On this jolly New Year's Day, Margarita chats with Ari Axelrod - singer, musician and actor. Ari has become known for his award-winning show, A Place For Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway.
Ari is not only a musical theater savant but the loudest Zionist voice in musical theater right now. In this conversation, Margarita and Ari discuss everything from his career to musical theater, and to, of course, his activism.
Learn more about Ari's work at ariaxelrod.com and follow him on Instagram @AriAxelrod
Buy tickets to Ari's Show on January 18th: https://54below.org/events/ari-axelrods-a-place-for-us-a-celebration-of-jewish-broadway-album-release-show/
What We Discuss:
00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda
02:47 Ari's background & career in entertainment
06:50 What are theater kids?
08:48 On playing old Jewish men
14:00 Ari's show - A Place For Us
29:14 The story of Ari's great great uncle who was killed by Nazis during his opera performance
31:38 Ari is the loudest Zionist voice in musical theater - what does he have to say to others in show business?
38:20 Was Masada heroic or a shame?
42:57 Ari has one more thing to say!
44:15 Hear Ari sing
46:04 Lightning Round
48:58 Closing Remarks & Guest Nomination
