I play my mother, I play my wife, I play my mother-in-law. (l-r front row) - Peyton Lusk, Yair Ben-Dor, Ari Brand, Pierre Epstein, Jeff Seymour, Molly Ranson, Betsy Aidem, Francis What was the rehearsal process like? Im hoping to bring the show to New York, but I think doing it here, thatll be scary. And audiences have come. I got bar mitzvahed. He covered everything. Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. to Mozart: David Beach Tackles an 'Opus', Photo Coverage: 'Opus' Opens at Primary Stages, Photo Flash: 'Opus' in Previews at Primary Stages. I play my mother, I play my wife, I play my mother-in-law. 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. Im no Josh Harmon. And then when we started up on our feet, we were unmasked, for those who were comfortable with that. It was a really great time. He had a really interesting life and a really challenging death. We did the kind of work that you do in a play before you get up on your feet. But were still on track for the fall. And we were shut down. We started first day of rehearsal learning about the Covid protocols, getting tested regularly. 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 . So weve been careful and thoughtful and fortunate, and I hope we continue to be so. But at that point were like, Okay, were just wearing masks the whole time. Willy and I had been talking about this play for a number of years. I dont subscribe there. So thats the sort of glib answer. There had been a lot of preparation. 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 Photo Flash: MERCHANT Of VENICE in Rehearsal! 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. It is a really challenging piece of theater and really satisfying to act in. And then a month later, its, Yeah, were not going to do the play in September. If you can listen to him playing on Lenny Bernsteins Age of Anxiety, listen to the piano on that. 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? I mean, I enjoyed working as opposed to not working. I was in The Chosen a couple of times [Theres a knock at the door and Topol gets up to answer it, then returns.] . My wife came and saw the show. But still there was that sense of, Whos producing a new eleven-person play, with nobody famous? Its a short question, right? rt: Right. Is it just Jewy enough? 59E59 Theaters and The Civilians have announced the full cast & creative team for So we had a lot of time processing it with Josh and helping him wrangle this epic piece into what you saw. twi-ny: Which the character Molly agrees with. We did a workshop right before the pandemic hit in-person. 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. Broadway: Lemml in Indecent (Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination), Larry David's Fish in the Dark, The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino, Tony-winning revivals Awake & Sing! And I asked him about managing the 73 Mets. They bicycled around Manhattan delivering the scripts because they didnt want to email them. When they said, Will you read Patrick? Yeah, I love that play. It felt to me that it was really important that this play be put up during the election. Its interesting because it connects to the father thing. We would do a weeklong workshop with the first act of the play, then the second act. rt: We were wearing masks around the table. Its a symbol, a metaphor for the journey of our family. Foss' eclectic music underscores Rich's funny and poignant journey to fatherhood. twi-ny: Jon Stewart would ask, is it too Jewy? 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. He was really amazing. Even those people understand, given what weve lived with, at least certainly for the last few years. They produced a lot of one-person shows. Were already verklempt about it. Tuesday Sunday through March 27, $99 We have a place upstate that we escaped too, and I got a call two days later from my agents. But his true love is theater, which he also teaches. rt: He was really sweet and really happy to be there and to be seeing this play with his wife, Carmen, having this stuff brought to life. rt: Exactly. You were a Mets fan, then you switched over to the Yankees. rt: He was really sweet and really happy to be there and to be seeing this play with his wife, Carmen, having this stuff brought to life. But the larger questions that Josh asks in the play relate to almost everyone. He doesnt take over the family business. 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. Plays Sam Feinschreiber in "Awake and Sing!" 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. Im always curious about what my non-Jewish friends who come and see the show think of it. Im not going to risk that. Im a tree worshiper. That was so much fun. Rich Topol plays nonreligious narrator Patrick Salomon in Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere (photo by Matthew Murphy), PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 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. I am pleasantly surprised at how many hundreds of people are coming to see the show every day. And in the scenes where I play myself, most of that writing is me, having written down my versions of stories that Ive experienced. Now, of course, Im totally madly in love with Patrick and I wouldnt have it any other way. The show closed on March 12. 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. I love acting with other people, and it cant be about me because Im not interesting. twi-ny: I felt that that Josh really attacked the numerous angles of how to look at anti-Semitism and Israel and American Jewry. twi-ny: And they all want you to keep doing it. 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. 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. Produced by Daryl Roth and directed by Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart began performances on Tuesday, April 19 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street) and opened to rave reviews on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. richard topol: Oh my God! The Public took a lot of care in making it. Yeah, I love that play. twi-ny: A lot of people still feel that way. 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). We did the workshop, we did a live reading in front of people. twi-ny: You guys were great. www.manhattantheatreclub.com. I did go see Hot Tuna and David Bromberg. Were going to put this play up. But at that point were like, Okay, were just wearing masks the whole time. But his true love is theater, which he also teaches. Click below to watch a montage of Alexander in the show! And then another few months later we did the third. 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 without, I think, insulting anyone and without becoming didactic and preachy. I had symptoms on the ides of March, on the 15th of March, and I was in bed for nineteen days with Covid-19. Or is it not? This is the kind of play that should be running during the election. Richard Topol was born, is Actor, Miscellaneous Crew. Michael Panay 3 episodes, 2018-2019 After a break, In Process returns April 21-25 with Muse, a new play written and directed by Tom Alan Robbins, starring Dakin Matthews as a painter and Helen Cespedes as an aspiring artist and his inspiration, followed May 24 with a virtual adaptation of Nilo Cruzs Pulitzer-winning Anna in the Tropics, directed by Alejandro Rodriguez. play by Clifford Odets (Belasco Theatre, New York City, New York, USA). He looked up, put on a big smile, and said in that Yogi way, No ones asked me about that in years. His father, Jacob Topol, was Russian and in the early 1930s immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, where he worked as a plasterer; [4] [5] he also served in the Haganah paramilitary organization. Lived In Crawfordville FL, Lakeland FL. I felt more exposed than Id ever felt before in my life. The Public took a lot of care in making it. Itll be sometime in 2021. 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. On Sunday night, June 12th, the Broadway premiere production of Larry Kramer's ground-breaking play The Normal Heart took home the Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Play, Best Featured Actor in a Play (John Benjamin Hickey) and Best Featured Actress in a Play (Ellen Barkin). 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). We dont know when but were still committed to doing the play. Jason Alexander stopped by this week's 'LIVE' and spoke about taking over the lead role for Larry David in Broadway's FISH IN THE DARK. They want to do a workshop in July and then well go into rehearsal in September and run till Christmas. twi-ny: Thats really interesting to me, because you fit so well as Patrick. He had a really interesting life and a really challenging death. Right. Known For The Good Doctor Lincoln Malcolm in the Middle The Blacklist Ghost Whisperer Elementary Manifest Curb Your Enthusiasm Acting 2016 Indignation as Mo Greenberg 2005 Ghost Whisperer ( 1 episode) as James Sutherland 1999 Mickey Blue Eyes as FBI Chef in Truck 1995 Party Girl as Hannah Buff 1994 twi-ny: Jon Stewart would ask, is it too Jewy? Now, of course, Im totally madly in love with Patrick and I wouldnt have it any other way. They produced Lanford Wilsons Talleys Folly they cast a married couple who played the two parts. But then I went to a hockey game and sixteen thousand people are screaming, no masks, lots of eating and drinking. rt: Well, it started actually in August of 2019, when Josh had been commissioned by Manhattan Theater Club to write a play. But then I went to a hockey game and sixteen thousand people are screaming, no masks, lots of eating and drinking. And the play started to be about that. I got the feeling that this was a group of actors working in tandem. 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. I did go see Hot Tuna and David Bromberg. And we were shut down. The ones who are not Jews often say how the Jews in the play are just a specific example of the larger issue of otherness. And the play started to be about that. Larry David and Jason Alexander stopped by last night's TONIGHT SHOW to talk to Jimmy about their Broadway play Fish in the Dark. The limited engagement run of the production, originally scheduled through June 7, is extended for six weeks through Sunday, July 19. By Steve Feeney Share Rich. 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 language flowed more naturally to Richard Topol, whose grandparents all spoke Yiddish. And putting it up and investing in it, saying, Im sorry, this is too important. I love Charles. During our wide-ranging Zoom conversation, Topol is thoughtful and generous, laughing and smiling a lot. 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. rt: No, no, no. No, no, please dont. And we spent enough time with it to dig in the way you do in a play. It was the first production of the first play that Ive ever cowritten. He holds an MFA in Acting from NYU's Graduate Acting Program and a BA in Political Science from Brown University. I was doing Anatomy of a Suicide at the Atlantic Theater Company. I think of myself as Jew-ish. I feel like the Jews, the Jews get it, the New York Jews get it, or they have really strong opinions about it. Here we have been waiting for so long to do it. I felt more exposed than Id ever felt before in my life. No, not from all perspectives, but certainly from a lot of perspectives within the Jewish community. I didnt have it like Danny Burstein; I didnt have to go to the hospital. 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. Since then, The Normal Heart's daily box office wrap has more than tripled from their average daily sales before Sunday's Tony Awards. Are you Jewish, or is it just a coincidence that you play a lot of Jews? And thats how it came to pass, and Anita Stewart, the artistic director of Portland Stage, was just a real cheerleader for the piece. Check out the performance highlights below! He thanked me, saying that he was actually the understudy and that was the only time he had gone on. Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting the world premiere of Prayer for the French Republic, written by Drama Desk Award winner Joshua Harmon and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer. And then Willys like, Come on, come on. 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.. It was so satisfying. The language is so beautiful. It was really satisfying to do. rt: Well, it started actually in August of 2019, when Josh had been commissioned by Manhattan Theater Club to write a play. BroadwayWorld brings you performance highlights below! Learn more about Richard Topol - movies and shows, full bio, photos, videos, and more at TV Guide Rich Topol debuted his intimate one-person show at Portland Stage in November (photo by No Umbrella Media LLC). The Unbelieving is now officially open, and will run through November 20, 2022. twi-ny: A lot of people still feel that way. 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. Thats the way I connect to religion. Richard Thomas . Because when I became a Yankees fan, the Yankee sucked. Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for the 62nd Annual Obie Awards! I met him once at a Mickey Mantle Foundation dinner at Gracie Mansion. He came in with his finished draft and we did a reading of it, prepandemic and in-person. Richard became a father at 50 and named his firstborn after his dad. They produced a lot of one-person shows. rt: The short answer is it was great. Wayne Alan Wilcox, Richard Topol, Jim Parsons, Ellen Barkin, Joe Mantello attending the Broadway Opening Night Performance for 'The Normal Heart' in New York City. Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of Lincoln Center Theater's ADMISSIONS, Photo Flash: Billy Crudup, Phillipa Soo, Steven Pasquale, Sutton Foster and More Celebrate HARRY CLARKE Opening Off-Broadway, Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for Opening Night of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. 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. rt: Thank you. rt: Exactly, the third guy from the left. Behind him in his living room is a landscape by his mother-in-law, the painter and teacher Cornelia (Brendel) Foss. When they said, Will you read Patrick? and Larry Kramers The Normal Heart. 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. And I asked him about managing the 73 Mets. Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. rt: Yes, well, thats what Willy said. The production opened Tuesday, February 1 at New York City Center Stage I (131 West 55th Street). twi-ny: As a listener, I felt it Shipwreck was one of the audio plays that worked the best during the lockdown. Thats the way I connect to religion. He came in with his finished draft and we did a reading of it, prepandemic and in-person. rt: I think he would be disappointed. And Im not going to any of that stuff. Everybody did keep their masks on, but there were some drinking and eating. rt: Thats when I was a Mets fan. It went really well and theyre, like, We want to produce this and we have a slot. So then the pandemic hit and immediately I got the virus. Its unbelievable. The show closed on March 12. Even those people understand, given what weve lived with, at least certainly for the last few years. Were going to put this play up. 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. Lets do what we can. MTC at New York City Center Stage I Although my mother came and saw the show. What was the experience like sharing your life, in person, in front of people, back onstage? And so I was so excited to be part of the beginning of it. This is your first one-man show, which you wrote with Willy Holtzman, a two-time Pulitzer nominee. One of his best friends - Rehavam ("Ghandi") Ze'evi, a minister in the Israeli government, was murdered in 2001 by a Palestinian terrorist. Primary Stages presents the World Premiere of Bronx Bombers, written and directed by Tony Award nominee Eric Simonson (Broadway's Lombardi). 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. rt: I was born a Jew. And I survived. 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. That was Buddy Harrelson, Wayne Garrett, Tommie Agee, Jerry Grote. And for those of us whod been with it for two years, were like, Oh my God, were finally getting to do it. twi-ny: I felt that that Josh really attacked the numerous angles of how to look at anti-Semitism and Israel and American Jewry. I feel like the Jews, the Jews get it, the New York Jews get it, or they have really strong opinions about it. Maybe Im fooling myself. So this was the middle of December now, right before Christmas, and shows were going down left and right. But I feel like he shouldnt be a better piano player than I am in this play. Im a tree hugger. 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. rt: Exactly. Hes an extremely amiable mensch who clearly loves his chosen profession. and Larry Kramers The Normal Heart. Latest News on Richard Topol: Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of THE UNBELIEVING at 59E59 Theaters (Oct 31, 2022) Review: THE UNBELIEVING at 59E59 Theaters- Compelling Play Presents A Meaningful. 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. Even though he wasnt Jewish; he didnt think of himself as a Jew. 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. www.youtube.com. Willy and I had been talking about this play for a number of years. Josh is a writer. Lets take that idea of writing and switch over to Prayer for the French Republic, which is exquisitely written. April 21, 2013. Topol was born on September 9, 1935, in Tel Aviv, [1] [3] in what was then Mandatory Palestine (now Israel ). Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. It felt to me that it was really important that this play be put up during the election. And then the symptoms were gone. twi-ny: And they all want you to keep doing it. But Im also not religious. rt: Exactly, the third guy from the left. Manhattan Theatre Club KING LEAR will run through Sunday, November 20 in The Public's Newman Theater and opened last night, November 8. All materials copyright 2021 by Mark Rifkin / This Week in New York, THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE CITY SINCE 2001, TWI-NY TALK: RICHARD TOPOL PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, this week in lectures, signings, panel discussions, workshops, and Q&As. rt: Right. So Ill tell you. And he told me about how much fun it was doing that. rt: Yeah. Shipwreck was the closest we got to working on a play because we rehearsed for a couple of weeks and it felt like, Okay, Im going to rehearsal today. He covered everything. So that was the very last performance you could do in New York. Richard Topol has not appeared in the West End. Then we did a couple of workshops that fall and then at the end of February of 2020. 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. At that time I was reading Charles, actually. It was this biodrama about Lukas and it was missing something. rt: Yeah, I know. 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. Rich Topol poses with a hot car on set of EPIX series Godfather of Harlem. 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. So that was the very last performance you could do in New York. But the larger questions that Josh asks in the play relate to almost everyone. 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. RICHARD TOPOL. Im a tree hugger. 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. Tuesday Sunday through March 27, $99 I was in The Chosen a couple of times [Theres a knock at the door and Topol gets up to answer it, then returns.] Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. I read it to myself and I thought, this is the best play Ive read in ten years. I know I was a Mets fan in 73, and then we moved, and my next-door neighbor was a Yankees fan. So on the one hand, it was incredibly thrilling. 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. 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. 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. Richard Topol is an actor who guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Tony Award winner Santino Fontana (Tootsie) will star in the new play The Pianist as Szpilman in a by-invitation only development reading Thursday June 23 in NYC. twi-ny: Yes they had, with Yogi Berra as manager. And we spent enough time with it to dig in the way you do in a play. Im just some guy . 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 . Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. During our wide-ranging Zoom conversation, Topol is thoughtful and generous, laughing and smiling . And so it was the worst it could be without being bad. He was really amazing. The Acting Company Wilson (Happy Now? 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