Listen to Ari’s Debut Album
A Place For Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway
WINNER: BroadwayWorld Award, Best Zoom Show Performed In Real-Time
NOMINEE: MAC Award, Best Male Vocalist
Ari’s internationally acclaimed, award-winning show honors the songs and stories of Jewish composers and their contributions to the American Musical.
Beloved melodies and lyrics by the likes of Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Schwartz, and Carole King will transport you to the streets of the theatre district, your Bubbie’s Shabbos table, or your corner of the sky.
Reviews
BROADWAYWORLD
Feature
BROADWAYWORLD
April 2022 at The Green Room 42
BROADWAYWORLD
Jun 2020 via Zoom
BROADWAYWORLD
Feb 2019 at The Beach Cafe
BROADWAYWORLD
Nov 2019 at Birdland Jazz Club NYC
CABARET HOTSPOT!
Jan 2019 at Birdland Jazz Club NYC
CABARET SCENES
Jun 2019 at Birdland Jazz Club NYC
THEATER LIFE
January 2023 at Birdland Jazz Club NYC
An Evening With Ari Axelrod
Music Direction by Lawrence Yurman
WINNER: Bistro Award, Theatrical Artistry in Song.
NOMINEE: BroadwayWorld Award, Best Solo Special Event.
An evening of standards. Well, not just standards — songs that are standards, songs that should be standards, and songs that will one day become standards.
Compositions you know and love, served with a unique twist.
Featuring an eclectic selection with everything from Frank Loesser, Bock & Harnick, and Stephen Sondheim to Jason Robert Brown, and Sara Bareilles.
Reviews
BROADWAYWORLD
Dec 2021 at Birdland Jazz Club NYC
BISTRO AWARDS
Dec 2021 at Birdland Jazz Club NYC
THEATER PIZZAZZ
Dec 2021 at Birdland Jazz Club NYC
WOMAN AROUND TOWN
Dec 2021 at Birdland Jazz Club NYC
BROADWAYWORLD
June 2022 at Birdland Jazz Club NYC
BROADWAYWORLD
November 2022 at Chelsea Table and Stage
CABARET SCENES
November 2022 at Chelsea Table and Stage
THEATER PIZZAZZ
November 2022 at Chelsea Table and Stage
Taking the Wheel
Directed by Tony Award winner Faith Prince
Music Directed by Alex Rybeck
A moving, coming-of-age story of one Jewish man, happily a passenger in life’s normal journey, who is thrust into the driver’s seat when he encounters unforeseen twists and turns.
Featuring music from Cole Porter to Carole King, Leonard Bernstein to John Bucchino.
Taking the Wheel has been performed in multiple cities, including two sold-out performances at Feinstein’s / 54 Below in New York City.
Review
CABARET SCENES
Dec 2016 at The Emerald Room
“A Celebration of Jewish Broadway is genuinely one of the finest shows this writer has ever seen.”
STEPHEN MOSHER
Editor-In-Chief, BroadwayWorld Cabaret
“Every song was a play I had never seen before, and he connected with his audience in a completely honest and loving manner.”
ALIX KOREY
Fiddler on the Roof, All Shook Up, Wild Party
“In making his case for the contributions of great Jewish composers to musical theater, Axelrod may have also inadvertently made a compelling case for his own contribution to cabaret.”
DAVID SABELLA
Chicago, The Visit
“Ari Axelrod told us his story in a way that was unfailingly engaging and intelligent…If this show was any indication, he has a promising future ahead of him.”
CHUCK LAVAZZI
Cabaret Scenes
“One of those rare moments in a cabaret room when the audience truly did feel that they were hanging out in a friend’s living room and it is only due to Axelrod’s completely stalwart knowledge of who he is and what he wants to do: to provide quality entertainment designed to make people feel AND think.”
STEPHEN MOSHER
Editor-In-Chief, BroadwayWorld Cabaret