About Ari

The Jewish Week awarded Ari the prestigious "36 To Watch Award," recognizing him as one of the 36 most influential Jews in The United States. His multi-award-winning show, "A Place For Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway," has been performed to sold-out audiences around the world, including such historic venues as Westport Country Playhouse, Baystreet Theatre, and Birdland Jazz Club. Theatrical credits include: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Lexington Theatre Company, NAMT, Shabbat on Broadway, and The York Theatre Company. He received the 2022 Bistro Award for Best Theatrical Artistry in Song. Ari is the recipient of the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Julie Wilson Award. Ari’s critically acclaimed album “A Place For Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway” is available for purchase and on all streaming platforms.

Featured on BroadwayWorld

Ari was honored to be the subject of a BroadwayWorld article detailing his unique journey to building a career as an artist and educator. Learn how tenacity, Judaic devotion, and an unsettling medical diagnosis shaped him into the human he is today, and why he believes that cabaret literally saves lives.