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. Photo Coverage: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE After Party. We did the workshop, we did a live reading in front of people. Related To Adriana Topol, Jeffrey Topol, Margaret Topol, Amy Topol, Herbert Topol. At least in that experience I can cut myself some slack. I sing well, and maybe Im justifying, but I feel like I play and sing just well enough but not too well for who he is. Now, of course, Im totally madly in love with Patrick and I wouldnt have it any other way. It was a really great time. rt: I was born a Jew. In the video below, Patrick Healy visited the Tony Award-winning revival of 'The Normal Heart' to see if its relevant to younger gay people today. 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. 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. Benhamou, Kenneth Tigar, Richard Topol, Nancy Robinette Itll be sometime in 2021. rt: Right. twi-ny: You guys were great. The Unbelieving begins previews October 20, 2022, in Theater B and opens October 27 for a run through November 20, 2022. Get 5 free searches. RICHARD TOPOL. Richard Thomas . It doesnt have any songs . Photo Flash: Sam Waterston, Kelli O'Hara Michael McKean & More in KING LEAR at the Public! Photo Coverage: Opening Night at Awake and Sing! If youre a WASP from white privilege, maybe you look at this play and think, like Patrick, Whats the big deal, you know? Bronx Bombers runs through October 19 at Primary Stages at The Duke on 42nd Street. Is this too Jewy? Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for Vineyard Theatre's Spring Gala! Im like, Why is my agent calling me? Irish Repertory Theatre has announced the return of special audio event, Bikeman by Thomas F. Flynn, directed by Joseph Discher, produced by Robert Cuccioli, and featuring Robert Cuccioli, Stephen Eng, April Ortiz & Richard Topol. twi-ny: And they all want you to keep doing it. 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: The short answer is it was great. to Mozart: David Beach Tackles an 'Opus', Photo Coverage: 'Opus' Opens at Primary Stages, Photo Flash: 'Opus' in Previews at Primary Stages. And thoughtful in allowing them to be really articulate people who have really strong opinions, and those opinions are different. 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. When they said, Will you read Patrick? He holds an MFA in Acting from NYU's Graduate Acting Program and a BA in Political Science from Brown University. twi-ny: Jon Stewart would ask, is it too Jewy? So Ill tell you. And he told me about how much fun it was doing that. And then because the pandemic happened, we both had the time to really work on it. Its a short question, right? No, no, please dont. And I thought, Oh, thats perfect. Im a tree hugger. We did that reading and I think it confirmed for Manhattan Theatre Club and for Josh that he had latched on to something incredible. So thats the sort of glib answer. 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. He came in with his finished draft and we did a reading of it, prepandemic and in-person. 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. And thats when [director David] Cromer came on board. richard topol: Oh my God! Because its a great joy to do this play. 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. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Richard Topol Family (1) Spouse Eliza Foss (I) (? I had symptoms on the ides of March, on the 15th of March, and I was in bed for nineteen days with Covid-19. We would do a weeklong workshop with the first act of the play, then the second act. Home My Books That was Buddy Harrelson, Wayne Garrett, Tommie Agee, Jerry Grote. And putting it up and investing in it, saying, Im sorry, this is too important. He had Parkinsons disease. The show closed on March 12. What was the rehearsal process like? . You were a Mets fan, then you switched over to the Yankees. Lets take that idea of writing and switch over to Prayer for the French Republic, which is exquisitely written. But were still on track for the fall. Im a tree worshiper. 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. 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 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. But the larger questions that Josh asks in the play relate to almost everyone. Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. Im a lefty, so Tug McGraw was my hero. I mean, I also shot some TV shows over the course of the pandemic, so all of the Zoom stuff felt more like the way an actor like me connects to short-term work. Willy and I had been talking about this play for a number of years. And then Willys like, Come on, come on. I think of myself as Jew-ish. BWW TV: Performance Highlights from MTC's REGRETS! And so the guy lost his physical abilities and his mental abilities. Ive always had this obsession with searching for a father and he was my father-in-law, so lets do that. 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. 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! Richard Topol is an actor. Theater review: Richard Topol explores his roles as father and son at Portland Stage The Broadway actor's one-man show, 'Searching for Mr. Moon,' is autobiographical. So what could it be about. 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. Photo Flash: MERCHANT Of VENICE in Rehearsal! I love the progression of the piano in the play. I met him once at a Mickey Mantle Foundation dinner at Gracie Mansion. 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? 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). During our wide-ranging Zoom conversation, Topol is thoughtful and generous, laughing and smiling a lot. 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. 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. It was a really great time. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus. Richard Topol's next show will be The Unbelieving which opens on 10/27/2022 on Off-Broadway. Thats the exterminator, not exterminating Jews but exterminating bugs that Nazis would think are like Jews. And again, he didnt give it to anybody else. Everybody did keep their masks on, but there were some drinking and eating. Right. And so the ones that I was willing to share were the ones that couldnt be avoided and, I guess, were the most important. Its interesting because it connects to the father thing. 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 . Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. in MTC's REGRETS. But his true love is theater, which he also teaches. Topol was born on September 9, 1935, in Tel Aviv, [1] [3] in what was then Mandatory Palestine (now Israel ). 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. 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. 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. twi-ny: Which the character Molly agrees with. In addition to his film and television credits, 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 in The Merchant of Venice, with Denzel Washington in Julius Caesar, with Mark . Browse Richard Topol movies and TV shows available on Prime Video and begin streaming right away to your favorite device. Intense. www.manhattantheatreclub.com. Tuesday Sunday through March 27, $99 Now, of course, Im totally madly in love with Patrick and I wouldnt have it any other way. Were going to put this play up. We did the kind of work that you do in a play before you get up on your feet. They want to do a workshop in July and then well go into rehearsal in September and run till Christmas. He shouldnt be a lounge singer. And then one of our stage managers tested positive, and luckily she didnt give it to anybody else. Ive also actually played a lot of Jewish narrators who step into the play. He covered everything. From March 23 to 26, you can stream Luis Quinteros Hip Hop Therapy, a preview of a concept album in which Nick Bottom from A Midsummer Nights Dream is a therapist for out-of-work actors. And Ive been an actor for over three decades. Even though he wasnt Jewish; he didnt think of himself as a Jew. 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. Then we did a couple of workshops that fall and then at the end of February of 2020. Get the fuck out of here. And I asked him about managing the 73 Mets. But were still on track for the fall. No, not from all perspectives, but certainly from a lot of perspectives within the Jewish community. rt: Exactly, the third guy from the left. www.youtube.com. 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. They bicycled around Manhattan delivering the scripts because they didnt want to email them. Im just some guy . And so I was so excited to be part of the beginning of it. And then we did a couple of Zoom workshops. 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. This is your first one-man show, which you wrote with Willy Holtzman, a two-time Pulitzer nominee. Shipwreck was the closest to that. And then we did a couple of Zoom workshops. 59E59 Theaters and The Civilians have announced the full cast . 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. 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. 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). 59E59 Theaters and The Civiliansis presentingThe Unbelieving by Marin Gazzaniga (So Close) and directed by Steve Cosson (Whisper House). (l-r backrow) " David Cromer, Pierre Epstein, Jeff Seymour, Molly Ranson, Betsy Aidem, twi-ny: So you played Yogi, and then you met him on opening night of the show. So on the one hand, it was incredibly thrilling. And then when we started up on our feet, we were unmasked, for those who were comfortable with that. We thought, Okay, thats an interesting idea for a play. Im hoping to bring the show to New York, but I think doing it here, thatll be scary. So we had a lot of time processing it with Josh and helping him wrangle this epic piece into what you saw. 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. - present) (1 child) See also I got the feeling that this was a group of actors working in tandem. I read it to myself and I thought, this is the best play Ive read in ten years. Featuring Broadway Star Richard Topol At the moment of his daughter's birth, Rich Topol searches for a father to replace the one he lost and finds two - his famous father-in-law Lukas Foss and himself. We do not want to shut this play down. I remember at the time talking with people and saying, Oh my God, this is the longest period of time between . at Primary Stages, Broadway's The Big Knife,Glengarry Glen Ross) as Babe Ruth. My father died in 1975; I dont remember whether I jumped ship in 74 or 75. twi-ny: I felt that that Josh really attacked the numerous angles of how to look at anti-Semitism and Israel and American Jewry. What was the experience like sharing your life, in person, in front of people, back onstage? My father died in 1975; I dont remember whether I jumped ship in 74 or 75. And in the scenes where I play myself, most of that writing is me, having written down my versions of stories that Ive experienced. I had symptoms on the ides of March, on the 15th of March, and I was in bed for nineteen days with Covid-19. 131 West 55th St. between Sixth & Seventh Aves. Like in Joshs play, he was one of those people, a German Jew in Berlin who got out. And we spent enough time with it to dig in the way you do in a play. Rich Topol starred as stage manager Lemml in Indecent (photo by Carol Rosegg). KING LEAR will run through Sunday, November 20 in The Public's Newman Theater and opened last night, November 8. I think of myself as spiritual and, not to be too woo-woo, I believe in the earth. He holds an MFA in Acting from NYU's Graduate Acting Program and a BA in Political Science from Brown University. rt: I was born a Jew. twi-ny: A lot of people still feel that way. 212-581-1212 Lets take that idea of writing and switch over to Prayer for the French Republic, which is exquisitely written. rt: Right. Ive been to some plays where Im sitting right next to total strangers and everybody has their mask on, and this was the same. rt: I think he would be disappointed. 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). And then when we started up on our feet, we were unmasked, for those who were comfortable with that. We have a place upstate that we escaped too, and I got a call two days later from my agents. But still there was that sense of, Whos producing a new eleven-person play, with nobody famous? The business is entirely shut down. twi-ny: Which the character Molly agrees with. So that was the very last performance you could do in New York. Theyre like, To be honest, Charles should be, if not actually North African, at least more Sephardic, more Middle Eastern. He shouldnt be a lounge singer. rt: Exactly. I play my mother, I play my wife, I play my mother-in-law. And so, kicking and screaming, it became more and more about my relationship to Lukas and then my relationship to fatherhood. During our wide-ranging Zoom conversation, Topol is thoughtful and generous, laughing and smiling . And then one of our stage managers tested positive, and luckily she didnt give it to anybody else. 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. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. What was the experience like sharing your life, in person, in front of people, back onstage? I mean, come on. Im just some guy . It was a total strikeout. I love the progression of the piano in the play. 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 do not want to be shut down. Its a symbol, a metaphor for the journey of our family. Are you Jewish, or is it just a coincidence that you play a lot of Jews? Frances Benhamou, Kenneth Tigar, Richard Topol, Nancy Robinette, Joshua Harmon Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. Francis Benhamou, Jeff Seymour and Yair Ben Dor in Prayer for the French Republic (courtesy of Matthew Murphy). Rich Topol meets Yogi Berra on opening night of Bronx Bombers (photo David Gordon). Antisemitic Protestors Chant At Audience Outside First Preview Of PARADE, Cooper, Esparza, and More Will Lead OLIVER! Josh was holding it close. I love acting with other people, and it cant be about me because Im not interesting. Richard became a father at 50 and named his firstborn after his dad. Im not going to risk that. He escaped the Nazis. First of all, I dont like one-person shows, I dont like seeing one-person shows; theyre not interesting to me. Behind him in his living room is a landscape by his mother-in-law, the painter and teacher Cornelia (Brendel) Foss. We have a place upstate that we escaped too, and I got a call two days later from my agents. 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. They produced a lot of one-person shows. Michael Panay 3 episodes, 2018-2019 Hes really, really, really kind to all his characters. But then I went to a hockey game and sixteen thousand people are screaming, no masks, lots of eating and drinking. It is unbelievable. (l-r front row) - Peyton Lusk, Yair Ben-Dor, Ari Brand, Molly Ranson, Jeff Seymour, Betsy Aidem, Francis Benhamou, Yair Ben-Dor, Richard Topol, Molly Ranson, Kenneth Topol, Nancy Robinette, Betsy Aidem, Richard Topol, Ari Brand, Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. rt: Yeah. It doesnt have any songs . Yeah, I love that play. 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: I have asked that of my non-Jewish friends. 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. and The Normal Heart, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Cymbeline, The Country Girl, School for Scandal. Michael 3 episodes, 2018 Saul Rubinek . Rich Topol plays nonreligious narrator Patrick Salomon in Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere (photo by Matthew Murphy), PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC But the larger questions that Josh asks in the play relate to almost everyone. 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. What was that like? Why am I doing this play? I mean, I also shot some TV shows over the course of the pandemic, so all of the Zoom stuff felt more like the way an actor like me connects to short-term work. as Satine, Exclusive: What Goes Into Casting a Broadway Show? The show closed on March 12. 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 thanked me, saying that he was actually the understudy and that was the only time he had gone on. I play my father-in-law. So it was thrilling to be back in a theater on a stage with a live audience, even though they were masked. So on the one hand, it was incredibly thrilling. So weve been careful and thoughtful and fortunate, and I hope we continue to be so. And without, I think, insulting anyone and without becoming didactic and preachy. They produced a lot of one-person shows. It goes from Molly just clinking one note to me playing something schematic to Peyton [Lusk] playing that lovely Chopin piece to the end; the piano has a journey too. 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. Lived In Crawfordville FL, Lakeland FL. 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? Rich Topol meets Yogi Berra on opening night of Bronx Bombers (photo David Gordon). 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. The business is entirely shut down. 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. Even those people understand, given what weve lived with, at least certainly for the last few years. Then we got into the rehearsal space in December. I play my father-in-law. 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