creating a thing and living together and becoming a version of a theater family, or whatever it is. Hap Halloran 3 episodes, 2019-2020 Hari Dhillon . Maybe Im fooling myself. The production opened last night, Tuesday, October 8, and features Francois Battiste (Broadway's Magic/ Bird) as Reggie Jackson and Elston Howard,Chris Henry Coffey (Off-Broadway's Water by the Spoonful) as Joe DiMaggio,Bill Dawes(Broadway's Lombardi) as Mickey Mantle/Thurman Munson,Christopher Jackson(Broadway's In the Heights, Memphis) asDerek Jeter, Wendy Makkena (Broadway's Side Man) as Carmen Berra, Keith Nobbs (Broadway's Lombardi) as Billy Martin, Richard Topol (Broadway'sThe Normal Heart, The Merchant of Venice) as Yogi Berra, John Wernke (Broadway's The Lyons) as Lou Gehrig, and C.J. And thats when [director David] Cromer came on board. It was a total strikeout. Its unbelievable. twi-ny: As a listener, I felt it Shipwreck was one of the audio plays that worked the best during the lockdown. When they said, Will you read Patrick? The production opened Tuesday, February 1 at New York City Center Stage I (131 West 55th Street). twi-ny: So you played Yogi, and then you met him on opening night of the show. Everybody did keep their masks on, but there were some drinking and eating. And so, kicking and screaming, it became more and more about my relationship to Lukas and then my relationship to fatherhood. It was the first production of the first play that Ive ever cowritten. I mean, come on. 212-581-1212 The limited engagement run of the production, originally scheduled through June 7, is extended for six weeks through Sunday, July 19. Even if you dont recognize his name, youre likely to know his face; he has approximately fifty television and film credits, including portraying lawyer and politician James Speed in Steven Spielbergs Lincoln, a recurring role on The Practice, and multiple parts on several Law & Order iterations. Intense. And we spent enough time with it to dig in the way you do in a play. I feel like the Jews, the Jews get it, the New York Jews get it, or they have really strong opinions about it. We dont know when but were still committed to doing the play. I think of myself as spiritual and, not to be too woo-woo, I believe in the earth. At least in that experience I can cut myself some slack. This is your first one-man show, which you wrote with Willy Holtzman, a two-time Pulitzer nominee. [Director] Saheem Ali was great and it was a great cast, obviously in a really interesting play. Topol was born on September 9, 1935, in Tel Aviv, [1] [3] in what was then Mandatory Palestine (now Israel ). He was even more thankful when I told him that I had included him in my review. REGRETS stars Alexis Bledel ('Gilmore Girls'), Curt Bouril ('Boardwalk Empire'), Ansel Elgort (Off-Broadway debut), Brian Hutchison(MTC's From Up Here), Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox (MTC's Doubt), Lucas Caleb Rooney (Orphan's Home Cycle), and Richard Topol (The Normal Heart). Get Richard Topol's email address (r*****@cnrs.fr) and phone number at RocketReach. . Also Known As: Topol Age: 87 Years, 87 Year Old Males Family: Spouse/Ex-: Galia Topol (m. 1956) father: Jacob Topol mother: Rel Topol children: Ady Topol, Anat Topol, Omer Topol Actors Israeli Men Height: 5'10" (178 cm ), 5'10" Males City: Tel Aviv, Israel Recommended Lists: Israeli People Virgo Actors Israeli Actors Actors Who Are In Their 80s rt: It was miserable. I love the progression of the piano in the play. And so from March 12 of 2020 to November 3, 2021, was the longest period of time I hadnt been onstage in my adult life. I read it to myself and I thought, this is the best play Ive read in ten years. Were going to put this play up. Get the fuck out of here. Lets take that idea of writing and switch over to Prayer for the French Republic, which is exquisitely written. And for those of us whod been with it for two years, were like, Oh my God, were finally getting to do it. And I survived. Preceded by. Topol, " Betsy Aidem, Richard Topol, Pierre Epstein, Francis Benhamou Lets do what we can. We would do a weeklong workshop with the first act of the play, then the second act. A grown-up Reuven (Richard Topol) acts as narrator on occasion, giving the play a reflective glow reminiscent of ''Conversations With My Father,'' Herb Gardner's 1992 Broadway success. Richard Topol is the author of Naked City (3.75 avg rating, 5387 ratings, 446 reviews, published 2011), The Maze at Windermere (3.50 avg rating, 2855 rat. There had been a lot of preparation. Richard Topol has not appeared in the West End. And the play started to be about that. He is married to actress Eliza Foss; they have one daughter, and Richard was close with his father-in-law, the late German-American composer, pianist, and conductor Lukas Foss. And so I was so excited to be part of the beginning of it. And so the guy lost his physical abilities and his mental abilities. And then another few months later we did the third. I know I was a Mets fan in 73, and then we moved, and my next-door neighbor was a Yankees fan. And then a month later, its, Yeah, were not going to do the play in September. And audiences have come. But his true love is theater, which he also teaches. rt: I have asked that of my non-Jewish friends. Photo Flash: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE on Broadway - Production Shots! Rich Topol meets Yogi Berra on opening night of Bronx Bombers (photo David Gordon). Photo Flash: Sam Waterston, Kelli O'Hara Michael McKean & More in KING LEAR at the Public! Ive always had this obsession with searching for a father and he was my father-in-law, so lets do that. We dont know when but were still committed to doing the play. And thoughtful in allowing them to be really articulate people who have really strong opinions, and those opinions are different. twi-ny: Jon Stewart would ask, is it too Jewy? I love the progression of the piano in the play. But still there was that sense of, Whos producing a new eleven-person play, with nobody famous? Behind him in his living room is a landscape by his mother-in-law, the painter and teacher Cornelia (Brendel) Foss. I play my father-in-law. Or Mark Blum, a lovely man who lost his life to it. Was on active duty with the Israeli army when he was nominated for an Oscar for "Fiddler on the Roof" in early 1972. And so the ones that I was willing to share were the ones that couldnt be avoided and, I guess, were the most important. And I mean, I havent read every play in the last ten years, but Ive read a lot of plays and Ive seen a lot of plays, and I thought, this is astoundingly amazing. The Mets had been to the World Series, right? Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. Although my mother came and saw the show. So we had a lot of time processing it with Josh and helping him wrangle this epic piece into what you saw. Producers Douglas Denoff & Beth Goldsmith, and 59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director; Brian Beirne, Managing Director) present the Directors Companys production ofThe Lucky Starby Karen Hartman, directed by Noah Himmelstein (Rooted). What was that like? - IMDb Mini Biography By: Richard Topol Family (1) Spouse Eliza Foss (I) (? And the first two drafts of it were about that. Josh was holding it close. twi-ny: Which the character Molly agrees with. That seemed like a good starting-off point, discussing my becoming a father and my seeing the best potential father to me to help me learn how to be a father. But I feel like he shouldnt be a better piano player than I am in this play. There had been a lot of preparation. Im like, Okay, sure. You dont develop a through-line, you dont understand the arc of things. I did go see Hot Tuna and David Bromberg. . Thats the way I connect to religion. Lived In Crawfordville FL, Lakeland FL. It is unbelievable. rt: Right. And on the other hand, it was incredibly scary because it was the first play that Id ever cowritten with anybody, and it was about my life. at Primary Stages, Broadway's The Big Knife,Glengarry Glen Ross) as Babe Ruth. He admits that the most nervous hes been in his life was when he hung out with Paul McCartney following a performance of Larry Davids Fish in the Dark, in which Topol played Dr. Stiles; after that, the Cute Beatle went from being his third favorite mop top behind John and George to his second. The world premiere will now play two additional weeks and must close Sunday, March 27 atNew York City Center Stage I. Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that the world premiere ofPrayer for the French Republic, written by Drama Desk Award winnerJoshua Harmonand directed by Tony Award winnerDavid Cromer, will now play through Sunday, March 13, atNew York City Center Stage I (131 West 55thStreet). I was doing Anatomy of a Suicide at the Atlantic Theater Company. Is this too Jewy? Wilson (Happy Now? Now, of course, Im totally madly in love with Patrick and I wouldnt have it any other way. Its a symbol, a metaphor for the journey of our family. Richard Topol has appeared at Primary Stages in Bronx Bombers and Opus.On Broadway, he has been seen in Indecent (as Lemml), Fish in the Dark (with Larry David), The Normal Heart (Drama Desk Award), The Merchant of Venice (with Al Pacino), The Country Girl (directed by Mike Nichols), Cymbeline, Julius Caesar (with Denzel Washington), School for Scandal, and in Clifford Odets . . There was a sense of having more in the heads of the director and the producers, what we could imagine this great thing being, that infused the development and the rehearsal and experience of doing it. And I think thats one of the greatest things about the play, because it leaves the audience getting to consider those ideas that youve mentioned from a lot of perspectives. Kate Shindle has been re-elected president of Actors' Equity, the union representing more than 51,000 theatrical actors and stage managers.She was first elected to the post in 2015, having previously served as the union's eastern regional vice president. Intense. He holds an MFA in Acting from NYU's Graduate Acting Program and a BA in Political Science from Brown University. And so I was like, Okay, fine. He has appeared extensively on and off Broadway, in such plays as The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Alice Birchs Anatomy of a Suicide with Carla Gugino, and Paula Vogels Tony-nominated Indecent with Katrina Lenk as well as Tony-winning revivals of Clifford Odetss Awake & Sing! They produced a lot of one-person shows. I was really glad to do it at Portland Stage, where most of the people who were watching knew nothing about me and I didnt have to feel so exposed. You were a Mets fan, then you switched over to the Yankees. And thats how it came to pass, and Anita Stewart, the artistic director of Portland Stage, was just a real cheerleader for the piece. It doesnt have any songs . Where I feel most soulful and spiritual is when Ive climbed a mountain and I feel small in relation to a large, amazing thing. Since then, The Normal Heart's daily box office wrap has more than tripled from their average daily sales before Sunday's Tony Awards. Is it just Jewy enough? I think a lot of people forget that. I mean, I enjoyed working as opposed to not working. We do not want to be shut down. I play my father-in-law. The truth is, most of the play, I play other people. rt: I was born a Jew. I was really glad to do it at Portland Stage, where most of the people who were watching knew nothing about me and I didnt have to feel so exposed. But because its about one of the hardest things and most personal struggles that Ive experienced for the last forty-six years of my life, since my father died, it was scary to share, but it felt worth sharing. We thought, Okay, thats an interesting idea for a play. He came in with his finished draft and we did a reading of it, prepandemic and in-person. We do not want to be shut down. For the last six and a half weeks, we have been safe and weve been able to do it. www.manhattantheatreclub.com. Shifting in flashback between (2016-2017) and (1944-1946) set in two different Parisian apartments, Prayer for the French Republic (currently at Manhattan Theatre Club) by Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews), directed by David Cromer (The Band . He looked up, put on a big smile, and said in that Yogi way, No ones asked me about that in years. RICHARD TOPOL. So what could it be about. And Ive been an actor for over three decades. I had symptoms on the ides of March, on the 15th of March, and I was in bed for nineteen days with Covid-19. They bicycled around Manhattan delivering the scripts because they didnt want to email them. And then Josh tested positive right before tech. Im a tree worshiper. Were going to put this play up. Richard Topol attending the 56th Annual Drama Desk Award Nominees Reception at Bombay Palace in New York City. rt: Oh, less upsetting because I know Im not a professional. 212-581-1212 Drama Shaun and Lea make a big life decision and are pleasantly surprised by the support they receive from their friends at the hospital; Asher struggles to accept that he and his father may never truly understand one another. They want to do a workshop in July and then well go into rehearsal in September and run till Christmas. Or Mark Blum, a lovely man who lost his life to it. The Lucky Starbegan previews on April 26, 2022 in Theater A and opened May 5 for a run through June 12, 2022. Im a tree hugger. rt: Exactly. We did that reading and I think it confirmed for Manhattan Theatre Club and for Josh that he had latched on to something incredible. rt: He does a great job of giving everybody a valid argument. He was by himself and I went over to him and said, Im going to ask you something that no one probably ever asks you about. We would do a weeklong workshop with the first act of the play, then the second act. He is currently starring in Joshua Harmons Prayer for the French Republic, a scintillating three-hour exploration of anti-Semitism that travels between 1944 and 2016; Topol plays Patrick Salomon, a nonreligious Jew who has decided not to go into the family piano business. I think that most of the major religions are about feeling good to be small under the umbrella of something thats bigger than our oneness, that connects us all. ( 2013-04-21) (USA) Chronology. We did a workshop right before the pandemic hit in-person. 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