From the moment of the birth of his daughter, Rich Topol searches for a father to replace the one he lost and finds two - his renowned father-in-law Lukas Foss and himself. With themes of family and mortality, the play also explores what it means to juggle being an artist and father at the same time. This funny and poignant tale is filled with Foss’s musical genius, which underscores this Everyman’s journey.
RICHARD TOPOL (Writer and Performer) BROADWAY: Lemml in INDECENT (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), 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 AWAKE & SING (Drama Desk Award). OFF-BROADWAY: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC (MTC), OUR CLASS, Shylock in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and DANCE OF DEATH (CSC), ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE (Atlantic Theater Company), THE UNBELIEVING (The Civilians at 59E59), BRONX BOMBERS and OPUS (Primary Stages), KING LEAR, TWELFTH NIGHT, and THE WINTER'S TALE (Public Theater), WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING (Lincoln Center), THE WAYSIDE MOTOR INN (Signature Theatre), MOUTH TO MOUTH (The New Group), HAMLET (Theatre for a New Audience), OMNIUM GATHERUM, and new plays at Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, Naked Angels, EST, and New Georges. FILM/TV: Steven Spielberg's LINCOLN, INDIGNATION, MICKEY BLUE EYES, PARTY GIRL; recurring roles on GODFATHER OF HARLEM, Netflix’s A MAN IN FULL, MANIFEST, GENIUS: EINSTEIN, PERCEPTION, COVERT AFFAIRS, and THE PRACTICE; guest starring on THE GOOD DOCTOR, THE BLACKLIST, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, THE GOOD WIFE, ELEMENTARY, all LAW & ORDER series, RESCUE ME, GILMORE GIRLS, NURSE JACKIE, ED, DAMAGES, DREW CAREY, and MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE. Two New York Stage and Film Play Readings with Max Mayer back in the late 1990s—one play written by Max, the other directed by him.