Its a short question, right? The Unbelieving by Marin Gazzaniga (So Close) and directed by Steve Cosson (Whisper House). But were still on track for the fall. It was so satisfying. twi-ny: You finally returned to the stage in November in Portland with Searching for Mr. 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. They produced Lanford Wilsons Talleys Folly they cast a married couple who played the two parts. [Director] Saheem Ali was great and it was a great cast, obviously in a really interesting play. 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. 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. I dont subscribe there. I got bar mitzvahed. 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. He doesnt take over the family business. 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. We did the kind of work that you do in a play before you get up on your feet. Christmas in Conway. And for those of us whod been with it for two years, were like, Oh my God, were finally getting to do it. Maybe Im fooling myself. We did the workshop, we did a live reading in front of people. 131 West 55th St. between Sixth & Seventh Aves. Richard Thomas . He covered everything. We did that reading and I think it confirmed for Manhattan Theatre Club and for Josh that he had latched on to something incredible. And so it was the worst it could be without being bad. 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). It was really satisfying to do. 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. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. And then the symptoms were gone. But still there was that sense of, Whos producing a new eleven-person play, with nobody famous? The Makeover. What was the experience like sharing your life, in person, in front of people, back onstage? We thought, Okay, thats an interesting idea for a play. rt: Yeah. Photo Coverage: THE WINTER'S TALE Opens at the Delacorte, Photo Coverage: 'MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA' Opening Night Party, Photo Coverage: A BODY OF WATER Curtain Call and After Party, From 'Mamma Mia!' 212-581-1212 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. I remember at the time talking with people and saying, Oh my God, this is the longest period of time between . 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. Im a tree worshiper. The business is entirely shut down. And so, kicking and screaming, it became more and more about my relationship to Lukas and then my relationship to fatherhood. We do not want to shut this play down. rt: The short answer is it was great. 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. And I survived. 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. If you can listen to him playing on Lenny Bernsteins Age of Anxiety, listen to the piano on that. rt: Right. There had been a lot of preparation. Ive actually asked that of some of my Jewish friends too. And thats how it came to pass, and Anita Stewart, the artistic director of Portland Stage, was just a real cheerleader for the piece. So what could it be about. And so I was like, Okay, fine. All materials copyright 2021 by Mark Rifkin / This Week in New York, THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE CITY SINCE 2001, this week in lectures, signings, panel discussions, workshops, and Q&As. When they said, Will you read Patrick? And I asked him about managing the 73 Mets. I feel like the Jews, the Jews get it, the New York Jews get it, or they have really strong opinions about it. I got bar mitzvahed. April 21, 2013. So that was the very last performance you could do in New York. The Civilians, NYCs highly acclaimed downtown theatre company, is currently presenting The Unbelieving at 59E59 Theaters through November 20th. Is this too Jewy? Intense. I was like, No, no, no, no, no. 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 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 love acting with other people, and it cant be about me because Im not interesting. 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. Im like, Why is my agent calling me? And Im not going to any of that stuff. It was a really great time. Why am I doing this play? 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. 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. No, not from all perspectives, but certainly from a lot of perspectives within the Jewish community. rt: Actually, it sort of timed out pretty well, you know? Itll be sometime in 2021. No, not from all perspectives, but certainly from a lot of perspectives within the Jewish community. 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 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. I think a lot of people forget that. It doesnt have any songs . There had been a lot of preparation. I am pleasantly surprised at how many hundreds of people are coming to see the show every day. We do not want to be shut down. rt: Right. Willy did most of the writing. Look, we live in a world where the hate for other has been unleashed. I mean, come on. rt: It was miserable. At least in that experience I can cut myself some slack. You dont develop a through-line, you dont understand the arc of things. . Bikeman will be available to listen to online on demand from September 8-18, 2022. Even those people understand, given what weve lived with, at least certainly for the last few years. So then the pandemic hit and immediately I got the virus. No, no, please dont. He thanked me, saying that he was actually the understudy and that was the only time he had gone on. Itll be sometime in 2021. Yeah, I love that play. BWW TV Flashback: THE NORMAL HEART Closes Today on Broadway, STAGE TUBE: THE NORMAL HEART and Today's Gay Youth, STAGE TUBE: THE NORMAL HEART Box Office Triples Since Tony Wins; Broadway Community Shows Support, Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. We dont know when but were still committed to doing the play. We dont know when but were still committed to doing the play. You were a Mets fan, then you switched over to the Yankees. 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 got the feeling that this was a group of actors working in tandem. Director David Shore Writers David Shore (teleplay by) At that time I was reading Charles, actually. 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. And so actually the last few days of rehearsal and through tech, he watched the play like this. But then I went to a hockey game and sixteen thousand people are screaming, no masks, lots of eating and drinking. He had Parkinsons disease. The language is so beautiful. 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. Founded in 1972 by John Houseman and Margot Harley, the Tony-winning Acting Company has served as a training ground for hundreds of performers over the years. And Josh had done some incredible things. Get the fuck out of here. Its a symbol, a metaphor for the journey of our family. rt: I have asked that of my non-Jewish friends. The show closed on March 12. 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). Or Mark Blum, a lovely man who lost his life to it. Im not going to risk that. 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. Were like, You know what, its not worth it. So it was thrilling to be back in a theater on a stage with a live audience, even though they were masked. Rich Topol poses with a hot car on set of EPIX series Godfather of Harlem. By Steve Feeney Share Rich. 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. During the pandemic, they are looking inside artistic creation with In Process, a series of online presentations written by and starring alumni. 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. Topol, " Betsy Aidem, Richard Topol, Pierre Epstein, Francis Benhamou It is unbelievable. And so actually the last few days of rehearsal and through tech, he watched the play like this. We did the workshop, we did a live reading in front of people. We would do a weeklong workshop with the first act of the play, then the second act. 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. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Add to list Photos 17 Known for Lincoln 7.3 James Speed 2012 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. Since then, The Normal Heart's daily box office wrap has more than tripled from their average daily sales before Sunday's Tony Awards. 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. twi-ny: Jon Stewart would ask, is it too Jewy? I love the progression of the piano in the play. 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. Now, of course, Im totally madly in love with Patrick and I wouldnt have it any other way. twi-ny: I felt that that Josh really attacked the numerous angles of how to look at anti-Semitism and Israel and American Jewry. 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. twi-ny: A lot of people still feel that way. Where I feel most soulful and spiritual is when Ive climbed a mountain and I feel small in relation to a large, amazing thing. We did the kind of work that you do in a play before you get up on your feet. Ive been to some plays where Im sitting right next to total strangers and everybody has their mask on, and this was the same. BWW TV: Check Out Kelli O'Hara and More in KING LEAR - Performance Highlights! We have a place upstate that we escaped too, and I got a call two days later from my agents. This is the kind of play that should be running during the election. MTC at New York City Center Stage I But were still on track for the fall. Check out Richard Topol's Bio Now And then Willys like, Come on, come on. They hand delivered the scripts to everybodys homes. So weve been careful and thoughtful and fortunate, and I hope we continue to be so. rt: Right. www.youtube.com. 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. Theyre like, To be honest, Charles should be, if not actually North African, at least more Sephardic, more Middle Eastern. It was this biodrama about Lukas and it was missing something. rt: Right. My wife came and saw the show. So this was the middle of December now, right before Christmas, and shows were going down left and right. 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. The limited engagement, which stars Ellen Barkin, Patrick Breen, Mark Harelik, John Benjamin Hickey, Luke MacFarlane, Joe Mantello, Lee Pace, Jim Parsons, Richard Topol and Wayne Alan Wilcox, runs through July 10, 2011. And so what to do about that? Hes an extremely amiable mensch who clearly loves his chosen profession. So that was the very last performance you could do in New York. I was like, No, no, no. Followed by. 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. It was really satisfying to do. And then, of course, a month later, theyre, like, Yeah, were not going to do the workshop in July. I was in The Chosen a couple of times [Theres a knock at the door and Topol gets up to answer it, then returns.] 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! Did you enjoy working on Zoom? Benhamou, Kenneth Tigar, Richard Topol, Nancy Robinette Its unbelievable. We do not want to be shut down. 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. Because when I became a Yankees fan, the Yankee sucked. He was really amazing. Willy and I had been talking about this play for a number of years. Since then weve bumped into each other a few other times at the theater and discussed various shows wed seen. I didnt have it like Danny Burstein; I didnt have to go to the hospital. twi-ny: I felt that that Josh really attacked the numerous angles of how to look at anti-Semitism and Israel and American Jewry. So Ill tell you. And he told me about how much fun it was doing that. And we were shut down. 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. Frances Benhamou, Kenneth Tigar, Richard Topol, Nancy Robinette, Joshua Harmon Ive always had this obsession with searching for a father and he was my father-in-law, so lets do that. Why am I doing this 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. Is it just Jewy enough? 59E59 Theaters and The Civilians have announced the full cast & creative team for So it was thrilling to be back in a theater on a stage with a live audience, even though they were masked. 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. Im a tree hugger. Posts about Richard Topol written by caroleditosti. rt: He was great, for a seventy-year-old man. 59E59 Theaters and The Civiliansis presentingThe Unbelieving by Marin Gazzaniga (So Close) and directed by Steve Cosson (Whisper House). 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 Rich Topol poses with a hot car on set of EPIX series Godfather of Harlem. Im just some guy . Photo Flash: THE NORMAL HEART Production Shots! Wilson (Happy Now? You played Yogi in Bronx Bombers. And then because the pandemic happened, we both had the time to really work on it. 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. 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. I was like, No, no, no. Photo Coverage: Opening Night at Awake and Sing! But at that point were like, Okay, were just wearing masks the whole time. And I wanted to be his friend. twi-ny: Okay, for my last question, I have a sort of bone to pick with you. twi-ny: And they all want you to keep doing it. Im always curious about what my non-Jewish friends who come and see the show think of it. Then we got into the rehearsal space in December. Click below to watch a montage of Alexander in the show! What was the rehearsal process like? And audiences have come. 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. Rich Topol plays nonreligious narrator Patrick Salomon in Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere (photo by Matthew Murphy), PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC rt: Right. And Josh had done some incredible things. I love acting with other people, and it cant be about me because Im not interesting. twi-ny: If Lukas were still around to see you in the show, would he be happy with your piano playing? Tuesday Sunday through March 27, $99 He holds an MFA in Acting from NYU's Graduate Acting Program and a BA in Political Science from Brown University. I know I was a Mets fan in 73, and then we moved, and my next-door neighbor was a Yankees fan. Like in Joshs play, he was one of those people, a German Jew in Berlin who got out. rt: Well, it started actually in August of 2019, when Josh had been commissioned by Manhattan Theater Club to write a play. The Unbelieving begins previews October 20, 2022, in Theater B and opens October 27 for a run through November 20, 2022. rt: Right. I was like, No, no, no, no, no. And the first two drafts of it were about that. 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. 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. Thats the way I connect to religion. And the play started to be about that. But still there was that sense of, Whos producing a new eleven-person play, with nobody famous? So on the one hand, it was incredibly thrilling. Were going to put this play up. Rich Topol plays nonreligious narrator Patrick Salomon in Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere (photo by Matthew Murphy), PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC I love Charles. He had a really interesting life and a really challenging death. Home My Books Richard Topol is an actor who guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He doesnt take over the family business. twi-ny: So you played Yogi, and then you met him on opening night of the show. 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! rt: Thats when I was a Mets fan. Its interesting because it connects to the father thing. I read it to myself and I thought, this is the best play Ive read in ten years. They produced Lanford Wilsons Talleys Folly they cast a married couple who played the two parts. at New York City Center, Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque Will Join MOULIN ROUGE! Richard Topol is an actor. 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. The business is entirely shut down. Hes an extremely amiable mensch who clearly loves his chosen profession. twi-ny: Jon Stewart would ask, is it too Jewy? And I asked him about managing the 73 Mets. I think of myself as spiritual and, not to be too woo-woo, I believe in the earth. But the larger questions that Josh asks in the play relate to almost everyone. I think of myself as spiritual and, not to be too woo-woo, I believe in the earth. First of all, I dont like one-person shows, I dont like seeing one-person shows; theyre not interesting to me. 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. Rich Topol debuted his intimate one-person show at Portland Stage in November (photo by No Umbrella Media LLC). 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. I dont subscribe there. I felt more exposed than Id ever felt before in my life. twi-ny: So you played Yogi, and then you met him on opening night of the show. Father of Omer and actress Ady Topol and Anat Topol. What was the rehearsal process like? It is unbelievable. I play my father-in-law. 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