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. The Mets had been to the World Series, right? The play was well received, so I didnt have the experience of Oh, that sucked. So what could it be about. 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! twi-ny: And they all want you to keep doing it. Im no Josh Harmon. If you can listen to him playing on Lenny Bernsteins Age of Anxiety, listen to the piano on that. Willy did most of the writing. as Satine, Exclusive: What Goes Into Casting a Broadway Show? There had been a lot of preparation. So what could it be about. It is a really challenging piece of theater and really satisfying to act in. I had symptoms on the ides of March, on the 15th of March, and I was in bed for nineteen days with Covid-19. BWW TV: Check Out Kelli O'Hara and More in KING LEAR - Performance Highlights! It felt to me that it was really important that this play be put up during the election. and Larry Kramers The Normal Heart. Im a tree worshiper. That is followed March 26-29 with an untitled piece by Joshua David Robinson and Susanna Stahlmann consisting of poems written in response to the protests of the summer of 2020. So it was thrilling to be back in a theater on a stage with a live audience, even though they were masked. During our wide-ranging Zoom conversation, Topol is thoughtful and generous, laughing and smiling . He was beautiful. When they said, Will you read Patrick? Here we have been waiting for so long to do it. Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. 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. Richard Topol's 11 research works with 198 citations and 348 reads, including: Complex Remanence vs. He loves music, is a fast . Originally from Larchmont, NY, he now lives in New York City with his wife, actress Eliza Foss, and their daughter. We would do a weeklong workshop with the first act of the play, then the second act. 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). That was Buddy Harrelson, Wayne Garrett, Tommie Agee, Jerry Grote. I read it to myself and I thought, this is the best play Ive read in ten years. "There were probably a good two dozen words that were a regular part of our household," he says. Im a lefty, so Tug McGraw was my hero. rt: But Willy and I had a lot of time over the pandemic because there wasnt much else to do to finish the play. 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. twi-ny: Which the character Molly agrees with. to Mozart: David Beach Tackles an 'Opus', Photo Coverage: 'Opus' Opens at Primary Stages, Photo Flash: 'Opus' in Previews at Primary Stages. You were a Mets fan, then you switched over to the Yankees. Because when I became a Yankees fan, the Yankee sucked. And Josh had done some incredible things. Its a short question, right? More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Add to list Photos 17 Known for Lincoln 7.3 James Speed 2012 I met him once at a Mickey Mantle Foundation dinner at Gracie Mansion. He has appeared on Broadway numerous times, most recently this past season as Lemml in Paula Vogel's Indecent, with Larry David in Fish in the Dark, with Al Pacino in Merchant of Venice, with Denzel Washington in Julius Caesar, with Mark Ruffalo in the Tony Award winning revival of Awake and Sing, with Ellen Barkin in the Tony Award winning . I didnt have it like Danny Burstein; I didnt have to go to the hospital. We thought, Okay, thats an interesting idea for a play. Is this too Jewy? Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. rt: Exactly. Because its a great joy to do this play. Although my mother came and saw the show. Itll be sometime in 2021. 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. BWW TV: Performance Highlights from MTC's REGRETS! And the play started to be about that. I got bar mitzvahed. Intense. I did go see Hot Tuna and David Bromberg. Home My Books And so it was the worst it could be without being bad. twi-ny: Which the character Molly agrees with. Click below to watch a montage of Alexander in the show! I mean, I enjoyed working as opposed to not working. So this was the middle of December now, right before Christmas, and shows were going down left and right. And then Willys like, Come on, come on. 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. Tuesday Sunday through March 27, $99 Rich Topol debuted his intimate one-person show at Portland Stage in November (photo by No Umbrella Media LLC). 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. rt: There was a computer open and his computerized voice would come through. rt: Yeah, I know. I love the progression of the piano in the play. rt: Thats when I was a Mets fan. And we were shut down. twi-ny: If Lukas were still around to see you in the show, would he be happy with your piano playing? My father died in 1975; I dont remember whether I jumped ship in 74 or 75. twi-ny: As a listener, I felt it Shipwreck was one of the audio plays that worked the best during the lockdown. Learn more about Richard Topol - movies and shows, full bio, photos, videos, and more at TV Guide And so I was like, Okay, fine. This is the kind of play that should be running during the election. MTC at New York City Center Stage I twi-ny: Thats really interesting to me, because you fit so well as Patrick. 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. They want to do a workshop in July and then well go into rehearsal in September and run till Christmas. Lets take that idea of writing and switch over to Prayer for the French Republic, which is exquisitely written. Searching to find out more about Richard Topol? Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. And audiences have come. So we had a lot of time processing it with Josh and helping him wrangle this epic piece into what you saw. So on the one hand, it was incredibly thrilling. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus. So that was the very last performance you could do in New York. 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. I was in The Chosen a couple of times [Theres a knock at the door and Topol gets up to answer it, then returns.] Richard Topol attending the 56th Annual Drama Desk Award Nominees Reception at Bombay Palace in New York City. Francis Benhamou, Jeff Seymour and Yair Ben Dor in Prayer for the French Republic (courtesy of Matthew Murphy). 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. And for those of us whod been with it for two years, were like, Oh my God, were finally getting to do it. The Public took a lot of care in making it. But I feel like he shouldnt be a better piano player than I am in this play. Josh is a writer. That was Buddy Harrelson, Wayne Garrett, Tommie Agee, Jerry Grote. 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 then one of our stage managers tested positive, and luckily she didnt give it to anybody else. Thats the way I connect to religion. Topol was raised in Mamaroneck and lost his father when he was twelve. Willy and I had been talking about this play for a number of years. Bronx Bombers runs through October 19 at Primary Stages at The Duke on 42nd Street. We do not want to be shut down. Rich Topol meets Yogi Berra on opening night of Bronx Bombers (photo David Gordon). And I survived. Preceded by. And thoughtful in allowing them to be really articulate people who have really strong opinions, and those opinions are different. Wilson (Happy Now? And I wanted to be his friend. At that time I was reading Charles, actually. Hes really, really, really kind to all his characters. He was really amazing. Where I feel most soulful and spiritual is when Ive climbed a mountain and I feel small in relation to a large, amazing thing. What was that like? Rich Topol poses with a hot car on set of EPIX series Godfather of Harlem. Remember Sunday is a 2013 American romantic drama film directed by Jeff Bleckner, written by Michael Kase and Barry Morrow, and starring Zachary Levi and Alexis Bledel. Josh was holding it close. I dont subscribe there. rt: I have asked that of my non-Jewish friends. And so the guy lost his physical abilities and his mental abilities. It doesnt have any songs . rt: It was miserable. 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 we did a couple of Zoom workshops. And so what to do about that? I read it to myself and I thought, this is the best play Ive read in ten years. During the pandemic, they are looking inside artistic creation with In Process, a series of online presentations written by and starring alumni. 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. Check out Richard Topol's Bio Now And then when we started up on our feet, we were unmasked, for those who were comfortable with that. 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. twi-ny: Its been very strange. (l-r front row) - Peyton Lusk, Yair Ben-Dor, Ari Brand, Pierre Epstein, Jeff Seymour, Molly Ranson, Betsy Aidem, Francis But still there was that sense of, Whos producing a new eleven-person play, with nobody famous? But were still on track for the fall. Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Indecent . rt: Right. Hes really, really, really kind to all his characters. It was a really great time. 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: Exactly. 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. 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 . Maybe Im fooling myself. Or Mark Blum, a lovely man who lost his life to it. rt: Right. rt: We were wearing masks around the table. He looked up, put on a big smile, and said in that Yogi way, No ones asked me about that in years. Im like, Why is my agent calling me? . We do not want to shut this play down. And so actually the last few days of rehearsal and through tech, he watched the play like this. They produced Lanford Wilsons Talleys Folly they cast a married couple who played the two parts. 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