I mean, I enjoyed working as opposed to not working. What was the rehearsal process like? BroadwayWorld brings you highlights of the cast in action below! They bicycled around Manhattan delivering the scripts because they didnt want to email them. First of all, I dont like one-person shows, I dont like seeing one-person shows; theyre not interesting to me. The Broadway premiere of Larry Kramer's ground-breaking play The Normal Heart will play the final performance of its limited, 12-week engagement this Sunday, July 10 at 7:00 p.m., as scheduled. It was so satisfying. Photo Coverage: INDECENT Company Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway! Now, of course, Im totally madly in love with Patrick and I wouldnt have it any other way. I got the feeling that this was a group of actors working in tandem. rt: Yeah. We would do a weeklong workshop with the first act of the play, then the second act. BWW TV: Performance Highlights from MTC's REGRETS! Richard became a father at 50 and named his firstborn after his dad. Its interesting because it connects to the father thing. We did a developmental workshop in June up in Maine. Each short play will also include a Q&A with Tatiana Wechsler. They bicycled around Manhattan delivering the scripts because they didnt want to email them. (l-r backrow) " David Cromer, Pierre Epstein, Jeff Seymour, Molly Ranson, Betsy Aidem, rt: Actually, it sort of timed out pretty well, you know? rt: No, no, no. Manhattan Theatre Club twi-ny: So you played Yogi, and then you met him on opening night of the show. I play my father-in-law. First of all, I dont like one-person shows, I dont like seeing one-person shows; theyre not interesting to me. Shipwreck was the closest to that. Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress, Richard Topol as Fritz Haber in Genius: Einstein, Episode 7, Richard Topol as Fritz Haber on Genius: Einstein episode 1. He was really amazing. Resides in Tallahassee, FL. Or Mark Blum, a lovely man who lost his life to it. Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Indecent . There had been a lot of preparation. twi-ny: Which the character Molly agrees with. So you cant pick a bone with me if it was because my father had just died and my next-door neighbor was a Yankees fan. It is a really challenging piece of theater and really satisfying to act in. My wife came and saw the show. For the last six and a half weeks, we have been safe and weve been able to do it. twi-ny: As a listener, I felt it Shipwreck was one of the audio plays that worked the best during the lockdown. Like in Joshs play, he was one of those people, a German Jew in Berlin who got out. Look, we live in a world where the hate for other has been unleashed. And March 29 to April 1 sees Jimonn Coles Chickens, in which Megan Bartle, Zo Tipp, and Rich Topol portray fowl creatures living on Michael Pottss farm. Willy did most of the writing. No, no, please dont. And I asked him about managing the 73 Mets. Everybody did keep their masks on, but there were some drinking and eating. At least in that experience I can cut myself some slack. Did you enjoy working on Zoom? But I feel like he shouldnt be a better piano player than I am in this play. as Satine, Exclusive: What Goes Into Casting a Broadway Show? Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. And then, of course, a month later, theyre, like, Yeah, were not going to do the workshop in July. And she said, You just got an offer from Manhattan Theatre Club for Prayer for the French Republic. There had been a lot of preparation. And so the ones that I was willing to share were the ones that couldnt be avoided and, I guess, were the most important. I am pleasantly surprised at how many hundreds of people are coming to see the show every day. During the pandemic, they are looking inside artistic creation with In Process, a series of online presentations written by and starring alumni. And so, kicking and screaming, it became more and more about my relationship to Lukas and then my relationship to fatherhood. And Josh had done some incredible things. 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. Rich Topol starred as stage manager Lemml in Indecent (photo by Carol Rosegg). Click below to watch a montage of Alexander in the show! 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. The play was well received, so I didnt have the experience of Oh, that sucked. Since these are your lines and theyre about you, if a joke didnt quite take or something emotional didnt register with the audience, is it more or less upsetting than when youre reciting somebody elses words and something might not go as expected? 212-581-1212 And so what to do about that? rt: There was a computer open and his computerized voice would come through. And Im slightly disappointed myself too, because I knew I was going to do this part for a long time and I knew that these songs were in the piece. rt: I was born a Jew. Im like, Why is my agent calling me? Were already verklempt about it. Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. But his true love is theater, which he also teaches. Photo Coverage: Opening Night at Awake and Sing! rt: Exactly, the third guy from the left. No, not from all perspectives, but certainly from a lot of perspectives within the Jewish community. So kudos to them for sticking with it. MTC at New York City Center Stage I 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. David Aaron Baker, Nina Hellman, Richard Topol & More to Star in THE UNBELIEVING at 59E59 Theaters by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 12, 2022. Maybe Im fooling myself. Followed by. rt: There was a computer open and his computerized voice would come through. Check out the performance highlights below! twi-ny: Jon Stewart would ask, is it too Jewy? Even though he wasnt Jewish; he didnt think of himself as a Jew. twi-ny: I felt that that Josh really attacked the numerous angles of how to look at anti-Semitism and Israel and American Jewry. But then I went to a hockey game and sixteen thousand people are screaming, no masks, lots of eating and drinking. So what could it be about. They produced a lot of one-person shows. 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. And in the scenes where I play myself, most of that writing is me, having written down my versions of stories that Ive experienced. The Mets had been to the World Series, right? It went really well and theyre, like, We want to produce this and we have a slot. Thats the way I connect to religion. Then we did a couple of workshops that fall and then at the end of February of 2020. So this was the middle of December now, right before Christmas, and shows were going down left and right. rt: But Willy and I had a lot of time over the pandemic because there wasnt much else to do to finish the play. 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. I love acting with other people, and it cant be about me because Im not interesting. And then a month later, its, Yeah, were not going to do the play in September. Some of us have children and partners, but there was a real commitment to being safe so that we could get it up on our feet. And thats when [director David] Cromer came on board. I had seen a number of shows when I came back from Maine, and some had nobody in the audience and some were jam packed. Frances Benhamou, Kenneth Tigar, Richard Topol, Nancy Robinette, Joshua Harmon And Ive been an actor for over three decades. I dont subscribe there. ( 2013-04-21) (USA) Chronology. rt: Thank you. I think of myself as Jew-ish. If you can listen to him playing on Lenny Bernsteins Age of Anxiety, listen to the piano on that. Michael Panay 3 episodes, 2018-2019 rt: Oh, less upsetting because I know Im not a professional. And thoughtful in allowing them to be really articulate people who have really strong opinions, and those opinions are different. Search instead in Creative? But were still on track for the fall. at New York City Center, Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque Will Join MOULIN ROUGE! Were already verklempt about it. We started first day of rehearsal learning about the Covid protocols, getting tested regularly. rt: It was miserable. And thats how it came to pass, and Anita Stewart, the artistic director of Portland Stage, was just a real cheerleader for the piece. rt: Right. I did go see Hot Tuna and David Bromberg. Get 5 free searches. They produced Lanford Wilsons Talleys Folly they cast a married couple who played the two parts. When they said, Will you read Patrick? We do not want to be shut down. He had a really interesting life and a really challenging death. Pierre Epstein, Peyton Lusk, Jeff Seymour, Francis Benhamou, Nancy Robinette, Kenneth Tigar, Ari Brand, Pierre Epstein, Peyton Lusk, and Richard Josh was holding it close. Foss' eclectic music underscores Rich's funny and poignant journey to fatherhood. And then because the pandemic happened, we both had the time to really work on it. He was really amazing. He had a mind that was brilliant and fingers that could play I dont know if youve ever heard him play or listened to something. March 23 May 19, free (donations accepted) And then, of course, a month later, theyre, like, Yeah, were not going to do the workshop in July. They want to do a workshop in July and then well go into rehearsal in September and run till Christmas. 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. rt: Exactly. Check out Richard Topol's Bio Now I think because they had intended originally to produce it live, they had invested in it as fully and fulsomely as you do for a whole theater piece. Rich Topol debuted his intimate one-person show at Portland Stage in November (photo by No Umbrella Media LLC). - present) (1 child) See also Primary Stages presents the World Premiere of Bronx Bombers, written and directed by Tony Award nominee Eric Simonson (Broadway's Lombardi). Get the fuck out of here. 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. The Makeover. Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. Then we got into the rehearsal space in December. twi-ny: Its been very strange. I was like, No, no, no, no, no. So it was thrilling to be back in a theater on a stage with a live audience, even though they were masked. rt: He does a great job of giving everybody a valid argument. And then the testing protocols, were getting tested every day, and you cant come into the room until youve tested negative, and, knock wood, thats been it. So Ill tell you. And he told me about how much fun it was doing that. And so what to do about that? Off-Broadway: Richard Topol has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows. Im just some guy . Hes really, really, really kind to all his characters. 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. Christmas in Conway. For the last six and a half weeks, we have been safe and weve been able to do it. But Im also not religious. Rich Topol is third guy from the right in cast and crew photo from Prayer for the French Republic opening night (photo 2022 by Daniel Rader). Right. During our wide-ranging Zoom conversation, Topol is thoughtful and generous, laughing and smiling . I tapped him on the shoulder during intermission and told him that I had just seen him at the Signature in A. R. Gurneys The Wayside Motor Inn and had enjoyed his performance. The show closed on March 12. Everybody did keep their masks on, but there were some drinking and eating. I feel like the Jews, the Jews get it, the New York Jews get it, or they have really strong opinions about it. Im no Josh Harmon. Like in Joshs play, he was one of those people, a German Jew in Berlin who got out. Its a symbol, a metaphor for the journey of our family. Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. He escaped the Nazis. Richard Topol, John Douglas Thompson, Kristen Connolly, and Sam Waterston in King Lear, directed by James Macdonald, running at The Public Theater through November 20. So we had a lot of time processing it with Josh and helping him wrangle this epic piece into what you saw. And I wanted to be his friend. And then another few months later we did the third. Im a tree worshiper. Jason Alexander Returns to Broadway in Larry David's Comedy Play, VIDEO: Jason Alexander Talks FISH IN THE DARK; Performs Magic Act on 'Live', VIDEO: Jason Alexander and Larry David Talk FISH IN THE DARK on 'Tonight', BWW TV: Sneak Peek at Primary Stages' BRONX BOMBERS. This is the kind of play that should be running during the election. Photo Coverage: Kelli O'Hara, Sam Waterston & More Open KING LEAR at the Public! And Josh had done some incredible things. Rich Topol poses with a hot car on set of EPIX series Godfather of Harlem. So then the pandemic hit and immediately I got the virus. Lets take that idea of writing and switch over to Prayer for the French Republic, which is exquisitely written. . Hes really, really, really kind to all his characters. twi-ny: If Lukas were still around to see you in the show, would he be happy with your piano playing? 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? We dont know when but were still committed to doing the play. So weve been careful and thoughtful and fortunate, and I hope we continue to be so. I think of myself as spiritual and, not to be too woo-woo, I believe in the earth. Ive also actually played a lot of Jewish narrators who step into the play. The Unbelieving by Marin Gazzaniga (So Close) and directed by Steve Cosson (Whisper House). If youre a WASP from white privilege, maybe you look at this play and think, like Patrick, Whats the big deal, you know? Where I feel most soulful and spiritual is when Ive climbed a mountain and I feel small in relation to a large, amazing thing. twi-ny: You guys were great. Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. And so, kicking and screaming, it became more and more about my relationship to Lukas and then my relationship to fatherhood. Richard Topol is an actor. I was doing Anatomy of a Suicide at the Atlantic Theater Company. 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. I had symptoms on the ides of March, on the 15th of March, and I was in bed for nineteen days with Covid-19. twi-ny: You guys were great. He had a really interesting life and a really challenging death. Thats the way I connect to religion. 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. . I went to a concert where everybody had to be masked and there were some empty seats, but it was pretty much sold out. Ive always had this obsession with searching for a father and he was my father-in-law, so lets do that. 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. Rich Topol plays nonreligious narrator Patrick Salomon in Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere (photo by Matthew Murphy), PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC And there were conversations among the cast about, Well, what do we do at home? Then we got into the rehearsal space in December. Lets do what we can. Willy was like, I want to write a one-man show for you. Hes an extremely amiable mensch who clearly loves his chosen profession. Josh is a writer. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus. Willy and I had been talking about this play for a number of years. twi-ny: Okay, for my last question, I have a sort of bone to pick with you. twi-ny: You finally returned to the stage in November in Portland with Searching for Mr. People who know me and my life saw it. They produced Lanford Wilsons Talleys Folly they cast a married couple who played the two parts. Richard Topol was born, is Actor, Miscellaneous Crew. Just last night, Manhattan Theatre Club celebrated opening night of the Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. And thoughtful in allowing them to be really articulate people who have really strong opinions, and those opinions are different. 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. But still there was that sense of, Whos producing a new eleven-person play, with nobody famous? And then Anita gave us a shot. Showing Editorial results for richard topol. I love the progression of the piano in the play. It felt to me that it was really important that this play be put up during the election. I think of myself as Jew-ish. It was really satisfying to do. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Richard Topol Family (1) Spouse Eliza Foss (I) (? Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards! twi-ny: A lot of people still feel that way. Photo Flash: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE on Broadway - Production Shots! rt: We were wearing masks around the table. Behind him in his living room is a landscape by his mother-in-law, the painter and teacher Cornelia (Brendel) Foss. I play my mother, I play my wife, I play my mother-in-law. twi-ny: You finally returned to the stage in November in Portland with Searching for Mr. It was so satisfying. And then the symptoms were gone. Because when I became a Yankees fan, the Yankee sucked. And I survived. The truth is, most of the play, I play other people. Michael 3 episodes, 2018 Saul Rubinek . I was like, No, no, no. And so initially we decided it would be about Lukas Foss, who was my father-in-law, a really interesting man who had a really interesting life. 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. rt: Yeah. I am pleasantly surprised at how many hundreds of people are coming to see the show every day. Are you Jewish, or is it just a coincidence that you play a lot of Jews? All events can be watched for free on YouTube, although donations will be accepted, to be split between the Acting Company and Jeffrey Wrights Brooklyn for Life!, a nonprofit that supports Brooklyn health-care workers and small businesses, primarily restaurants. We dont know when but were still committed to doing the play. It is a really challenging piece of theater and really satisfying to act in. 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. Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. It went really well and theyre, like, We want to produce this and we have a slot. The actor was ecstatic as he began his journey to fatherhood, it had been greatly anticipated, so when it eventually happened, he became dedicated to the course. Here we have been waiting for so long to do it. So thats the sort of glib answer. Is it just Jewy enough? rt: I think he would be disappointed. But even though theyre being Covid careful, they have diminished audiences because there are a lot of people who feel, Im not going to see a play. And in the scenes where I play myself, most of that writing is me, having written down my versions of stories that Ive experienced. And I survived. "Like. 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Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of REGRETS, the new play by Matt Charman, directed by Carolyn Cantor will open tonight, Tuesday, March 27 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). Photo Coverage: On the Opening Night Red Carpet for Public Theater's OTHELLO at Shakespeare in the Park! Simple Persistence: Are Hysteresis and Unit-Root Processes Observationally Equivalent? It doesnt have any songs . We did that reading and I think it confirmed for Manhattan Theatre Club and for Josh that he had latched on to something incredible. 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? I was in The Chosen a couple of times [Theres a knock at the door and Topol gets up to answer it, then returns.] Where I feel most soulful and spiritual is when Ive climbed a mountain and I feel small in relation to a large, amazing thing. You played Yogi in Bronx Bombers. Lets do what we can. twi-ny: Okay, for my last question, I have a sort of bone to pick with you. He holds an MFA in Acting from NYU's Graduate Acting Program and a BA in Political Science from Brown University. And then the symptoms were gone. So on the one hand, it was incredibly thrilling. Preceded by. Were like, You know what, its not worth it. I love Charles. That was so much fun. twi-ny: I felt that that Josh really attacked the numerous angles of how to look at anti-Semitism and Israel and American Jewry. They want to do a workshop in July and then well go into rehearsal in September and run till Christmas. And then we did a couple of Zoom workshops. It was really satisfying to do. 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 . Here we have been waiting for so long to do it. MTC at New York City Center Stage I I was like, No, no, no. Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. And then a month later, its, Yeah, were not going to do the play in September. Theyre like, To be honest, Charles should be, if not actually North African, at least more Sephardic, more Middle Eastern. Lets take that idea of writing and switch over to Prayer for the French Republic, which is exquisitely written. 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 putting it up and investing in it, saying, Im sorry, this is too important. At that time I was reading Charles, actually. He was beautiful. and Larry Kramers The Normal Heart. 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. 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. Yeah, I love that play. But Im also not religious. He thanked me, saying that he was actually the understudy and that was the only time he had gone on. Shipwreck was the closest to that. 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. rt: Yeah, I know. We have a place upstate that we escaped too, and I got a call two days later from my agents. When they said, Will you read Patrick? That was Buddy Harrelson, Wayne Garrett, Tommie Agee, Jerry Grote. And then one of our stage managers tested positive, and luckily she didnt give it to anybody else. 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. Browse Richard Topol movies and TV shows available on Prime Video and begin streaming right away to your favorite device. So this was the middle of December now, right before Christmas, and shows were going down left and right. But his true love is theater, which he also teaches. I love the progression of the piano in the play. I had symptoms on the ides of March, on the 15th of March, and I was in bed for nineteen days with Covid-19. rt: The short answer is it was great. And putting it up and investing in it, saying, Im sorry, this is too important. rt: Thats when I was a Mets fan. Im like, Okay, sure. You were a Mets fan, then you switched over to the Yankees. The Unbelieving begins previews October 20, 2022, in Theater B and opens October 27 for a run through November 20, 2022. rt: It was miserable. Is it just Jewy enough? What was that like? Richard Topol ("Moshe Sharett") has recently starred in Paula Vogel 's Indecent at the Vineyard Theater and on Broadway, and appeared in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and Fish In The Dark. 212-581-1212 Since then weve bumped into each other a few other times at the theater and discussed various shows wed seen. So that was the very last performance you could do in New York. I read it to myself and I thought, this is the best play Ive read in ten years. rt: I have asked that of my non-Jewish friends. And we were shut down. And again, he didnt give it to anybody else. (l-r front row) - Peyton Lusk, Yair Ben-Dor, Ari Brand, Pierre Epstein, Jeff Seymour, Molly Ranson, Betsy Aidem, Francis And then we did a couple of Zoom workshops. We did the workshop, we did a live reading in front of people. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus. And we spent enough time with it to dig in the way you do in a play. twi-ny: Thats really interesting to me, because you fit so well as Patrick. play by Clifford Odets (Belasco Theatre, New York City, New York, USA). Willy and I had been talking about this play for a number of years. rt: I was born a Jew. And Ive been an actor for over three decades. Manhattan Theatre Clubs world premiere ofPrayer for the French Republic, written by Drama Desk Award winnerJoshua Harmonand directed by Tony Award winnerDavid Cromer, opens tonight, Tuesday, February 1, atNew York City Center Stage I (131 West 55thStreet). www.manhattantheatreclub.com. He loves music, is a fast . 201 Richard Topol Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images All Entertainment News Archival Browse 201 richard topol stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. They hand delivered the scripts to everybodys homes. Its unbelievable. 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